Patent ID: 6105220
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A casket shell having a bottom, sides and ends, and orthogonal length, width and depth dimensions and comprising:an inner layer made of corrugated paperboard and comprising a bottom planar portion and side and end portions joining said bottom planar portion along lengthwise and widthwise creases formed therein relative to said dimensions;each of said side portions having a longitudinal measure defined between a pair of spaced-apart transversal edges relative to said dimensions;each of said end portions having a U-shaped configuration comprising a planar end member set substantially at right angle relative to said side portions, and two flap members each being connected to a respective side of said planar end member along a depth-wise crease relative to said dimensions, each of said flap members having a straight edge at a distance from said depth-wise crease, and each of said flap members extending toward one of said side portions in a planar relationship with said one of said side portions, with said straight edge contiguously abutting against one of said transversal edges of said side portions;an outer layer made of paperboard material and having a bottom segment and planar side and planar end segments respectively overlapping said bottom portion and said side and end portions entirely, and being secure to said inner layer for joining said flap members to said side portions; andsaid inner layer having a first uniform thickness and said second layer having a second uniform thickness;such that a total thickness thereof along said bottom, sides and ends being alike for better imitating a wood structure.