An environmentally-protective body container comprises a burnable double-walled utility case which can be used either as a shipping container and/or as a casket for burial or for cremation. The case is blow-molded from an organic thermoplastic which does not create explosive gases during burning and which leaves little ash or residue. At least the outer walls of the case are impervious to liquids, thereby preventing body and embalming fluids from contaminating the adjacent ground water supply in the case of burial. Air injection holes created in the inner walls during the conventional blow-molding process make the inner walls air pervious and thereby provide expansion space for body gases between the inner and outer walls. Use of a double-walled case also enables hand recesses to be formed into the lower section of the case and thereby eliminate the need for costly metallic pallbearing hardware. Forklift truck recesses are conveniently molded into the bottom of the case to enable lifting and handling of the case while at least its top, sides and ends are surrounded by a corrugated air tray.
A burial container comprising a seamless base unit of unitary construction having a bottom, opposing side walls and opposing end walls and a seamless lid unit of unitary construction, said base unit and lid unit being formed of a cured polyurethane resin.
A foldable container assembly of fiberboard material is provided which can support and contain a corpse therein solely with the container fiberboard material without the use of wood frame members and the attendant weight and expense associated therewith. Preferably, the container assembly is provided partially preassembled in the transport container including an outer body portion of the main container body which can be bent or collapsed from its operative orientation to a smaller transport orientation to fit in the compact transport container. Similarly, a large lid section of a two part lid can be partially preassembled and folded to a smaller transport form for shipping. The main container body also includes a fluid containment portion formed from a fluid containment panel of corrugated fiberboard material which is folded to form the fluid containment portion and placed in the container body to minimize leakage of fluids from the container and to assist in supporting loads placed thereon. The fluid containment portion includes sealing gussets so that when the fluid containment panel is folded into its operative state for being placed into the container body, there will be no seams along the bottom of the upstanding walls of the folded fluid containment panel.
A hermetically sealed, insulated, fiberglass and/or polymeric burial vault. The burial vault may include inner and outer layers with an insulation material there between. Additionally, an anchor or other device may be utilized to hold the burial vault in the ground.
A collapsible cremation casket is formed of cardboard and has the appearance of a typical wood or plastic casket. The casket is assembled by folding along pre-scored lines to form a two-piece domed lid having a plurality of slots on the bottom and a set of slots in the back edge. The slots engage a plurality of tabs extending upward from the top of the back wall of the tray. Tabs within the slots on the back wall of the lid and the slope of the back wall of the tray provide support for the lid to stand in an upright position. When the tray is covered with the lid, the tabs engage the slots in the bottom wall of the lid, thereby securely holding the lid in place. During a ceremony, one lid section may be closed position and the second lid section is upright, thereby giving the appearance of a standard two-part casket lid.
A blow molded case is disclosed generally comprising a double wall, blow molded base portion having inner and outer case walls, and a lid portion connected to the base portion such that the lid, when in a closed position, at least partly covers the inner case wall of the base portion, which accommodates a first object. The outer wall of the base portion has a hole for receiving a second object, such as a drawer or other receptacle. In certain embodiments, the hole is a punched hole, created by extending a punch through a sidewall of the base portion substantially perpendicular to the parting line thereof. In certain embodiments, the sidewall is non-planar, and in some embodiments, the sidewall includes a recess adjacent the hole for easily gripping the second object.
