US2691807A - Casket - Google Patents

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1954 B. J. SLAUGHTER, JR., EI'AL 2,691,807

CASKET Filed April 12, 1952 r INVENTORS. BERNARD J SLAUGHTER, JR. By FRANK Z' MU/i'A/Al/AN Patented Oct. 19, 1954 ATENT OFFICE CASKET Bernard J. Slaughter, Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, and

. Frank T. Murnahan, Dayton, Ky., assignors to The Crane & Breed Casket Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application April 12, 1952, Serial No. 282,062

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a casket construction and more particularly relates to the construction of a casket body.

An object of this invention is to provide a casket body formed of woodand fibreboard.

A further object of this invention is to provide a casket body formed of wood and fibreboard sections which is so constructed that the sections will not draw apart as the sections age and dry.

' A further object of this invention is to provide a casket body of this type which is air and water tight.

The above and other objects and features of i this invention will in part be apparent and will in part be obvious from the following detailed description, and the drawing, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view showing a casket constructed in accordance with an embodiment I Fig. 5 is a fragmentary top plan view 'of one corner of the casket body;

Fig'xfi is a view .in side elevation showing a wedging nail used in the construction of the casket body;

Fig. '7 is a view in section taken along a line VII-,-VII in Fig. 6;

' v Fig. 8, is afragmentary top plan view showing one end of a blank for use in forming a top panel of the lid of the casket;

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary top plan view of the top panel in completed form; and

Fig. is a view in section taken along a line XX in Fig. 9.

In the following detailed description, and the drawing, like reference characters indicate like parts.

In Figs. 1 and 2 is illustrated a casket which includes a body I and lid sections 8 and 9 hinged thereto.

The casket body includes side panels I, end panels 2 and a base panel 3. The panels are framed by a base 4 and a ledge 5 which extend around the casket body at the base and top thereof, respectively.

Base 4 includes an elongated end molding It extending along each'end of the casket body and an elongated side molding l2 extending along each side of the casket body. Each of these moldings is provided with a horizontal groove l3- as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4, in which one edge of a base panel 3 is received. The edges of the base panel are sealed in the grooves of the side and end moldings by means of an appropriate airand water-tight cement, as indicated at M.

Each end of each base molding is provided with a sloping slot I6 (Figs. 2 and: 4) for receiving wedging nails IT. The wedging nails draw the adjoining ends of the moldings together to form the corners of the base of the casket.

Details of one of the wedging nails are shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Wedging nail ll is of H-shape in cross section and includes a central body [8 and flanges l9. One end of the central body I8 is provided with a sharpened edge 2|, which is the leading edge as the nail is driven into place. Flanges l9 converge in a direction away from the sharpened edge, as shown in Fig. 6, so that when nail I1 is driven into the grooves It to the position shown in Fig. 4, the adjoining ends of the side and end moldings are drawn firmly together.

As indicated in Fig. 2, one wedging nail Ila is driven into the upper ends of grooves at each corner, while a second wedging nail Ilb is driven into the grooves from below, so that both the upper and lower ends of the corner are firmly held together. The upper ends of slots !6 are on the inside faces of the side and end moldings so that when the casket body is assembled, the nail heads are hidden.

Base panel 3 is attached to elongated skids 22 which may be used to support the casket. The skids 22 are attached to the lower face of base panel 3 and project below the bottom faces of the base moldings so that when the casket rests on the skids, the base moldings are free.

The sides and ends of the casket body are formed by the side panels or plates l and the end panels or plates 2 which rest on the base panel and are nailed to the side and end moldings as indicated most clearly in Figs. 3 and 4. A seal is formed between the base panel and the side and end panels, respectively, by a waterproof cement, as indicated at 25 to form a liquid tight seal therebetween. As shown in Fig. 4, the cement extends beneath the side and end panels to form a seal between the bottom panel and the side and end panels. The base panel is strengthened by wood cross braces 25 which hold the side moldings in parallelism.

Inside each corner of the casket body is provided a corner brace 21, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The adjacent ends of the side and end panels overlap, as shown in Fig. 3, and the side and end panels are nailed to the corner brace, as indicated at 28 in Fig. 3. As shown, corner brace Z'i is so shaped that a space 29 is provided between corner brace 21 and the overlapping edges of the end and side panels. This space 29 isfilled with a water proof cement which forms a seal between the side and end panels, respectively.

As indicated in Figs. 2 and 5, ledge 5 includes a molding 30 covering the upper edge of each end panel and a ledge molding 3i covering the upper edge of each side panel. As shown, each ledge molding is provided with an upright slot 32 in which the edge of one of the side or end panels is received. Slot contains a. water proof cement which is placed in the slot before the ledge molding is mounted in position so that a seal is formed between the ledge moldings and the Adjacent ends of the ledge moldings are mitered, as shown in Fig. 5, and are drawn together by wedging nails 34 and 38. As shown, wedging nail 34 is outboard of the slots in the ledge moldings while wedging nail 35 is inboard of the grooves so that the ledge moldings are drawn together both inboard of and outboard of the grooves. Nail 34 is received in upright registering slots 3! in the adjacent mitered faces outboard of the side and end plates and nail 36 is received in upright registering slots 38 inboard thereof. The moldings and skids are formed of wood, while the side, end, and base panels may be formed of composition or fibre board such as that commonly known as masonite. The

moldings and panels are coated with water-tight paint to render them impervious to water.

As already pointed out, the lid of the casket illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, is divided into two sections 8 and 9. However, the lid may be formed in a single section if desired. Each lid section includes base members 39 which are joined together at adjacent ends and form the framework of the lid section. Base members 39 support cap strips 4!, as shown in Fig. 2. 4! in turn support a top panel 42.

Top panel 42 may be formed from a blank having one end cut to the shape illustrated in Fig. 8. The blank is slotted at the corners as In addition, each ledge Cap strips 7 indicated at 43. The top panel is bowed to bring the edges of slot 43 together as shown in Fig. 9. The edges of each slot are glued to a spline 44. The top panel may be formed of composition board and the splines serve to form a surface to which the edges of the slots are firmly glued. The edges of the top panel are. glued or otherwise attached to the cap strips to form the lid section. The cap strips and base members may be formed of wood.

The lid sections 3'! and 38 may be hinged to the casket body in any appropriate manner (now shown).

The moldings and ledge portions of the casket body are firmly held together at each corner of the casket by the wedging nails on both sides of the grooves thereof so that, even when the moldings and ledge sections may age or dry, adjoining edges thereof can not pull apart to form cracks.

The casket illustrated in the drawings and'described above is subject to structural modification without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a casket body, a corner construction which comprises a bottom panel having a corner with intersecting edges, mitered base moldings intersecting at said corner, each of said base moldings having a slot in one side thereof in which the adjacent edge of the bottom panel is received, meansv for securing adjacent ends of the base moldings together, an upright side panel mounted on top of the bottom panel inboard of each base molding, means for attaching each side panel to thebase molding associated therewith, a corner brace member extending upwardly from the bottom panel adjacent but spaced from the intersecting edges of the side panels, means for attaching each side panel to the corner brace, and a liquid-impervious sealing material filling the space between the corner brace and the intersecting edges of the side panels to form a seal between the side panels.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,063,393 Ryan June 3, 1913 ,34 ,5 9 Post et a1. -Aug. 3, 1920 1,368,460 Siegler Feb. 15, 1921 1,705,436 Zerenga. Mar. 12, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 178,258 Switzerland Oct. 1', 1935

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