Abstract: Hardware for a casket comprises a clevis having a pair of side walls, a back wall adapted to be attached to the casket shell wall, a pair of tabs each of which extends laterally outwardly from a respective one of the side walls and each of which is spaced forwardly from the rear wall, an arm pivoted at an upper end to the clevis, and a decorative ear having a downwardly facing recess in a lower edge thereof and a pair of tapered resilient arms each of which is located on a respective side of the recess, each resilient arm having a laterally inwardly projecting tab on a lower free end thereof, each resilient arm becoming progressively thicker from the free end toward a base thereof as measured in a direction generally normal to the casket shell wall.

Abstract: A coffin is constructed to hold an inner coffin for holding the mortal remains therein or thereon. The inner coffin has a bottom, opposing first and second ends and opposing first and second sides extending in a longitudinal direction of the inner coffin between the first and second ends. The coffin comprises a base for supporting the inner coffin; and a cover to provide at least partial covering of the inner coffin when arranged on the base. The coffin allows displacement of the inner coffin over the base by allowing passage of the inner coffin from the base at one end or side. The coffin further allows access to at least one other one of the ends and sides of the inner coffin from lateral directions along a support plane comprising the bottom of the inner coffin for getting hold on the inner coffin to move it along the support plane over the base in the direction of the one of the ends and sides of the inner coffin.

Abstract: A burial capsule usable with an inert gas for replacing air in the burial capsule, the burial capsule comprising a sealable shell defining a chamber therein and a shell outer surface, the shell defining a shell inlet and a shell outlet both extending therethrough between the shell outer surface and the chamber for respectively receiving the inert gas and releasing the air contained in the chamber to allow replacement of the air by the inert gas when the inert gas flows in the chamber through the shell inlet. The burial capsule also includes a first valve handle anchor mountable to the shell and a first handle mountable the first valve handle anchor. The first valve handle anchor acts as a valve to selectively alternatively allow and prevent flow of the inert gas in the chamber through the shell inlet.

Abstract: A coffin in an environmentally friendly material with a special shape and fittings at the places where the coffin is to be lifted, which is new in that the coffin itself has vertical recesses directed inwards, which cover both the coffin box and the lid, and wherein at each side of the coffin box bottom, a transverse lever or pipe has been placed, and wherein said pipe or lever is through-going to each and across each recess.

Abstract: A carrier is provided for facilitating the carrying and transportation of a funerary container having a bottom surface, a plurality of side surfaces and a top surface, along with a length and width and interior large enough to accommodate an un-cremated corpse. The carrier includes a base member having a length generally long enough to span the width of the funerary container and a upper surface sized and configured for receiving the bottom surface of the funerary container. An upstanding member has a lower end coupled to the base member and an upper end. The upstanding member extends in a plane generally perpendicular to the base member. A handle member is provided that is coupled to the upstanding member. The handle includes a hand receiving surface engageable by the hand of the user.

Abstract: An ergonomic anatomical assist system for mounting on a handled receptacle device, having a hand grip disposed on a receptacle end of the device, the hand grip disposed on the device transversely to the handle and extending off the handle so that a user's palm can grasp the grip with palm facing up and opposite the receptacle. The system may further have a forearm support configured to cradle around at least a portion of the user's forearm, the support being disposed on a handle portion of the device that is spaced so as to distribute the load of the device over at least two spaced apart anatomical points, one being at the hand and the other along the forearm.

Abstract: A modular casket that is easy to assemble and can be assembled with few or no tools is disclosed. The casket comprises a number of injection molded plastic pieces that can be snap-fit together. The casket is relatively compact and lightweight and is conducive to shipping and storage, yet has sufficient strength for its intended purpose.

Abstract: A modular casket that is easy to assemble and can be assembled with few or no tools is disclosed. The casket comprises a number of injection molded plastic pieces that can be snap-fit together. The casket is relatively compact and lightweight and is conducive to shipping and storage, yet has sufficient strength for its intended purpose.

Abstract: A reusable casket includes a rectangular solid-configured body preferably having a casket top hingedly connected to a casket rear for pivotal movement between a casket-open position and a casket-closed position, a casket front pivotally connected to a casket bottom between a casket-closed position and a casket-open position, a latch for retaining the casket front in the casket-closed position and a lock for securing the casket top to the casket front. The reusable casket also has a tray for supporting a disposable cremateable container for human remains and track assemblies connected to the casket bottom for rotatably supporting the tray during tray movement along the casket bottom.

Abstract: A casket assembly includes a container and a two-piece lid. The two-piece lid includes a superior lid that covers the anterior end of the casket and an inferior lid that covers the opposite end. The container includes a bottom panel, an inferior end panel, a superior end panel, and two elongated side panels. Each elongated side portion has a recessed portion on the superior end of the casket for providing an improved viewing of the deceased. In one embodiment, the casket panels each include a plurality of mortise holes and/or tenons. The tenons on individual panels are designed to fit into the mortise holes on other panels. Pins are placed through pinholes on the tenons to retain the tenons in the mortise holes. A shelf and bracket assembly may be provided for use in displaying mementos of the deceased and/or for supporting the inferior casket lid.

Abstract: A casket assembly includes a container and a two-piece lid. The two-piece lid includes a superior lid that covers the anterior end of the casket and an inferior lid that covers the opposite end. The container includes a bottom panel, an inferior end panel, a superior end panel, and two elongated side panels. Each elongated side portion has a recessed portion on the superior end of the casket for providing an improved viewing of the deceased. In one embodiment, the casket panels each include a plurality of mortise holes and/or tenons. The tenons on individual panels are designed to fit into the mortise holes on other panels. Pins are placed through pinholes on the tenons to retain the tenons in the mortise holes. A shelf and bracket assembly may be provided for use in displaying mementos of the deceased and/or for supporting the inferior casket lid.

Abstract: A funerary container made of paper material comprises a predetermined number of laminar elements (2) flexibly connected to each other and defining in mutual cooperation a housing box (3) destined to contain a body and having at least a bottom wall, a plurality of lateral wall and at least a closure portion; the container further comprises a predetermined number of assembly devices (4), whereof each is operatively active on at least two laminar elements (2) to maintain them in a mutually approach position in operative conditions. At least one of the assembly devices (4) comprises at least a main fastening element (5) irremovably connected to a first laminar element (2a) and destined to receive in coupling fashion at least a second laminar element (2b). The assembly device (4) further comprises a complementary fastening element (6) operatively active on the second laminar element (2b) in operative conditions and destined to engage at least partially with the main fastening element (5).

Abstract: The present invention concerns a removable handle assembly for a casket which can secure the handles from the inside of the casket for more solidity and, to provide removable handles such as to facilitate the casket's incineration. The removable handle assembly according to the invention includes at least one anchorage having a front and a back side, the back side being adapted to be fixedly secured to a surface, each of the at least one anchorage further having two opposite ends. The assembly also includes at least one removable support adapted to mate with the front side of each of the at least one anchorage; and a lock for locking each of the at least one support on the front side of each of the at least one anchorage. The assembly is completed with a handle pivotally connected to each of the at least one support.