Externally removable casket hardware
US5377395A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61G17/041
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An externally mounted removable hardware assembly for a casket having a threaded bolt extending through a hole in a casket side wall. Inside the casket, the bolt threadably engages a nut which is snap-fit within a retention can. The nut has a longitudinally threaded bore therein and is formed from complementary nut sections which mate. An ejector pin is slidably mounted in a longitudinal bore in the bolt. The ejector pin may be depressed from outside of the casket. The pin slides within the bolt bore and contacts the retention cap thereby forcing the retention cap off of the nut allowing the nut halves to fall apart. Once the nut is dislodged from the retention cap and the nut sections have split apart and separated from the bolt, the bolt is thereby freed to be removed from the casket through the hole in the casket exterior wall without opening of the casket.
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