Patent ID: 6904651

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a burial casket with a through-fitting on a curved corner of the casket, the method comprising: providing a through-fitting having a body portion with a through hole along an axis and with a concave, shape-conforming shoulder portion, a neck portion extending axially outwardly from said shoulder portion, said neck portion having an outside diameter less than an outside diameter of said body portion, and a concave, shape-conforming end face disposed on an end of said neck portion; providing a hole in the curved corner of the casket, said hole having a rim with a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface, said hole being sized and shaped to permit the passage of said neck portion therethrough, and said rim being disposed to engage said shoulder portion; inserting said neck portion of said through-fitting through said hole from an exterior of the casket; and crimping said neck portion against said rim on said concave inner surface to affix said through-fitting to said burial casket.