Patents Assigned to Casket Shells, Incorporated
  • Casket construction
    Patent number: 6029326
    Abstract: A metal casket is provided with stabilizing braces at each corner secured to neighboring surfaces of a side panel, end panel and bottom panel to assure and maintain the integrity of the squareness of the casket body, and, consequently, the alignment of the casket lid with the casket body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Casket Shells, Incorporated
    Inventor: Joseph R. Semon
  • Venting system for above ground casket
    Patent number: 5926929
    Abstract: A one-way valve is mounted on a wall of a casket for venting gas and vapor pressure build up interiorly of the casket incident to body decomposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Casket Shells, Incorporated
    Inventor: William T. MacKirdy
  • Casket assembly from pre-finished parts
    Patent number: 5813100
    Abstract: A metal casket shell will includes sides, ends, bottoms and lids blanked and formed from pre-painted or pre-finished material. Corner connectors fasten the sides thereby eliminating the need to weld and grind these joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Casket Shells Incorporated
    Inventor: William T. Mackirdy
  • Casket lid support
    Patent number: 5765268
    Abstract: A lid support releasably locks a casket lid in an open position relative to a casket body. A curved arm with a curved slot is pivotably connected at one end to the lid and the other end having a circular opening at the adjacent end of the slot. A follower has a stem disposed in the slot and is movable therein as the lid is moved between its open and closed position. A tubular boss coupled with the stem is adapted to enter the circular opening under the influence of a spring to releasably lock the lid in its open position. Upon depressing the stem against the bias of the spring, the boss is adapted to be withdrawn from the opening and the stem is adapted to enter the slot to permit the lid to be moved to its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Casket Shells, Incorporated
    Inventor: William T. MacKirdy
  • Above ground entombment casket
    Patent number: 5666705
    Abstract: A metal casket for an above ground entombment includes a barrier material on the inner face of the casket bottom, sides and ends for preventing body decomposition liquids and vapors for contacting the inner surface of the casket bottom, sides and ends. A crystalline coating material is adhered to the barrier material and acts as a desiccant and encapsulator of the body decomposition liquids and vapors to convert the liquids and vapors into gel so that the liquids and vapors cannot migrate by gravity to the exterior of the casket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Casket Shells, Incorporated
    Inventor: Joseph R. Semon
  • Metal casket construction
    Patent number: 5448810
    Abstract: A metal casket shell will include sides, ends, bottoms and lids blanked and formed from pre-painted or pre-finished material. The connections of these parts employing prongs or tabs or both thereby eliminating the need to weld and grinding these joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Casket Shells, Incorporated
    Inventor: William I. Mackirdy