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Corrugated fiberboard casket lids

US4944076A · kind A · utility

38Cited by
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4Claims
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Filing dateMay 13, 1987
Grant dateJul 31, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S220/23
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

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.

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