CAP PANEL SHELF

• US 20160136029A1
• Filed: 08/03/2015
• Published: 05/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Matthews International Corporation
• Original Assignee: Matthews Resources Incorporated (Matthews International Corporation)
• Inventors: SKEEN, Philip Brian, ALLARD, Yves Joseph
• Granted Patent: US 9,615,989 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/024 characterised by support bracket location means, e.g. fixing means between support bracket and shelf A47B96/028 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 17/028 Swinging closures
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 17/04 Fittings for coffins
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49947 by applying separate fastener

Abstract

A casket may include a casket shell, at least one casket cap pivotally mounted on the casket shell, a cap panel inserted in a cavity formed by a bottom surface of the at least one casket cap, a plurality of puffing members attached to the edges of the cap panel, and a cap panel shelf mounted on the bottom surface of the casket cap. The cap panel shelf may be mounted on the casket cap by using wooden dowels. The cap panel shelf may be mounted on the casket cap by using mounting brackets positioned in between a puffing member on the bottom edge of the cap panel and the cap panel. A hinged support may be fastened to the bottom surface of the cap panel shelf to retain the cap panel shelf at a desired position.

Claims

1. A casket, comprising:

a casket shell;

at least one casket cap pivotally coupled to the casket shell;

a cap panel arranged in a cavity formed by a bottom surface of the at least one casket cap;

a cap panel shelf having at least two dowels attached thereto, the cap panel shelf being coupled to the bottom surface of the casket cap; and

at least two mounting brackets coupled to the bottom surface of the casket cap, wherein each mounting bracket comprises at least one dowel hole for receiving the corresponding dowels of the cap panel shelf.

2. The casket of claim 1, wherein each dowel is press fit or secured with an adhesive into a corresponding hole on a peripheral side of the cap panel shelf.

3. The casket of claim 2, wherein each dowel is press fit or secured with adhesive into the dowel hole of the corresponding mounting bracket.

4. The casket of claim 1, wherein the at least two dowels are formed from at least one of wood, plastic, metal, or a combination thereof.

5. The casket of claim 1, further comprising at least one puffing member attached to an edge of the cap panel.

6. The casket of claim 1, further comprising a hinged support member having a first end coupled to a bottom surface of the shelf and a second end coupled to the at least one puffing member.

7. A casket, comprising:

a casket shell;

at least one casket cap pivotally coupled to the casket shell;

a cap panel arranged in a cavity formed by a bottom surface of the at least one casket cap; and

a cap panel shelf coupled to the bottom surface of the casket cap via at least two retaining brackets and a hinged support coupled to the bottom surface of the cap panel shelf.

8. The casket of claim 7, wherein the retaining brackets and the hinged support are coupled to opposing sides of the bottom surface of the cap panel shelf.

9. The casket of claim 8, wherein the retaining brackets are inserted in between a puffing member on a bottom edge of the cap panel and the cap panel.

10. The casket of claim 9, where the hinged support comprises one member coupled to the bottom surface of the cap panel shelf and one member coupled to the puffing member.

11. A method of manufacturing a casket, the method comprising forming a casket shell;

coupling at least one casket cap to the casket shell;

arranging a cap panel within a cavity formed by a bottom surface of the at least one casket cap;

providing a cap panel shelf having at least two dowels attached thereto, the cap panel shelf being configured to be coupled to the bottom surface of the casket cap; and

providing at least two mounting brackets configured to be coupled to the bottom surface of the casket cap, wherein each mounting bracket comprises at least one dowel hole for receiving the corresponding dowels of the cap panel shelf.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least two dowels are formed from at least one of wood, plastic, metal, or a combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising at least one puffing member attached to an edge of the cap panel.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising a hinged support member having a first end coupled to a bottom surface of the shelf and a second end coupled to the at least one puffing member.