Structurally reinforced casket and manufacturing method

摘要

A modular casket made of lightweight materials is structurally reinforced using a structural sealant along at least the inner surfaces of the side panels, and optionally along at least side edge portions of a base panel to which the side panels are coupled, to stiffen and rigidize the casket against flexion along longitudinal and lateral axes, as well as torsional flexion. The structurally reinforced casket is sealed or more readily sealed against leakage and provides other benefits of structural stiffness and rigidity with relatively small cost and weight penalties.

主权项

1. A structurally reinforced modular casket comprising:
a base panel having head and foot end portions and left and right edge portions; a head end panel and a foot end panel coupled to said head end portion and said foot end portion of said base panel, respectively, in a generally upstanding manner; a left side panel and a right side panel coupled to said left edge portion and said right edge portion of said base panel, respectively, and said left side panel and said right side panel coupled to said base panel in a generally upstanding manner to define a cavity between respective inwardly-facing surfaces of said base panel, said left and right side panels, and said head and foot end panels, for receiving a deceased body; a lid that is positionable atop said left and right side panels and said head and foot end panels for enclosing said cavity; a structural sealant applied in an uncured state to said inwardly-facing surfaces of said left and right side panels and said left and right edge portions of said base panel to form a sealant layer extending substantially the length of each of said left and right side panels and filling a portion of said cavity; and wherein said sealant is cured to a hardened state to rigidize, and substantially permanently join said base panel to said left and right side panels.