US1085745A - Burial-receptacle. - Google Patents

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M. P. & L. E. LITTLE. BURIAL REGEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1913.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MINNIE PEARL LITTLE AND LUAR EDNA LITTLE, OF COLUMBIA, MISSOURI.

BURIAL-RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 19114.

Application filed March 20, 1913. Serial No. 755590.

To all whom itmay concern I Be it known that we, MINNIE PEARL LIT- T115 and LUAR EDNA LITTLE, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbia, in the county of Boone and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in burial receptacles or caskets and has for its object the provision of a construction composed of cementitious'or similar plastic material having in its walls reinforcing means in the form of a core, which reinforcing means consists of sections of expanded metal secured together by means of yieldable interlocking ring members facilitating the assembling or shaping of the casket prior to the application of the plastic material, as well as permitting relative contraction of the walls as the material dries or hardens.

For a full understanding of the present invention, reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a casket constructed in accordance with our invention and having a portion broken away to show more clearly the details of the reinforcing means. Fig. 2 is an end view of the receptacle showing the top interlocked with the body. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional View taken about on the line 14 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a plan .view of an end portion of the casket. Fig. 7 is a detail View showing more clearly the manner of con necting. the reinforcing members by the interlockin ring members at the corner portions of t e casket.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figures of the drawreinforcing means which consists preferably of expanded metal, designated by the 'numeral 3.

It isto be understood that the shape of the casket is determined by the connection of the several pieces of expanded metal 3, these pieces being arranged in the usual rectangular form and connected at theircorner portions by means of interlocking ring members 4 best seen in Fig. 7 of the drawing. The rlng members are clamped in position to secure the respective sides of the core together by means of any ordinary tool which will serve to bend the wire around the openings in the metal, as shown. It is apparent that since the ring members 4 consist of open -ings clamped around the sections 3 at their end portions each wall of the casket is allowed to contract independently of its connecting wall. That is to say, Whenthe plastic material of one wall contracts more or less than its contiguous wall the ring members will yieldto permit the relative movements and this we have found to be very advantageous in devices of this nature. To further strengthen the construction, a pair of heavy wires 5 is secured to the top of the body 1 by interlacing said wires through the openings in the metal and a second pair of heavy wires is likewise connected to the reinforcing means formed in the top 2 at its edge portions.

Preliminary to the molding of the plastic material the side handles 7 and end handles 8 are secured in position in the manner now to be described. A wooden or metallic block or anchor 9, best shown in Fig. 5,'is placed .on the inner side of the reinforcing metal 3,

and the handle supports 10 are secured thereto in any desired manner through said metal 3, so as to protrude a suitable distance beyond the outer surface of the body or top,

. as the case may be, and the handle or bail 7 of the usual form then pivotally mounted in said supports. Since considerable strain is placed upon a casket of this nature in lifting it by the handles, we preferably pass a pair of heavy Wires 12 transversely around the body of the casket on the outer side of the metal 3 and adjacent the side handles 7, said wires being connected with the longitudinal wires 5 at each side'of the body 1. It will be apparent from the foregoing that a very rigid handle construction is thus aflorded,

preventing likelihood of the handle supports being accidentally withdrawn from the casket when weight is placed thereupon.

The top 2 is connected to the bottom 1 in the usual manner by the tongue and groove mnstruction as shown most clearly in Figs. .1. and -lof the drawings, and it is desirable that meansfor locking the top in position upon the bottom be employed. We have, therefore, provided a novel interlocking l'orm of handle member which performs a dual function in that it serves to connect the top 2 with the body 1 as well as constituting handle means both when thus engaged or when disengaged to permit the removal of the top. Specifically describing the same we preferably provide an angularly shaped bail member 13 which is pivotally mounted in a pair of supports 14 protruding from the top 2, there being one of said handles at each end of the casket. Each bail or handle 13 is t' 'rmed at its bent portion with.- lateral pro--' jections 13' which form the pivots to engage with the supports 11, as above described, and the body engaging portion 13 of the bail member 13 engages over a rotatable stud 1.3 anchored in the body 1 in a similar manner to'that described with reference to the handle supports 10. Thus to positively lock the top 2 to the body 1, the rotatable stud 15 is turned so that the lateral projections 15' of the same extends downwardly over the body engaging portion 13 of the bail 13, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The upper or grip portion of the bail, designated by the numeral 15 is bent at right angles to the body engaging portion 13, so as to extend horizontally, as shown in Fig. 1, and this grip portion 13 then acts as a handle for carrying the casket in its closed condition. To

remove the top from the body 1, the studs 15' are rotated and the body engaging portion 3 disengaged therefrom, the bail 13 being raised into the dotted-line position shown in Fig. 1, so that the grip portion l3 abuts against the top limiting the pivotal movement of this member, when the body engaging portion 13 becomes the handle by means of which the top may be removed.

\Vhat we claim'as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: p r 1. A burial receptacle comprising a top and body, and composed of plastic material having reinforcing means embedded in its walls, said means consisting of a plurality of sections of expanded metal, interlocking means for securing said sections together consisting of open ring members clamped through the interstices of said metal, and handles for said receptacle positively connected with the reinforcing means.

2. A burial casket formed of plastic material and having reinforcing means in its walls, handles for said receptacles including handle supports extending into the walls, anchor blocks disposed at one side of the reinforcing means with which the handle supports are connected through the said reinforcing means, and yieldable interlocking members connecting the sections whereby to permit of relative contraction of the walls vof the casket with respect to each other.

3. A burial receptacle formed of plastic material and havlng reinforcing means in its walls, said means comprising sections of expanded metal, connecting members connecting said sections together, longitudinal wire members connected with the expanded metal, handles for the receptacle including handle supports extending through the reinforcing metal, anchor blocks disposed on the inner side of said metal with Which said handle supports are connected, and transversely ara the opposite'side of the metal to the anchor blocks.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

MINNIE PEARL LITTLE. LUAR EDNA LITTLE. Witnesses:

J. E. JORDAN, A. B. WAYLAND.

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