Patent ID: 6385824
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A burial casket assembly for accommodating inexpensive burials, said burial casket assembly comprising:a closable burial compartment configured to accommodate enclosure of a body within an interior thereof for burial, said compartment adapted for releasable attachment within a decorative casket shell thereby accommodating disengagement of said compartment from said decorative casket shell for burial of said compartment exclusive of said decorative casket shell; a releasable coupling assembly configured for coupling and releasing said compartment from said decorative casket shell; said releasable coupling assembly including a tubular receiver disposed within a lower portion of said compartment, said tubular receiver extending across a width of said compartment and configured to insertably receive a coupling bar therein for affecting a connection between said compartment and said decorative casket shell; said tubular receiver including a pair of ports, one of each said ports located at each of two ends of said tubular receiver and each of said ports configured to permit insertion of said coupling bar therethrough into said tubular receiver; and said decorative casket shell including a pair of apertures configured to insertably receive said coupling bar therethrough, said pair of apertures in said decorative casket shell being oriented to align with said pair of ports in said compartment when said decorative casket shell is properly positioned relative to said compartment for interconnection via said releasable coupling assembly.