Patent ID: 8028384

Claim:
A burial vault base assembly comprising: a C-shaped front piece having first and second flanges extending from a side wall wherein the first and second flanges have first and second J-shaped connecting members secured thereto; a first side piece having first and second J-shaped connecting members secured thereto; a second side piece having first and second J-shaped connecting members secured thereto; a C-shaped back piece having first and second flanges extending from a side wall wherein the first and second flanges have first and second J-shaped connecting members secured thereto; a first C-shaped connector having opposing U-shaped channels connecting the first J-shaped connecting member of the first side piece with the first J-shaped connecting member of the first flange of the front piece; a second C-shaped connector having opposing U-shaped channels connecting the first J-shaped connecting member of the second side piece with the second J-shaped connecting member of the second flange of the front piece; a third C-shaped connector having opposing U-shaped channels connecting the second J-shaped connecting member of the first side piece with the first J-shaped connecting member of the first flange of the back piece; a fourth C-shaped connector having opposing U-shaped channels connecting the second J-shaped connecting member of the second side piece with the second J-shaped connecting member of the second flange of the back piece; an interior piece in spaced relation to the front piece, first and second side pieces and the back piece; wherein concrete is disposed between the interior piece and the front piece, first and second side pieces and the back piece to form a burial vault base; and wherein the opposing U-shaped channels of the C-shaped connectors interlock with the U-shaped channels of the J-shaped connecting members to form joints to connect the C-shaped front piece, the first side piece, the second side piece, and the C-shaped back piece to form an exterior shell of a burial vault base having interconnecting pieces.