US1977584A - Burial casket - Google Patents

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Oct. 16, 1934. H. P. HANSEN BURIAL GASKET Filed Nov. 2l

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Patented Oct. 16, 1934 UNITED STATES OFFICE n 1,977,584 o o BURIAL GASKET H v Y :YI-lans Io. Iansem Syracuse, N. Y., assigner to John l y Marsellus Casket Company, Syracuse, N. Y., a y l corporation of New York j i 1 ApplicationNovember 21, 1932, Serial No. 64"3,634

5 claims.' (C1. 27 io)V This invention relates to burial caskets `having opposite side and end wings or mouldings hinged tothe top of thebox to swing inwardly and outwardly andmitered' at the corners so that'when iA closed they willl proj ect inwardlybeyondV the corresponding'walls of the boxl with` their mitered ends in close' contactfto form a reasonably tight joint, or, when unfolded outwardly their miter'ed ends will be spaced some distance apart. 1Y0` `The interior of thecasket, including the inner faces of the wings, are usually provided with more' 01 loess elaborate and expensive upholstery7 and as heretofore practiced the upholstering on the in ner faces of kthe wings has extended continuously around the corners or across lthe meeting endsof the Wings so as to cover the gap across the corners when the wings are unfolded. Y y

These continuous extensions of the upholster inggon the wings acrossthe gaps must of necessity be of sufficient length and flexibility toextend across the gaps at the corners when, the wings are opened or` folded outwardly without liability of over-straining or tearing the fabric. t S .On the other hand, whenthe wings with theupl-v holstering thereon, extend' continuously around the .corners ,are closed or folded inwardly the corner portions of the upholstering must be fdis-j placed or compressed inwardly to such an extent as to form objectionable inwardly projecting en.

3g largements of the cornerportions of the uphol-M stering at the junctions of the wings one with the other, all of which requires considerable time fand care and produces an objectionable irregularity of'appearance of the interior upholstery.' l The main object of the present invention is to avoid these objectionable results by terminating the upholstering on the wingsat the adjoining en ds thereof and providing an extra flap of pleasing appearance capableof being moved at will to a'position4 across the gaps at the adjacent ends of the wings when the latter-are unfolded so as to present the appearance of continuity'of .the up,- holstering around the corners and at thel same time permitting therapcto be.. folded inwardly intothe interior of the casket when thewings are folded inwardly to their closed positions. u

In other words, 1 have sought tovincorporate with the interior upholstering ofl the main body ofthe casket an upholstered flexible flap normally positionediwithin the casket when the wings are closedvand'adaptedto be unfolded outwardly across the gaps at the corners or ratherbetween the adjacent ends of the rwings andv permanent upholsteringthereon when the wings are open or 55 unfolded. n

Another object is to provide releasable means for/attaching the free 'edge of the flap to the outer portions of the wings when the latter are opened.

Other' objects and uses relating to specific parts of my improvements will' be brought out in the following description.

Figure l `is a top planof one corner yof a burial casket showingthe'wings as closed or folded in-v Wardly to abut `end Vto endagainst each other atk the corners, the upholstering flap being shown in its :inwardlyfolded position within the casket.

@Figure 2 is atop plan of thesame corner of the casket showing the wings with the permanent upholsterng thereon as opened andthe flap as folded inwardly into the interior of the casket.

Figure 3 is atop plan of thesame corner of the casket showing the wings as unfolded and the flap as adjusted acrossthe vgap between' the adjacent ends of the wings to givethe appearance, without actuality, of continuity of the upholsteryof the wmgsfw" -l f Y Figure ll isfV an enlarged vertical sectional view of a portion' ofthe same-corner of the casket taken on'line4f-4g'Figure` 3.'

*Figure-51s anv enlarged vertical sectional view taken on line 5 5, Figure 1, showing more par` ticularly themeans for locking the wings in their closedpositions.v 7 `-f"f1`his burial casket may vbe of yany well-known' construction in so far as it includes a main boxlikesection l-and opposite side and end wing sec'- tions 2 and 3 of wood, metal or any other suitable materiaL the wingvsections-being hinged at 4 to the upper marginal edges ofthe main body section to swing-inwardly and outwardly to and from positions across the' upper edges of the adjacent portions of the box. f

The end wings 3 preferably extend from side to sidev of the box while the side wings 2 are relatively-short ascompared; with.;the full length of the box but are of uniform length and preferably arranged at thehead end of the casket atwhich the end wing A3 is also located so that the side and end rails meet atY the corners in diagonal planes at Iangles of 45 deg., to the longitudinal centers ofthe Wings.

fFor this latter purpose, vthe ends of the wings at the corners aremitered at 5 so that when the wings are closed the mitered ends will abut against Veach other to form a reasonably tight joint.

It,` therefore, follows that when the wings are opened `or `unfolded outwardly to substantially horizontal planes the. mitered ends will be open to their maximum degree and will be disposed in diagonal planes across the corners, as shown more clearly in Figure 2.

The interior of the main body or box of the casket is usually provided with more or less elaborate and expensive upholstery (not shown) while the inner sides of thewwings 2`and 3 areprefrably provided with'cor'responding upholstery 6, permanently secured thereto to extend theV major portions of the lengths thereof but terminating short of the adjacent ends thereof to allow the' wings to fold inwardly to their closed positions with their mitered ends 5 abutting against each other without material interference: of thea'djacent ends of the upholsteringpads 'one withthe other. 1

In previous practice, sojvfanas 15am aware, .it has been customary to extend the upholstering pads 6 continuously around the corners' and' across th@ adjacent Grids. f marines and 3 and it, therefore, follows .that the portions V of the4 pads at the junctionofthe side and end Wings must be of suc'ient llength tol allowthe opening or youtward foldingofV the wings without excessive strain of the pads or upholstering-Lthereon. Y

Under these conditions, it is obvious that'when the .upholstered vwings are folded inwardls; the upholstering material if continued across the adjacent ends of the wings-must becompressedand at the Sametime forced-inwardlyinto the body' of the casket some distancebeyondthe inner ends ofthe wings, thus forming Inoregor less irregular and objectionable deformations of the interior upholstering Aof the casket. Y

On the other hand, as shown inmy improved structure, the termination of thel adjacent ends of the upholsterngpads onlthe wings somedistance from theiadjacentfends; thereof forni an intervening gap Y 0f Sufficient 'ar-ea to permit the wings 4tofold inwardly to theirclosed positions with the mitered ends abutting against each other without affectingthenormalipositions of the .adjacent ends of, thewiiig pads-,thereby avoiding the objectionable inward projections incidental to theuextensionof thewing padscontin uously across the corners. A i

,The ODPOSte longitudinal *edges .0f '5113.y Pds are tacked or otherwise secured tothe innerface of thegadjacent tWall `of the lloixghand -to the-frce edge 0f the Wing: @Us@515.51591hlgV a mQregQ ,1.6.55 exible connectionV of the pad. across thehinged joint between the boxand wing,.t heedge of the pad adjacent the miter 5 beingtacked thereto so as to lie ina plane substantially.oincidentlwith the miter while the remaining Dortion of .the terminal end of -each pad at the corneris extended inwardly at an obtuse angle tothe mitered edge 5, as shownmore clearlyin Figure 2.

The angles Yof the. end edges iofthe pads 6 relatively to the corresponding miters: 5 are ar'- ranged soas to abut against each other when the wings are folded inwardlytotheir closed positions to avoid any possibility vof crowding any' portions of the pads inwardly into thecasket.

It is obvious Vfrom the foregoing description that some means should be provided *for covering the gapv between the terminal endsof the pads 6 at ,the corners` in order that the upholstering maypresent `the'appearance of continuity when the'wings lare opened or unfolded out@ wardly,: and: for this purpose, I have provided what maybe termedfflexible ..upholstered naps 9, oneY for each corner, Anear .the junctions of the adjacent terminal ends of the' wing pads' sto be moved or adjusted at will to and from positions across the surfaces of said pads and therefore of greater area than the gaps for covering the latter when the Wings are opened or unfolded to the position shown in vFigures 2 and 4.

Each of these flaps is considerably wider than its corresponding'gap so that when unfolded outwardly it'w'ill' overlap upon the adjacent ends of -the wings and has its inner end as 10 truncated and tacked or otherwise secured to a corner *brace 1l which, in turn, is secured to the inner corner of the box close to the upper edge thereof, as shown in Figure 2, the opposite lengthwise A v edges and'fre'e edge of the nap being curved outwardlyjas shown more clearly in Figure 2, to fit more'clos'ely upon the surfaces of the adjacent endsof the unfolded wings, as shown more clearly in Figures 3 and 4.

The sides of each flap adjacent its truncated apex 10 are also tacked or otherwise secured to the inner walls of" thefadjacent portions of the box I'leavin'g the majorremaining portions `of the flap free to' fold `from 'its normal position within the casket, as's'hownin Figure 2;` to a position across'the surfaces of the-[adjacent ends of the wing'p'a'ds 2 so as tocompletely coverthe gap lwh'en the wings are unfolded, as shown in Figures., Y .y Y .I

That is,v thjeflap normally'extends'inwardly diagonally tothe adjacent, cornerV of the 'box andis of considerably greater area than the gap which it is 4adapted to close so'th'at when folded over and upon the su rf aces' l ofthe adjacent ends of the wing pads 6 it wouldextend somedistance beyond the 'opposite end walls Aof' the gap land also over and upon th'emitered'edges 5 where the free edge is securedfby releasablefmeans, presently described. c*

vThis releasable means preferably rconsists of' standard clasp' sections 12 and 13, preferably of the ball and sockettype in which the sections 13v are permanently attached to 'the corners-of the free ends of the flap whilefthesections 12'are permanently attached` to thej outer lengthwise edges o f the adjacent-'lends ofthe wing sections near vthefadjacent vends of thea'miters 5,'in'dicated v '.1r. t Aspreviously stated," the pad-ls; upholstered and made ofmore' orv less elaborateand expensive fabric and, therefore, may `bef stretched laterally within reasonable: limits. -Y j Whenthe' wings 3 are unfolded, asishown'in Figure 2,]'the distance between the` fastening 1ctt members '12 is slightly greater than the distance between the fastening members 13 so that when the flapis folded over .and uponv the surfaces of thev adjacent ends of thefpads', the free end of the pad may. b e. slightly stretched to allow its fastening Ymembers 13 tobe `attached to4 the fasten-ing members 12 for holding the pad vin'its operative position across thelgapf'l, as shown in Figure3.` L' 1.., Suitable means -is also provided for; locking the meeting ends ofthe Wing sections 3 in their closed t Operation When the wing sections 3 are closed to the position shown in Figures 1 and 5, the flap 9 will be in its normal position projecting within the casket and lying loosely upon the upholstering thereof under which conditions the latch members 14 at the corners of the wings will be interlocked with their respective keepers 16 to hold the wings in their closed positions.

On the other hand, when it is desired to open the wings the latch members 14 will be unlocked from their respective keepers 16 whereupon the wings 3 may be unfolded to the position shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4 followed by the outward folding of the ap 9 over and upon the surfaces of the wing pads 6 and across the gap 7 in which positions it is held by the engagement of its clasp sections 13 with the clasp sections 12 on the wings, thus exposing `the interior upholstering at the head of the casket.

When it is desired to close the wings, the clasps 13 will be detached from the clasps 12 after which the flaps 9 will be returned inwardly upon the upholstering within the casket to the position shown in Figures 1 and 2, whereupon the wings 3 may be folded inwardly or closed, as shown in Figure 1 and relocked to each other by means of the latch members 14 and keepers 16.

Although the construction and manner of attachment of the flap shown and described is particularly simple, practical and efficient, it is evident that the form of the flap and means for attaching it in its normal and operative positions, may be Varied without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a burial casket having a box section, and side and end wings hinged thereto to fold inwardly and outwardly, the adjacent ends of said wings adjacent the corner of the casket being mitered to meet when folded inwardly and to form a gap when unfolded, of a ap movable at will to and from a position across the gap independently of the movement of the wings when the latter are unfolded, said ap being of greater area than the gap so as to extend beyond the adjacent mitered ends of the wings when the flap is unfolded.

2. The combination with a burial casket having a box section, and side and end wings hinged thereto to fold inwardly and outwardly, the adjacent ends of the wings adjacent the corners of the casket being mitered to meet when folded inwardly and to form a gap when unfolded, of a flexible ap for each of said corners, each flap being attached at one end to the interior of the box across the adjacent corner thereof and has its remaining portions of considerably greater width than the gap to extend beyond the adjacent mitered ends of the wings when unfolded outwardly.

3. A burial casket as in claim 2 in which the opposite lengthwise edges and free ends of each ap are curved outwardly to fit closely upon the adjacent ends of the unfolded wings.

4. A burial casket as in claim 1 in which releasable means is'provided for fastening the free end of the ap to the outer edges of the unfolded wings. f

5. A burial casket as in claim 1 in which the inner faces ofthe wings are provided with upholstering terminating at the meeting ends thereof and having their adjacent ends in'spaced relation whereby the opposite lengthwise edges of the flap, when unfolded outwardly, will overlap upon the adjacent ends of the upholstering of the wings.

HANS P. HANSEN.

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