CA1306101C - Article and method for enclosing and protecting entombment caskets - Google Patents
Article and method for enclosing and protecting entombment casketsInfo
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ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
To overcome problems concerning storage of entombment caskets in crypts or mausoleums, particularly garden crypts, there is provided an air-tight end-capped casket-enclosing article 2 made of suitable material, such as rotation-molded polyethylene or other suitable synthetic resinous (plastic) material, alone or reinforced with suitable other fibrous material, such as fiberglass. A check valve 30 vents the air tight space enclosed by casket enclosure 2 and end cap 14.
To overcome problems concerning storage of entombment caskets in crypts or mausoleums, particularly garden crypts, there is provided an air-tight end-capped casket-enclosing article 2 made of suitable material, such as rotation-molded polyethylene or other suitable synthetic resinous (plastic) material, alone or reinforced with suitable other fibrous material, such as fiberglass. A check valve 30 vents the air tight space enclosed by casket enclosure 2 and end cap 14.
Description
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ARTIC~ AND METHOD FOR ENCLOSING
BACKGROUND OF ~E INVEN~ION
1. Field o~ the Inventiono _ This invention relate~ to the art of mor~uary 9Ci ence, and in particular, it is concerned with a novel article and the method of i~s use in connec~i.on with enclosing and protecting entombment caskets in a crypt or mau~oleum, particularly in a garden crypt.
ARTIC~ AND METHOD FOR ENCLOSING
BACKGROUND OF ~E INVEN~ION
1. Field o~ the Inventiono _ This invention relate~ to the art of mor~uary 9Ci ence, and in particular, it is concerned with a novel article and the method of i~s use in connec~i.on with enclosing and protecting entombment caskets in a crypt or mau~oleum, particularly in a garden crypt.
2. Description of the Prior Art: - It is well known, in mortuary ~cience, to provide, for enclosing a ca~ket~ a burial vault which i5 made of two piece~ of "s~nthetic plastic resi~ous mate:rial"
which are fltted together to provide an air-tight ~eal. ~uch an article, together with a prac~ice $or lte u~e, i~ dl~clo~ed~ for ~xample~ in ~ny of~the US
Pa~ent~ No~. 3,208,188; 3,208,1~6; and 4,154,0310 The prior art contains a burial vaul~ made of fiberglass, as shown in U.S. Patent No. 3,172,1~3; and it oontain~ a burial vault made oE polyethylene or other molded plastic material, a~ in the above-mentioned US Patent No. 4,154,031.
In the prlor art a~ exemplified by th~
above-men~ioned patent , the burial vaults have invariably been of a two-pieee oon3truction comprising a ba~e and a dor~e-shaped lid, and these article~ have al~o bee~ in~ended for use in underground burial, ~, ~3~ C~L
replacing massive concrate structure~ which were at one time used in order ~o provide the necessary load-bearing charac~eristics which are important in connec~ion with such burial.
In the prior art, there hzls been, prior to tha present inven~ion, less of an appreciated need for providing a further air-tight enclosure around t~e casket ln the case of having the casket protected in a crypt or ~ausoleum. Experience with the maintenance of garden crypts and mausoleums has revealed, however, ~hat there may be, in the practiae o th~æ method of the long-term protection of remain~, a~ much o~ a need, if not mora o~ a nee~, for ~he u~e o~ an additional alr-tight sealing structure around tlle casket, regardles~ of whether the casket i~self i~ of a ~ealing or a non-sealing type. Persons char~ed with ~he mainterlance of the mausoleumæ and cryp~s are well aware o~ the necessity of providing ventlla~ion meana for the crypt6~ and of ~pending money on various means which are used to mask or ~uppress odoræ or to control insects and other pests.
~ he prior art has not provided, for th~s use, any especially suitable ar~icle of manufaakure.
More particularly, it has not provided an artlale in the form of an end~capped enclosure, nor has ~here been taught the method of overcoming the above-indicated problems by the use of such an article.
SUMMARY O~ THE INVENTION
To overcome problems concerning storage of entombment caskets in crypts or mausoleums, particularly garden crypts, there is provided an air-tight end-capped casket-enclosing article made of suitable material, such as rotation-molded polyethylene or other suitable synthetic resinous (plastic) material, alone or reinforced with suitable other fibrous material, such as fiberglass.
Thus, in one aspect of the invention there is provided an article for providing long-term stora~e of an entombment casket comprising: a casket enclosure means ~hich is made of synthetic resinous material and is of a two-part construction, the t~o-part construction of the enclosure means comprising a unitary body member which envelops the casket and an end cap member; means for permanently sealing the body member and the end cap member in air-tight and water-proof manner after the casket has been inserted therein; and means for ventin~ the space enclosed by the enclosure means.
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-3a-The invention also provides a system, in a preferred embodiment, for providing long-term storage of an entombment casket in an above ground building and which consists of the aforementioned article plus rack means in the above ground building for receiving and supporting enclosed caskets for long-term storage.
In another aspect of the invention there is provided a method of providing long-term storage of an entombment casket in an above ground bullding which method comprises encasing the casket in a thin-walled enclosure means which is made of synthetic resinous material and is of two-part construction, the enclosure means comprising a unitary body member which envelops the casket and an end-cap member, permanently joining, in an air-tight and water-proof manner, the body member after the casket has been inserted therein, and the end cap member, and venting the space enclosed by the enclosure means while supported at a desired location in the above ground building.
DESCRIPTION O~ l'HE ~RAWI~GS
A complete understandin~ of the inv~ntion may ~e obtained ~om the foregoing and follo~ing d~scriptio~ thereo~, taken in conjunction with the appended drawing~ in whlchs Figure 1 i~ e elevation vi~w, partly broken away, o~ a ca~ket enclosure in accordance wlth the invention.
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Figure ~ i~ a ~ec~ional view, taken on the line Il-II of Flgure 1 to sho~ the body and the end-- cap paxt~ which compri~e H ca~ket enclo~ure of t}le pre~ant invention;
Figure 3 i~ a seotional eleva~ion view taken on the line III-III of Flgure 1 ~ igure 4 1~ an end elevation view of the ~4~ :3L3~6 ca p member ~hown in Figure 2;
~ i~ur~ 5 i~ ~n ~le~7ation~1 view illustra~ing emtombmen-t ca6ket~ in ~Ih a}:~ove ground huilding .
PESCRIPTIo2~ OF THE P~E ER~Er~ EM~OPIMENTS
There i5 depict~d in Fi~lre 1 a E)l~e elev~tion ~iew of a c~iket enclo6ure ~ which i~i a novel a~ti~le or~ manufacture, fvr u~e ir~ accordanae with the ~thod of the pre~ent invention. A~ c~n be ~en ~rom th~ flr~win~, the ~sket ~clo~ur~
hollowl elonyat~d article having a 40ttom 4, ~ide wall~ 6 and 8, ~ w~ll 10 at i-t~ clo~ed end, and an open en~ :L2 which 1B ~dapted to be alo~ed by ~ean~ of a ~ap member 14~
- ~he ~ody memb~r of the ~ket enalo~ure 2 al~o pr~Perably ha~l ad~açen~ ~v the tops of it~ ~ide and ~, ~ome ~uit~ble portion~ 1~ whlch ~re of dimini~hihg horizon~al dimen~ion~ n~ approache~
~he top surf~c~ 18 of ~he ca~ket enalo~ure 2. The portions 1~ may, as shown, be pl~nar, and a~ tho~e ~killed in the art will readily appre~ e, ~urface~
whi~h are r~ c~v~d or Qtherwise ~imllarly ~h~ped may likewi~e be us~d, W:l~h the body member o:f ~he c~qket enclosure 2, there i~ u~ed an end-aap mem~er 14 which h~s ~ it~b;le ext~rior s~lrfac~ 20, a~ well a~ h~vîng, ~3~6~
on the side thereof which is oppo~ite to the exterior ~urface 20, the ~ui~able, relatively thin-wall~d part~
22 which are adapted to form~ through their surface~
24, a suitable permanent air-tight and water-proof ~eal wl$h the surfaces 26 upon the in.~erlor of th~
body member of ~he casket enclo~ure 2 in the vicinity of its open end.
~ hose skilled in the axt will appreclat,e that a ~uitable ~eal can be efected in any of several ~uitable known ways 7 i.e., with the u~e oE any of a variety of ~uitable sealing materials which may be applied to such ~urfaces, such as silicon glaze or epoxy cement. Sealing by the action of an ele~tric welder which heat~ to form by fu3ion a unitary s~ructure i8 another po~sibility. ~he inten i~, in any event, ~o form a casket enclo~ure 2 ~hich wlll be completely air-~ight and water-proo~ and remain 80 for at least fi~y year~, The ca#ket-enclosure article which is used in accordance with the present inventio~ ha~ suitable exterior dimensions to enable it to be fitted into an appropriate place in a crypt or mau~oleum, on the one hand, and ~uitable interior dimension~ to be able to recei~e within it~ interior a casket, on the other.
Thus, in general, a casket-enclo~ure article which i~
u~ed in accordance with the invention has an overall ~3~ LO~
length which is on the order of 85 1/2 inches or 87 1/2 lnche~, and an exteriox overall width which i~ on ~he order o~ ~0 inches or 32 inches, and an overall exterior height which is on the order of 25 inches or 26 inches~ The width of the top i8 011 the order o~ 2-1/2 to 7 ~nches le~s than the width of the bottom, and the ca~ket-en~lo~ure article preferably ha~, throu~hout, a wall ~hickness on the order of a~ laast 3/16 inch or more. 5uch articles can be made so that they have an ov~rall weight on the order of 70 to 120 pounds.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, a casket-enclo~ure article as described above i~ made of polyathylene which is black in color~ the article being formed in aecoxdance with a proce~s, known per se, wherein ~he powder or polymer to be molded i8 placed within a suitable mold and heated to a suitable temperature while ~imultaneously being ro~a~ed abou~ two perpendicular ax~
simultaneou~ly to effect the centri~ugal casting o an article of the desired shape and dimen~ion~. Both the hody member and the cap member may be ~o made. Making the article in thi~ way is de~irable becau6e it tends to afford additional ma~erial at some places, like corners, where additional material would be more de~irable, and a~ the same time, such a proce~g~ in ~3~6~
contrast to the use of injection molding, forms khe articles withou~ the in~roduction of stresses thereinto, which is de~irable from the stand-point of obtainin~ an a~ticle more likely to withstand exceed.ingly prolonged storage without the development of any stre~s-related cracking.
Those ~killed in the art will require no ~urther in3truction about how such an article would be u~ed, in connsction with the in-garden~crypt or ~n-mausoleum lon~-time storage of a casket, ~ealed or unsealed. The casket is lnserted in~o the body of the casket enclosure and then the end-cap is applied, to form a suitably air-tight ùnitary whole.
Tho~e skilled in the ar~ will al80 appreciate the advantages that are ob~ained by the use of such a s~ructure in conne~isn with mau oleum~ and garden crypta, and in particular, they will appre~iate tha~ it will be po3s~bl~ to obtain a comparatively long life, affoxding an article which re~ists corro~ion, and doe~ not ru~t or rot or warp, and is not affected by extreme changes in temperature. It affords permanence, and it creates an air-~ight and water proof construction, which makes unnecessary some expenses that ~ave otherwi~e been incurred in connection with maintaining an above-ground entombment, su~h as the u6e of fog~r aerosols, dusting ~3~
or ~praying with insec~icide or other pestieide material, and i~ eliminates or greatly reduces the use of fumigant~ and/or perfumant~ to control odor~ as well as eliminating or greatly reducing the need for purchasing and usin~ an electrocutor-type light trap for the control of insects and pest~. The eXpenQe and th~ use of an inner crypt seal~ or the uBe of ~aulking to ~eal and re-seal the crypt can be avoided, a~ well a~ the need to ~pread embalminy powder in each crypt.
The labor time required to seal or re~seal a crypt is reduced whsn ~he article and the me~hod accordinq to the pre~ent invention are ueed. Use of the invention afford~ a raduction in utility co~ts for ventilation, heating, and alr-conditioning i~ the maintenance in the abo~e-ground en~ombment3. There may al~o b~
advantages obtained in respect to reducing the C03t 0 th~ crypt, because of a decrea~ed need for providing ~entilation mean~.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate the potential usefulne6s of the inventlon in its enabling the de~lgn and constructlon of a novel kind o~ garde~ crypt or mausoleum, one in which, instead of it~ being nece~sary to provide, for each crypt enclo~ure, concr~te in relatively qreat amount~, there i8 in~tea~ provided a structure which i8 lighter in weight and more compact, with a ~olid or honeycomb ~31:)6~
3teel ~helving support Eor each caske~ after applying a protective enclosure according ~o the present invention. ~he Gasket enclo ure according to the invention will ~erve to diminish Gr exclude th2 chance that such shelving suppor~ will be ~ubjected to condition~ which may cause it to rustO
Optional~y, moreover, there may be al~o provided, at any desired or ~uitable location, whether in the cap or the body o the article disclosed herein, a pres~ure-relief valve 30, De3irably, this valve has an exter$or port which is connected ~o a ventilation pipe which commun1cate~ via suitable tubing wi~h the exterior of the mausoleum or g~rden crypt.
While I have shown and de~cribed herein certain embodimen~ of my in~en~ion, I intend to cover as well any chan~e or modification therein which may be made ~ithout departing from it~ ~pirit and ~ope.
which are fltted together to provide an air-tight ~eal. ~uch an article, together with a prac~ice $or lte u~e, i~ dl~clo~ed~ for ~xample~ in ~ny of~the US
Pa~ent~ No~. 3,208,188; 3,208,1~6; and 4,154,0310 The prior art contains a burial vaul~ made of fiberglass, as shown in U.S. Patent No. 3,172,1~3; and it oontain~ a burial vault made oE polyethylene or other molded plastic material, a~ in the above-mentioned US Patent No. 4,154,031.
In the prlor art a~ exemplified by th~
above-men~ioned patent , the burial vaults have invariably been of a two-pieee oon3truction comprising a ba~e and a dor~e-shaped lid, and these article~ have al~o bee~ in~ended for use in underground burial, ~, ~3~ C~L
replacing massive concrate structure~ which were at one time used in order ~o provide the necessary load-bearing charac~eristics which are important in connec~ion with such burial.
In the prior art, there hzls been, prior to tha present inven~ion, less of an appreciated need for providing a further air-tight enclosure around t~e casket ln the case of having the casket protected in a crypt or ~ausoleum. Experience with the maintenance of garden crypts and mausoleums has revealed, however, ~hat there may be, in the practiae o th~æ method of the long-term protection of remain~, a~ much o~ a need, if not mora o~ a nee~, for ~he u~e o~ an additional alr-tight sealing structure around tlle casket, regardles~ of whether the casket i~self i~ of a ~ealing or a non-sealing type. Persons char~ed with ~he mainterlance of the mausoleumæ and cryp~s are well aware o~ the necessity of providing ventlla~ion meana for the crypt6~ and of ~pending money on various means which are used to mask or ~uppress odoræ or to control insects and other pests.
~ he prior art has not provided, for th~s use, any especially suitable ar~icle of manufaakure.
More particularly, it has not provided an artlale in the form of an end~capped enclosure, nor has ~here been taught the method of overcoming the above-indicated problems by the use of such an article.
SUMMARY O~ THE INVENTION
To overcome problems concerning storage of entombment caskets in crypts or mausoleums, particularly garden crypts, there is provided an air-tight end-capped casket-enclosing article made of suitable material, such as rotation-molded polyethylene or other suitable synthetic resinous (plastic) material, alone or reinforced with suitable other fibrous material, such as fiberglass.
Thus, in one aspect of the invention there is provided an article for providing long-term stora~e of an entombment casket comprising: a casket enclosure means ~hich is made of synthetic resinous material and is of a two-part construction, the t~o-part construction of the enclosure means comprising a unitary body member which envelops the casket and an end cap member; means for permanently sealing the body member and the end cap member in air-tight and water-proof manner after the casket has been inserted therein; and means for ventin~ the space enclosed by the enclosure means.
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-3a-The invention also provides a system, in a preferred embodiment, for providing long-term storage of an entombment casket in an above ground building and which consists of the aforementioned article plus rack means in the above ground building for receiving and supporting enclosed caskets for long-term storage.
In another aspect of the invention there is provided a method of providing long-term storage of an entombment casket in an above ground bullding which method comprises encasing the casket in a thin-walled enclosure means which is made of synthetic resinous material and is of two-part construction, the enclosure means comprising a unitary body member which envelops the casket and an end-cap member, permanently joining, in an air-tight and water-proof manner, the body member after the casket has been inserted therein, and the end cap member, and venting the space enclosed by the enclosure means while supported at a desired location in the above ground building.
DESCRIPTION O~ l'HE ~RAWI~GS
A complete understandin~ of the inv~ntion may ~e obtained ~om the foregoing and follo~ing d~scriptio~ thereo~, taken in conjunction with the appended drawing~ in whlchs Figure 1 i~ e elevation vi~w, partly broken away, o~ a ca~ket enclosure in accordance wlth the invention.
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Figure ~ i~ a ~ec~ional view, taken on the line Il-II of Flgure 1 to sho~ the body and the end-- cap paxt~ which compri~e H ca~ket enclo~ure of t}le pre~ant invention;
Figure 3 i~ a seotional eleva~ion view taken on the line III-III of Flgure 1 ~ igure 4 1~ an end elevation view of the ~4~ :3L3~6 ca p member ~hown in Figure 2;
~ i~ur~ 5 i~ ~n ~le~7ation~1 view illustra~ing emtombmen-t ca6ket~ in ~Ih a}:~ove ground huilding .
PESCRIPTIo2~ OF THE P~E ER~Er~ EM~OPIMENTS
There i5 depict~d in Fi~lre 1 a E)l~e elev~tion ~iew of a c~iket enclo6ure ~ which i~i a novel a~ti~le or~ manufacture, fvr u~e ir~ accordanae with the ~thod of the pre~ent invention. A~ c~n be ~en ~rom th~ flr~win~, the ~sket ~clo~ur~
hollowl elonyat~d article having a 40ttom 4, ~ide wall~ 6 and 8, ~ w~ll 10 at i-t~ clo~ed end, and an open en~ :L2 which 1B ~dapted to be alo~ed by ~ean~ of a ~ap member 14~
- ~he ~ody memb~r of the ~ket enalo~ure 2 al~o pr~Perably ha~l ad~açen~ ~v the tops of it~ ~ide and ~, ~ome ~uit~ble portion~ 1~ whlch ~re of dimini~hihg horizon~al dimen~ion~ n~ approache~
~he top surf~c~ 18 of ~he ca~ket enalo~ure 2. The portions 1~ may, as shown, be pl~nar, and a~ tho~e ~killed in the art will readily appre~ e, ~urface~
whi~h are r~ c~v~d or Qtherwise ~imllarly ~h~ped may likewi~e be us~d, W:l~h the body member o:f ~he c~qket enclosure 2, there i~ u~ed an end-aap mem~er 14 which h~s ~ it~b;le ext~rior s~lrfac~ 20, a~ well a~ h~vîng, ~3~6~
on the side thereof which is oppo~ite to the exterior ~urface 20, the ~ui~able, relatively thin-wall~d part~
22 which are adapted to form~ through their surface~
24, a suitable permanent air-tight and water-proof ~eal wl$h the surfaces 26 upon the in.~erlor of th~
body member of ~he casket enclo~ure 2 in the vicinity of its open end.
~ hose skilled in the axt will appreclat,e that a ~uitable ~eal can be efected in any of several ~uitable known ways 7 i.e., with the u~e oE any of a variety of ~uitable sealing materials which may be applied to such ~urfaces, such as silicon glaze or epoxy cement. Sealing by the action of an ele~tric welder which heat~ to form by fu3ion a unitary s~ructure i8 another po~sibility. ~he inten i~, in any event, ~o form a casket enclo~ure 2 ~hich wlll be completely air-~ight and water-proo~ and remain 80 for at least fi~y year~, The ca#ket-enclosure article which is used in accordance with the present inventio~ ha~ suitable exterior dimensions to enable it to be fitted into an appropriate place in a crypt or mau~oleum, on the one hand, and ~uitable interior dimension~ to be able to recei~e within it~ interior a casket, on the other.
Thus, in general, a casket-enclo~ure article which i~
u~ed in accordance with the invention has an overall ~3~ LO~
length which is on the order of 85 1/2 inches or 87 1/2 lnche~, and an exteriox overall width which i~ on ~he order o~ ~0 inches or 32 inches, and an overall exterior height which is on the order of 25 inches or 26 inches~ The width of the top i8 011 the order o~ 2-1/2 to 7 ~nches le~s than the width of the bottom, and the ca~ket-en~lo~ure article preferably ha~, throu~hout, a wall ~hickness on the order of a~ laast 3/16 inch or more. 5uch articles can be made so that they have an ov~rall weight on the order of 70 to 120 pounds.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, a casket-enclo~ure article as described above i~ made of polyathylene which is black in color~ the article being formed in aecoxdance with a proce~s, known per se, wherein ~he powder or polymer to be molded i8 placed within a suitable mold and heated to a suitable temperature while ~imultaneously being ro~a~ed abou~ two perpendicular ax~
simultaneou~ly to effect the centri~ugal casting o an article of the desired shape and dimen~ion~. Both the hody member and the cap member may be ~o made. Making the article in thi~ way is de~irable becau6e it tends to afford additional ma~erial at some places, like corners, where additional material would be more de~irable, and a~ the same time, such a proce~g~ in ~3~6~
contrast to the use of injection molding, forms khe articles withou~ the in~roduction of stresses thereinto, which is de~irable from the stand-point of obtainin~ an a~ticle more likely to withstand exceed.ingly prolonged storage without the development of any stre~s-related cracking.
Those ~killed in the art will require no ~urther in3truction about how such an article would be u~ed, in connsction with the in-garden~crypt or ~n-mausoleum lon~-time storage of a casket, ~ealed or unsealed. The casket is lnserted in~o the body of the casket enclosure and then the end-cap is applied, to form a suitably air-tight ùnitary whole.
Tho~e skilled in the ar~ will al80 appreciate the advantages that are ob~ained by the use of such a s~ructure in conne~isn with mau oleum~ and garden crypta, and in particular, they will appre~iate tha~ it will be po3s~bl~ to obtain a comparatively long life, affoxding an article which re~ists corro~ion, and doe~ not ru~t or rot or warp, and is not affected by extreme changes in temperature. It affords permanence, and it creates an air-~ight and water proof construction, which makes unnecessary some expenses that ~ave otherwi~e been incurred in connection with maintaining an above-ground entombment, su~h as the u6e of fog~r aerosols, dusting ~3~
or ~praying with insec~icide or other pestieide material, and i~ eliminates or greatly reduces the use of fumigant~ and/or perfumant~ to control odor~ as well as eliminating or greatly reducing the need for purchasing and usin~ an electrocutor-type light trap for the control of insects and pest~. The eXpenQe and th~ use of an inner crypt seal~ or the uBe of ~aulking to ~eal and re-seal the crypt can be avoided, a~ well a~ the need to ~pread embalminy powder in each crypt.
The labor time required to seal or re~seal a crypt is reduced whsn ~he article and the me~hod accordinq to the pre~ent invention are ueed. Use of the invention afford~ a raduction in utility co~ts for ventilation, heating, and alr-conditioning i~ the maintenance in the abo~e-ground en~ombment3. There may al~o b~
advantages obtained in respect to reducing the C03t 0 th~ crypt, because of a decrea~ed need for providing ~entilation mean~.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate the potential usefulne6s of the inventlon in its enabling the de~lgn and constructlon of a novel kind o~ garde~ crypt or mausoleum, one in which, instead of it~ being nece~sary to provide, for each crypt enclo~ure, concr~te in relatively qreat amount~, there i8 in~tea~ provided a structure which i8 lighter in weight and more compact, with a ~olid or honeycomb ~31:)6~
3teel ~helving support Eor each caske~ after applying a protective enclosure according ~o the present invention. ~he Gasket enclo ure according to the invention will ~erve to diminish Gr exclude th2 chance that such shelving suppor~ will be ~ubjected to condition~ which may cause it to rustO
Optional~y, moreover, there may be al~o provided, at any desired or ~uitable location, whether in the cap or the body o the article disclosed herein, a pres~ure-relief valve 30, De3irably, this valve has an exter$or port which is connected ~o a ventilation pipe which commun1cate~ via suitable tubing wi~h the exterior of the mausoleum or g~rden crypt.
While I have shown and de~cribed herein certain embodimen~ of my in~en~ion, I intend to cover as well any chan~e or modification therein which may be made ~ithout departing from it~ ~pirit and ~ope.
Claims (18)
1. The method of providing long-term storage of an entombment casket in an above ground building which method comprises encasing said casket in a thin-walled enclosure means which is made of synthetic resinous material and is of two-part construction, said enclosure means comprising a unitary body member which envelops said casket and an end-cap member, permanently joining in an air-tight and water-proof manner, said body member after said casket has been inserted therein, and said end cap member, and venting the space enclosed by said enclosure means while supported at a desired location in said above ground building.
2. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said synthetic resinous material is a polyethylene which is black in color, and said enclosure means has a wall thickness of approximately 3/16 inch or more, and an overall weight on the order of 70 to 120 pounds.
3. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein after said casket is encased in said enclosure means, the enclosure means containing the casket is given long-term storage in said above ground building without the use of agents selected from the group consisting of fumigants, perfumants, and pesticides.
4. A method as defined in claim 3, wherein said synthetic resinous material is a polyethylene which is black in color, and said enclosure means has a wall thickness of approximately 3/16 inch or more, and an overall weight on the order of 70 to 120 pounds.
5. The method according to claim 1 wherein said means for sealing include fusing said unitary body member to said end cap member by heat welding.
6. The method according to claim 1 wherein said sealing includes joining said unitary body member to said end cap by sealing material.
7. The method according to claim 1 wherein said above ground building is a mausoleum.
8. An article for providing long-term storage of an entombment casket comprising:
a casket enclosure means which is made of synthetic resinous material and is of a two-part construction, the two-part construction of said enclosure means comprising a unitary body member which envelops said casket and amend cap member;
means for permanently sealing said body member and said end cap member in air-tight and water-proof manner after said casket has been inserted therein; and means including a pressure relief valve for venting the space enclosed by said enclosure means.
a casket enclosure means which is made of synthetic resinous material and is of a two-part construction, the two-part construction of said enclosure means comprising a unitary body member which envelops said casket and amend cap member;
means for permanently sealing said body member and said end cap member in air-tight and water-proof manner after said casket has been inserted therein; and means including a pressure relief valve for venting the space enclosed by said enclosure means.
9. The article as defined in claim 8, wherein said synthetic resinous material is a polyethylene and said enclosure means has a wall thickness of approximately 3/16 inch or more, and an overall weight on the order of 70 to 120 pounds.
10. The article as defined in claim 8, wherein said means for sealing include fusing said unitary body member to said end cap by heat welding.
11. The article as defined in claim 8, wherein said means for sealing include sealing material for joining said unitary body member to said end cap.
12. A system for providing long-term storage of an entombment casket in an above ground building comprising:
a casket enclosure means which is made of synthetic resinous material and is of a two-part construction, the two-part construction of said enclosure means comprising a unitary body member which envelops said casket and an end cap member;
means for permanently sealing said body member and said end cap member in an air-tight and water-proof manner after said casket has been inserted therein;
means for venting the space enclosed by said enclosure means; and rack means in said above ground building for receiving and supporting said enclosed caskets for long-term storage in said above ground building.
a casket enclosure means which is made of synthetic resinous material and is of a two-part construction, the two-part construction of said enclosure means comprising a unitary body member which envelops said casket and an end cap member;
means for permanently sealing said body member and said end cap member in an air-tight and water-proof manner after said casket has been inserted therein;
means for venting the space enclosed by said enclosure means; and rack means in said above ground building for receiving and supporting said enclosed caskets for long-term storage in said above ground building.
13. The system as defined in claim 12, wherein said above ground building is a mausoleum.
14. A method of providing long-term storage of an entombment casket in an above ground building, said method comprising the steps of:
(a) selecting a thin-walled enclosure means made of synthetic resinous material, said enclosure means being of a two-part construction comprising a unitary body member which envelops said casket and an end cap member; thereafter, (b) inserting said casket in said body member;
thereafter (c) permanently joining said body member and said end cap member in an air-tight and water-proof manner, and (d) venting the space enclosed by said enclosure means with a pressure relief valve while said enclosure means is supported at a desired location in said above ground building.
(a) selecting a thin-walled enclosure means made of synthetic resinous material, said enclosure means being of a two-part construction comprising a unitary body member which envelops said casket and an end cap member; thereafter, (b) inserting said casket in said body member;
thereafter (c) permanently joining said body member and said end cap member in an air-tight and water-proof manner, and (d) venting the space enclosed by said enclosure means with a pressure relief valve while said enclosure means is supported at a desired location in said above ground building.
15. The method of claim 14 wherein said synthetic resinous material is a polyethylene and step (a) comprises selecting an enclosure means having a wall thickness of at least 3/16 inch and an overall weight on the order of 70 to 120 pounds.
16. The method of claim 14 wherein step (c) comprises joining said end cap member to said body member by heat welding.
17. The method of claim 14 wherein step (c) comprises joining said end cap member to said body member by sealing material.
18. The method of claim 14 wherein said above ground building is a mausoleum.
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