US910386A - Burial-casket. - Google Patents

Description

M. 13. JOHNSON.

BURIAL CASKET. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15,1908.

Patented Jan 19, 1909.-

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MORRISON R. JOHNSON, OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA.

BURIAL-CASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19,1909.

Application filed August 15, 1908. Serial No. 448,669.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MoRRIsoN R. JOHN- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bozeman, in the county of Gallatin and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial- Caskets and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in burial boxes or vaults, and comprises a cement receptacle so constructed that it may be easily built up to be adapted for various sizes of coflins, and comprises various combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cement burial box complete. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view through same, Fig. 3 is a detail of two of the bottom sections and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the sections adapted to telescope one above another.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates one of the bottom sections of the box made of any suitable material, and said section has a beading A at its ends. Adjacent to the meeting edges of the sections A, are the raised portions B, serving a two fold purpose, namely,to serve as means for supporting a casket a slight distance above the bottom of the box, and the channel formed between two of the raised portions, serving as a receptacle for cement, whereby a watertight joint may be made. The sides of the box, are made up of blocks, designated by letter D, a detail of one of which is shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. Each of said blocks D, is provided with a semi-cylindrical longitudinally disposed groove F and each has two inwardly inclined surfaces E upon its upper edge, and

a shoulder G at the lower end of each of said inclined surfaces. The under edge of each block D has a semi-cylindrical beading H, corresponding in size to the groove F in its opposite edge, the headings being adapted to seat in the adjacent grooves, when one is superimposed upon another in the manner shown. Outwardly flaring from the beading on the under edge of each block D, is an in clined face J, terminating in the flattened ends I, designed to contact with the shoulders G, when the side is built up. The joints between the blocks, which make up the sides and the ends of the box, are preferably broken, so that the wall may be strong and secure.

The ends of the blocks D, are grooved as at N, forming receptacles for cement, whereby when the walls are built up, and cement poured into the spaces between the ends of the, blocks, a thoroughly water tight wall is produced, which with the interlocking of the blocks, will form a box which will withstand great pressure.

Each bottom block D, is provided with a longitudinal groove 0, for the-reception of a beading A, also each top block has a similar groove 0 for the reception of a beading upon the top L. When the blocks D are built up, cement is interposed between same, so that when all of the parts are assembled, a thoroughly waterproof box is afiorded having the strength practically of a solid cement receptacle.

From the foregoing it will be noted that by the provision of a cement burial box as shown and described, the same may be built up to form receptacles of various sizes, and being so constructed that the parts may be kept in stock and sold as an article of manu facture, so that any ordinary laborer may assemble the parts.

' What I claim is,-

l. A cement burial box, comprising side walls made up of blocks having interlocking edges, the lowermost of said blocks each having a groove therein, in combination with top and bottom sections, each having a heading thereon, designed to seat in said grooves, said bottom section having raised portions, adjacent to the meeting ends thereof and adapted to support a casket, the space between the adjacent raised portions designed to hold a cement to coverthe joint as set forth.

2. A cement burial boX, comprising side raised portions adjacent to the meeting ends and end walls made up of interlocking blocks, of the bottom sections, as set forth. 10 the upper and lower most of said blocks hav- In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my ing each a groove therein, a bottom having signature in the presence of two witnesses.

a beading at each end thereof designed to MORRISON R. JOHNSON seat in grooves in the bottom blocks, the Witnesses: upper surface having raised portions, with S. N. COWAN,

cement receiving channels between the A. W. HARRIGAN.

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