Patent ID: 8689411
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A61G,B21D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A combination casket and casket display comprising: a reduced height casket shell adapted to receive the remains of a deceased and having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, said side walls and end walls having lower edges, said bottom wall extending below said lower edges of said side walls and end walls, a casket lid closable on said reduced height casket shell, and a casket display base having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, said side walls and end walls having upper edges, said reduced height casket shell supported by said casket display base such that said lower edges of said side walls and end walls of said reduced height casket shell are at about the same height as said upper edges of said side walls and end walls of said casket display base, said bottom wall of said reduced height casket shell extending below said upper edges of said side walls and end walls of said casket display base so as to nest within said casket display base, a combined height of said reduced height casket shell and display base being about equal to a height of a conventional height casket shell, wherein a height dimension of said side walls and end walls of said reduced height casket shell is about one third of the combined height of said reduced height casket shell and display base, and wherein the height dimension of said side walls and end walls of said reduced height casket shell is about two thirds of an overall depth of said reduced height casket shell.