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A casket handle and removable lug (escutcheon plate) combination frees the lug from a fixed connection to the casket wall in common with the connections of the handle. The lug instead is mounted separately upon the casket, employing spring-urged detents engageable with the lug to hold the lug in ass

A casket handle and removable lug (escutcheon plate) combination frees the lug from a fixed connection to the casket wall in common with the connections of the handle. The lug instead is mounted separately upon the casket, employing spring-urged detents engageable with the lug to hold the lug in assembled relation with the handle and the casket.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A carrying handle assembly for a casket, the assembly including spaced arms each with a load-bearing connection mountable on a wall of the casket, and a decorative escutcheon plate associated with at least one of said arms for normally concealing said connection,the impro

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A carrying handle assembly for a casket, the assembly including spaced arms each with a load-bearing connection mountable on a wall of the casket, and a decorative escutcheon plate associated with at least one of said arms for normally concealing said connection,the improvement of said assembly comprising: said escutcheon plate being mountable to and demountable from the casket without disconnecting the arm from the casket,said escutcheon plate having formed therein a downwardly-open aperture to straddle said arm and said connection,said aperture being defined between opposed spaced walls formed integrally with said escutcheon plate and extending from said escutcheon plate rearwardly toward said casket wall,said connection having associated therewith a pair of laterally spaced detents resiliently urged against said opposed walls of said aperture in separable holding engagement to maintain said escutcheon plate in association with said arm and said casket wall.