Improved Means for Decorating Coffins.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Mar., 1892-Accepted, 16th Apr., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Decorating Coffins.
I, EMMY KLARNER, of 23, Anger, Erfurt, in the Kingdom of Prussia and
German Empire, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Flowers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the production of a cover for coffins and is constructed
of wire, cane or other material fitting over or fully enclosing the plain deal or
other wooden coffin. This cover after having been decorated with flowers, leaves,
branches, moss etc. will fully hide the coffin and give the same a beautiful
sympathetic appearance thus dispensing with the expensive decorations of
coffins as at present with brass or silver shields, crests, ornaments or the like.
Referring to the drawings accompanying this Specification which illustrate such
a floral cover and its construction
Figures 1, and 3 represent respectively side, front, and plan views of the
framework of the coffin cover which is afterwards to be covered with flowers or
the like.
According to my invention Figures 4, 5 and 6 represent the cover after having
been decorated with flowers.
The coffin in itself which according to my invention can be one of plain deal
boards and consisting as usual of the bottom part al and the top part a² is enclosed
by a cover made of wire cane or any other material to serve as a framing which
in shape conforms to the style of the coffin and consists of a bottom part and a
top part. The bottom bi and top or lid 2 fit to one another and are constructed
of strong staves or wires connected to one another substantially and strong enough
to carry and hold the coffin. The cover with feet c of any form forms a kind of
network which after having been filled with moss can then be decorated with
flowers, leaves, branches, ferns etc. This cover is formed either strong enough to
allow of the carriers carrying the coffin within the cover, or is constructed with
handles, or with openings to allow the handles of the coffin to pass therethrough.
Furthermore the cover can be constructed so that the same can be readily taken
to pieces after having been decorated with flowers and packed in boxes for
transport purposes.
This new floral arrangement will materially assist to take away the sinister look
of the commonly used coffins however beautifully decorated with brass or silver
ornaments as it entirely hides the coffin and causes the same to assume the
form of one mass of flowers which to the eyes of the mourners is naturally more
agreeable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A cover for coffins of any kind conforming to the shape of the coffin with an
upper and lower part of network made of wire or other material, this wire netting
to serve as a framework or the like being filled with moss and decorated with natural
or artificial flowers, leaves, branches, etc. so as to fully enclose the coffin, substantially
as and for the purpose specified.
Datod this 2nd day of March 1802
JAMES
STEVENSON,
20, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.