Patents by Inventor Bruce E. Elder

Bruce E. Elder has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4967455
    Abstract: A casket and method for manufacture are disclosed according to which a shell or base, having outwardly flared walls, is constructed of corrugated fiberboard by a technique in which a planar sheet of corrugated fiberboard is cut to form a blank having interconnected portions corresponding to the areas of the flared side and end walls. A domed lid is also provided, being formed of corrugated fiberboard with a reinforcing marginal frame, provision being made for utilization of the lid either as a single unitary piece or as a split lid having two halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Vandor Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce E. Elder
  • Patent number: 4944076
    Abstract: A lid for the shell or base of a casket is disclosed, the lid being formed of corrugated fiberboard. Two components or sheets of the corrugated fiberboard are employed in the construction of the lid, a first component being extended substantially throughout the width of the lid and having the corrugations extended in a direction transversely of the lid, and the other component being adhesively secured to the first component and having its corrugations extended longitudinally of the lid.The lid is also provided with braces or reinforcing components in the form of transverse bridges applied to the underside of the assembled sheet components, the bridges being formed of corrugated fiberboard, having the corrugations thereof extended in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignees: Boyertown Casket Company, Vandor Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Kay, Bruce E. Elder
  • Patent number: 4730370
    Abstract: A casket and method for manufacture are disclosed according to which a shell or base, having outwardly flared walls, is constructed of corrugated fiberboard by a technique in which a planar sheet of corrugated fiberboard is cut to form a blank having interconnected portions corresponding to the areas of the flared side and end walls. A domed lid is also provided, being formed of corrugated fiberboard with a reinforcing marginal frame, provision being made for utilization of the lid either as a single unitary piece or as a split lid having two halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Assignee: Vandor Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce E. Elder