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Monday, February 4, 2013

HERE IS WHY THE FEMA COFFINS ARE SO BIG

Multi Functional Cremation Container For http://it.scribd.com/doc/17690179/Multi-Functional-Cremation-Container-For

A multi-functional cremation container for a cadaver is provided. A rectangular container is enclosed on five sides by four container side panels and a bottom panel. The sixth side is an upwardly facing open top for providing access to the internal volume within the container. The side panels terminate at the open top in a first annular horizontal peripheral groove and a downturned external flange having a downfacing annular edge. Each side is sloped so as to allow multiple cremation containers to be nestled for compact storage and easy transportation. A rectangular cover has a horizontal top panel with four peripheral, downwardly extending cover side panels. The cover side panels fit over the container flange for closing the container, and include formed therein a plurality of reliefs for carrying the casket. The top panel has a peripheral upwardly facing second annular horizontal groove for nesting within the first annular groove as a moisture barrier. Each of the cover side...

Inventors: Raymond M. Von Braun, Robert V. Milby
Primary Examiner: Beth A. Aubrey
Current U.S. Classification: 27/7; 27/14; 27/35; 428/913
International Classification: A61G 1700

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Citations

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Referenced by

Citing Patent	Filing date	Issue date	Original Assignee	Title
US6269526	Nov 13, 1997	Aug 7, 2001	The York Group, Inc.	Modular burial vault
US7003855	May 14, 2001	Feb 28, 2006		Collapsible cardboard cremation casket
USD543005	Sep 2, 2005	May 15, 2007		Ribbed heart shaped cremation urn

Claims

1. A multi-functional cremation container for a cadaver comprising:

a rectangular container made of a material taken from a group of polymers such as polyolefins, polyallomers, polyethylenes and polypropylenes, the material producing no atmospheric polluting gases or vapors when burned, the container being enclosed on five sides by four container side panels, and a bottom panel, a sixth side, being an upwardly facing open top, defining, and providing access to an internal volume within the container, the side panels terminating at the open top in a first annular horizontal peripheral groove and a downturned external container flange having a downfacing annular edge, the flange defining an annular hand clearance space between the flange and the side panels for improved gripping in carrying the container; and

a rectangular cover having a horizontal top panel with four peripheral, downwardly extending cover side panels, the side panels fitting over the container flange for closing the container, the top panel having a peripheral, upwardly facing second annular horizontal groove for nesting within the first annular groove as a moisture barrier;

whereby, a cadaver can be contained during funeral preparation, presented at a funeral, and cremated in the cremation container, the cover providing isolation to the internal volume and additional rigidity to the cremation container.

2. The cremation container of claim 1 further including a sealing strip sandwiched between the first and second annular grooves for providing a moisture and vapor barrier such that molecular exchange between the internal volume and the environment is thwarted.
3. The cremation container of claim 2 wherein the sealing strip is of an ethylene vinyl acetate polyolefin.
4. The cremation container of claim 2 wherein the sealing strip is of Elvax.TM. manufactured by DuPont Corporation.
5. The cremation container of claim 2 wherein the sealing strip includes an adhesive material being positioned between the strip and the first annular groove, for holding the strip permanently to the container.
6. The cremation container of claim 5 wherein the sealing strip further includes the adhesive material being positioned between the strip and the second annular groove, for improved sealing of the casket.
7. The cremation container of claim 1 wherein the four cover side panels and the annular downturned external flange are not mutually flush so that the cover is easily removed.
8. The cremation container of claim 7 wherein said non-flush condition is achieved by the relative downward angle of each of the four cover side panels and the relative downward angle of the external flange being unequal.
9. The cremation container of claim 1 wherein each of the cover side panels includes a means for latching against the downfacing annular edge.
10. The cremation container of claim 1 wherein the container includes a plurality of parallel container stiffening ribs extending laterally and longitudinally over the container side panels and the bottom panel for improved cremation container rigidity.
11. The cremation container of claim 1 wherein the cover includes a plurality of parallel cover stiffening ribs extending laterally and longitudinally over the cover side panels and the top panel for improved casket rigidity.
12. The cremation container of claim 1 further including a plurality of notch-shaped reliefs in the cover side panels for use in carrying the cremation container when the cover is in place on the container.