Patent ID: 7302743

Claim:
A reusable casket comprising: a. a body including: i. a top hingedly connected to a rear of said body for pivotal movement between a casket-open position and a casket-closed position at which said top is in edge-wise alignment with two ends and a front of said body and said rear; ii. said front being spaced from said rear and pivotally connected to a bottom of said body for movement through an arc at least approaching one hundred eighty degrees between a casket-closed position at which said front is in edge-wise alignment with said ends, and with said top if said top is in the casket-closed position, and a casket-open position at which said front is in edge-wise alignment with only said bottom; iii. latching means at common edges of said front and said two ends for latchingly retaining said front in said casket-closed position; iv. manually actuable means for releasing, in a single hand action, said latching means retaining said front in said casket-closed position; b. a tray for supporting a disposable cremateable container for human remains, positioned parallel and proximate to the casket bottom and being slideably movable from within said casket to a position at which said tray extends at least partially out of said casket when said front is in said casket-open position; and c. means on said bottom, for supporting said tray during tray movement along said bottom.