Casket lid and method of making same

US6849141B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Batesville Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kevin R. Buchler · Cincinnati, US
• Gary Cunningham · Greensburg, US
• Todd Dennis · Batesville, US
• Bryan M. Hankel · Batesville, US
• John E. Linville · Osgood, US
• Donald R. Maier · Cincinnati, US
• Stephanie Mauch · Cincinnati, US
• Vincent Moster · Sunman, US
• Roger L. R uss · Brookville, US
• Patrick M. Saaf · Batesville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 1, 2002
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2005
• Expiry date: Oct 1, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/10
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of making a lid for a casket comprises providing tooling configured to produce a one-piece, unitary casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, providing settable material from which to mold the lid, molding the settable material with the tooling, permitting the settable material to set thereby producing a one-piece, unitary casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, and adhesively applying a wood veneer sheet to at least a portion of the lid. The veneer sheet can be applied with either a membrane press or a profile wrapping machine.