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A casket assembly of the casket surround type in which the casket surround includes a movable floor and an adjustment mechanism for raising and lowering the floor or tilting the floor. The floor is raised during the viewing process to provide an optimal viewing position and is lowered following the

A casket assembly of the casket surround type in which the casket surround includes a movable floor and an adjustment mechanism for raising and lowering the floor or tilting the floor. The floor is raised during the viewing process to provide an optimal viewing position and is lowered following the viewing process so that the vault can be sealed and the sealed vault may be transported within the casket surround to the burial site. The casket surround comprises a simple core structure to which the various components of exterior ornamentation are removably secured so that damaged components may be readily and selectively removed and replaced. One end wall of the casket surround is hinged adjacent its lower edge so that it may be pivoted to a lowered, open position to facilitate insertion or removal of the vault from the casket surround.

대표청구항 ▼

A casket for a corpse comprising: (A) sidewalls; (B) end walls; (C) a lid; (D) means mounting one of said end walls for movement between a closed position and an open position allowing lengthwise movement of a vault into and out of said casket; (E) a floor; (F) fixed rail means extending along said

A casket for a corpse comprising: (A) sidewalls; (B) end walls; (C) a lid; (D) means mounting one of said end walls for movement between a closed position and an open position allowing lengthwise movement of a vault into and out of said casket; (E) a floor; (F) fixed rail means extending along said floor between an outboard end positioned adjacent said one end wall to an inboard end positioned at an intermediate location along said floor; (G) movable rail means extending along said floor between an inboard end adjacent the inboard end of said fixed rail means and an outboard end adjacent said other end wall; and (H) actuator means engaging the outboard end of said movable rail means and operative to raise said outboard end to pivot said movable rail means upwardly about its inboard end.