Patent Model: Improvement in Burial Caskets
date: label: associated date
content: 1872-10-29
name: label: inventor
content: Stein, Samuel
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Samuel Stein, “Improvement in Burial Casket,” U.S. Patent 132,605 (Oct. 29, 1872). Stein's invention consists of an ornamental metal outer frame for a coffin. The coffin is made of wood or other material and then secured within the frame with screws or nails. The metal frame provides an economical way to add strength and ornamentation to the casket. Samuel Stein, a German immigrant, established the Stein Manufacturing Co. in Rochester, N.Y.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, Rochester
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.65.0176
label: catalog number
content: 65.0176
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: patent number
content: 132,605
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: burial casket, patent model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (tag, patent material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)