Patent ID: 8453303

Claim:
A burial vault container for extended storage, transportation, and burial of a deceased pet, comprising: a cylindrical vault body made of PVC for receiving said deceased pet therein, said vault body having a distal end and an opposing top end, said vault body having two closing ears located on opposite sides of a periphery thereof adjacent said top end, each ear having a throughhole; a distal end cap made of PVC permanently sealed to said distal end with a primer and bonding glue; a closing cap made of PVC attached to said top end, said closing cap having a butyl rubber self-adhesive ring disposed therein, said closing cap having two closing ears located on opposite sides of a periphery thereof, each ear having a throughhole alignable with said throughhole of said respective ear of said vault body; a fastener assembly including a screw passing through each of said aligned throughholes of said respective ears and a cooperating washer nut assembly such that as said fastener assembly is tightened, said closing cap and its ears are drawn towards said vault body and its ears such that said top end of said vault body embeds itself into said butyl rubber self-adhesive ring thereby creating an airtight seal to prevent odor and liquid seepage.