Abstract: A casket assembly comprising a coffin base, an outer decorative casket configured to conceal the coffin base, a first support leaf, and a first operating handle. In one embodiment, the coffin base has a first side and a first ledge projecting outwardly from the first side. The outer decorative casket has a first panel and a first support leaf having first and second edges. The first support leaf is hingedly coupled along the first edge to the first panel and is configured to rotate around the first edge between a stowed position and a coffin-support position. In the coffin-support position, the second edge is proximate an underside of the first ledge. The first operating handle is coupled to the first support leaf and configured to positively lock the first support leaf in the stowed position or the coffin-support position. A method of manufacturing a casket assembly is also provided.

Abstract: A metallic receptacle is embedded in the concrete material of a burial vault. The receptacle contains archival quality paper that records information identifying the person interred in the burial vault and the precise location at which the vault was buried. The receptacle is sealed by a cap that may be removed to access the archival information without opening the vault.

Abstract: A subgrade vault to provide an enclosed housing for utility connections. The housing is made of a moldable material with a reinforcing skirt at one end and a seat in the other. A lid is received in the seat to close its upper end. A clip is optionally provided for fastening the lid to the housing body that can be clipped on the body and engaged by a fastener carried by the lid.

Abstract: A reusable casket assembly includes a closable burial compartment configured to accommodate enclosure of a body within its interior. The burial compartment may be releasably attached inside a decorative casket shell thereby allowing disengagement of the burial compartment from the casket shell for burial of the compartment exclusive of the casket shell which may be reused with a different burial compartment.

Abstract: The containment system of this invention is an enclosure that includes an air supported canopy having walls and flooring to enclose a portion or an entire structure. The canopy is generally a flexible, puncture, air impermeable, and cut resistant canopy supported by air beams and customized air bladders. Side and end flaps or tarps hang downward from the canopy and may be held outward from the structure by air bags. The air bladders are used to support the enclosure above the structure and to hold side flaps out and away from the structure. Lower air bladders can be used along lower edges if needed. A system of wire cables enclosed in smooth, lightweight casings, or equivalent, attached and secured to the air bladders provides for movement of the enclosure along the structure. The entire enclosure can be moved without disassembly and reassembly.

Abstract: In a first aspect of the disclosure, a monument is shown having a movable element mounted in an opening therein for displaying information. The movable element may be partially or fully recessed in the opening but is constructed so as to be accessible for manual movement to change the information displayed. In a second aspect of the dislosure, a columbarium niche structure is shown having a movable element positioned behind an opening in a door. The movable element is preferably recessed so that no portion thereof extends beyond the front face of the door, but is constructed so as to be accessible for manual movement to change the information displayed. An adjustment system is provided for aligning the movable element with the door opening, and a bearing system is used to facillitate movement of the movable element.

Abstract: A columbarium structure comprising several niche units, each of which is of a door hingably attached to it. Within each such door, a rotatable element is rotatably mounted.

Abstract: A burial vault (1) designed to hold a standard casket (10), having a dome-like cover unit (2) and a generally rectangular base unit (3), each unit being of the same size so as to mate together around the edges (19,20) at a joint section. The cover unit has a plurality of interconnecting reinforcing ribs (15) running lengthwise along side walls (13) and end walls (11), across a top wall (14) and vertically down the side and end walls of the cover unit. The vertical ribs (16, 12) on the end of the side walls are sufficiently open and wide enough on a bottom end to fit over and interlock with ribs (6) on side walls (21) of the base unit. The joint section around the edges of the units consists of concave flange (9) in the cover unit which is received by a concave flange (5) in the base unit when the units are mated to form a burial vault.

Abstract: The tomb has a bone accommodating chamber inside it and the overall structure is formed like a house. The bone accommodating chamber is enclosed by the wall section on four sides and by the roof section that can be removed from the top of the wall section, so as to prevent ingress of water. The roof section can be taken off the wall section by lifting it, allowing the cinerary urn to be placed inside the tomb with ease.

Abstract: A system for deodorizing and decontaminating autopsy rooms where autopsies are conducted on decomposed human remains wherein large amounts of noxious and malodorous gases are given off comprising an exhaust fan for removing large volumes of air and noxious gases substantially instantaneously from the specific autopsy environment and directing the air and noxious gases to a chamber, a burner associated with the chamber such that the flammable decomposition gases being exhausted are bombarded by a flame, ignited, burned and deodorized, and a duct associated with the chamber for directing the air and burned gases to the exterior of the building.

Abstract: A burial vault is provided, the component parts of which are preferably made of molded plastic resinous material, such as polyethylene, and which comprises a composite base including as components parts thereof, (1) a generally flat, rectangular-shaped supporting platform; (2) an inner upright wall structure including a generally rectangular-shaped frame mounted on the said supporting platform member and having an open top and having a lower end portion which is mechanically fastened and hermetically sealed to the supporting platform and having upstanding side walls and end walls which are provided on their outer surfaces with laterally spaced generally vertically extending parallel reinforcing ribs; and (3) a generally flat rectangular-shaped top closure plate or lid member which is arranged over and closes the open top of the frame member of the inner upright wall structure and is hermetically sealed thereto.

Abstract: A burial vault having a base of rather planar configuration, a dome like portion extending thereabove, and capable of securing with the base by means of a seat provided around the periphery of the said base that accommodates the lower continuous edge of the said dome portion; the base is provided with a pair of recesses that provide clearance for the location of the straps or other instrumentality as used during the handling and descent of the burial vault, with the dome portion of the vault having internal reinforcement, either in the form of integral ribs, or embedded rods, or a combination of each, so as to rigidify the dome and enhance its load supporting strength during usage.