Abstract: An environmentally-protective body container comprises a burnable double-walled utility case which can be used either as a shipping container and/or as a casket for burial or for cremation. The case is blow-molded from an organic thermoplastic which does not create explosive gases during burning and which leaves little ash or residue. At least the outer walls of the case are impervious to liquids, thereby preventing body and embalming fluids from contaminating the adjacent ground water supply in the case of burial. Air injection holes created in the inner walls during the conventional blow-molding process make the inner walls air pervious and thereby provide expansion space for body gases between the inner and outer walls. Use of a double-walled case also enables hand recesses to be formed into the lower section of the case and thereby eliminate the need for costly metallic pallbearing hardware.

Abstract: A casket bed system comprises an air mattress having a plurality of independently inflatable sections to enable a corpse to be positioned for mourner viewing. The head of the corpse may be vertically adjusted relatively to the foot level, the upper torso may be angularly tilted slightly toward the viewing side of the casket and the head may be adjusted relative to the chest to properly space the chin from the chest to provide a natural, restful appearance.

Abstract: A casket or burial vault is made of thermoplastic material, either by vacuum forming or injection molding, as two longitudinal half-shells which are joined along a parting line into a leakproof, integral shell.