WO2019241807A1

WO2019241807A1 - Eco friendly casket

Info

Publication number: WO2019241807A1
Application number: PCT/ZA2019/000004
Authority: WO
Inventors: Marthinus Jordaan Nortje
Original assignee: Marthinus Jordaan Nortje
Priority date: 2018-06-12
Filing date: 2019-05-14
Publication date: 2019-12-19

Abstract

An outer structural element (10) and Inner support structure (30) (with Its tri-angular support structures (41)) are connected to each other by means of an adhesive. The combined sheet elements are folded along crease lines (12), (31) and (47) to a 90° orientation along the said crease lines. When longitudinal panels (16) are secured to end panels (38) a rigid loadbearing structure in all directions is achieved to carry heavy weighted material matter over a two (2) meter pivot span without bulging or buckling the total unit.

Description

ECO FRIENDLY CASKET

In medieval Japan, round coffins where used which resembles barrels In shape

in eco-friendly coffins made of purely natural materials such as bamboo, x~ board, and willow or banana leaf,

Xanita has developed a new grade of environmentally friendly coffin board which is designed to cleanly incinerate using around half the gas needed to incinerate traditional veneered MDF coffins, This assists crematoriums meet their CO² emission targets.

particle board or tow density fibre-board. Others will rent a regular casket for the duration of the service. These caskets have a removable bed and liner which is replaced after each use. There are also rental caskets with an outer shell that looks like a traditional coffin and a cardboard box that fits inside the shell At the end of the service the inner bm is removed and the deceased is

tion is to propose an ultra-light weight and eco- friendly coffto/casket or bed base by using fluted corrugated paper board sheet material and di-cutting and assembling it in such a way that it includes tri-angular or square for any shape of the like) beams that may or may not be filled with tubular corrugated paper board rods ffor strengthening purposes).

It is further a purpose of this invention to supply the coffin/casket /bed base in flat format ffor economic transportation/ storage and handling), and with user friendly assembly locking and unlocking devices.

This invention relates to the structural elements made from profiled sheet material - typically from eellulosie or other fibrous material such as paper or plastic. in order to provide sufficient strength in the relevant loading directions and/or flexibility in certain directions, sheet material such as paper or plastic Is often formed and/or combined together. One type of such formed sheet material ss corrugated fibre board which is paper based material consisting of a fluted corrugated sheet end two flat liner boards, although it is often made with multiple layers of liners and fluted

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a better understanding of the present invention and to snow how it may

carried Into effect, the invention now be described by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which;

Figure 1 is a plan view of a first embodiment of an outer structural sleeve, an Inner support structure, handle unit, securing strips and a cover lid according

Figure 3 is a plan view of the first embodiment of the inner support structure according to the present Invention;

Figure 4 is a three dimensional diagram of the first embodiment of the outer

the inner coffin/casket/bed base (35). The crease

crease lines (12) in (Figure 1).

Where each set of triple crease lines (33) meets the longitudinal crease line (31), the sheet element is provided with diamond shaped cutouts (34). These cutouts provide the purpose as to form a 90^® mitered load bearing beam (similarly to a picture frame mitered comer). When the panels (35) and (38) are folded to a 90^s degree orientation and the structural beams (41) are in

The sheet element (30) is further provided with an end upright panel {38} and an upper cover locking strip (39), The upright panel (38) is the same width as the inner body panel (35 and Joined to this panel at one end.

On both sides of the upright panel (38) and coinciding with the upright side panels (38), there is provided diagonal parallel creases (32), These two panels (40) are not linked to upright panel (38), but linked to upright side panels (36). When folded inward on the crease lines and rolled into a square tube (44) (as can be seen in Figure 4), the said tube (44) is secured to the end portion of the

corner load bearing pillars of the erected coffin/easket/bed base.

In (Figure 4), when the side panels (18) and (38) are bent upwards the outer body sleeve trough and the inner strengthening body sleeve trough is created. in (Figure 4), when the sheet element (30) is folded and compressed into a concertina shape, then the triple sets of creases (S3) forms triangular load bearing beams (41) in (Figure 5) two sheet elements (30) are folded to create structural ad bearing beams (41) and placed inside sheet element (10).

These panels may or may not be laminated to each other for more permanent reasons.

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when the structure (30) and the outer structure (10) is adhesively glued, s To get to the three dimensional illustrated figures {22} and (23) where these formed rod/tubes (117) (137) (154) (173) are being slid inside the tri-angular tunnel (33, 41) that is formed by gluing the panels (30) on both sides of the triangular charmei/bar of structure (41) to structure (10) by means of an adhesive, figures (10) to (21) shows how a corrugated fibre board sheet

ID structure is di-cut and creased and rolled into these tri-angular, square and round strengthening bars (117, 137, 153, 173).

Claims

composites of which includes at least a first liner (20) a second liner (20) and a third liner (20) and at least two corrugated support elements (22) extending between said first , second and third liners (20), said support sheet (SO) being folded to form a plurality of generally parallel structural beams (41) and each structural beam comprising of at least three diagonal parallel crease lines |3B) which when compressed and folded along the crease lines (S3) form a triangular beam (411.

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Panel (16) further characterized with longitudinal crease-lines (13) that are parallel to crease lines (12), and when folded on the crease lines, form fold over locking strips (18). that include female locking slots

, A structural element (10) according to claim 1 whereas support sheet

(30) (which forms the inner structural liner) is provided with two centralised and parallel longitudinal creases (31) that creates the inner liner bottom base (35) of the coffin/casket and separates the

coffin/casket longitudinal upright panels (36) on both outside borders of crease lines (31) of the Inner eoffsn/casket base (35). The crease lines

(31) coincide with crease lines (12) of sheet element (10).

5. A structural element (10) according to claim 1 and 4 characterised in that said sheet element (30) is also provided with sets of triple para!le

10, A structural element (10) according to claims 9 In that support structure (30), when secured to each other by an adhesive substance, the triangular structural beams (41) is hollow and may or may not be filled with strengthening fluted tubular or rolled rod like bars (117), (154), (137} and (173), to Increase its ioadbearing ability.

transportation, storage and handling purposes), easy to assemble and dismantle by the end user, with male locking strips (50) that slide into the female locking slots (14) to secure the assembled position and aids resistance to bulging at the centre area during heavy bad lifting. The

12. A structural element (10) according to claim 11 In that the composite structure (10 and 30) is dosed by an encapsulating lid (90) to strengthen

13, A structural element (10) according to claim 12 the said lid (90) could be turned upside down to form a tray if placed and secured to the base of

strength of the composite structural units (10) and (30) , It could be used as a bed base if a mattress Is placed inside the upside down lid, that Is placed on the upside down composite structural unit (10) and (30)