Burial receptacles and the method of encasing such receptacles in a preservative material

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A CASKET HAVING AN INTERIOR SHAPED TO RECEIVE A BODY FOR INTERMENT IN A GRAVE HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, AND SIDE AND END WALLS SPACED AT A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER TO RECEIVE THE CASKET AND TO PROVIDE A SPACE BETWEEN THE CASKET AND THE SIDE AND END WALLS OF THE GRAVE, A PLURALITY OF SPACED BLOCKS COMPOSED ESSENTIALLY OF A PRESERATIVE MATERIAL AND RESTING UPON THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE GRAVE UPON WHICH SAID CASKET RESTS, A RECTANGULARLY-SHAPED FRAME SURROUNDING SAID CASKET AND BEING COMPOSED OF UPPER AND LOWER SIDE AND END RAILS, THE LOWER END AND SIDE RAILS OF WHICH REST UPON THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAVE IN PROXIMITY TO THE RESPECTIVE END AND SIDE WALLS OF THE GRAVE, A BLOCK COMPOSED ESSENTIALLY OF A PRESERATIVE MATERIAL RESTING UPON THE UPPER SURFACE OF EACH OF THE LOWER END RAILS, THE INNER PORTION OF EACH WHICH ENGAGES SAID CASKET AND THE OUTER PORTION OF EACH OF WHICH IS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WALL OF THE GRAVE ADJACENT THERETO, A PAIR OF BLOCKS COMPOSED ESSENTIALLY OF A PRESERVATIVE MATERIAL RESTING ON ONE OF THE LOWER SIDE RAILS AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE TOP OF SAID CASKET WITH THE INNER PORTION OF EACH BLOCK BEING IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CASKET AND THE OUTER PORTION OF EACH BEING SUBSTANTIALLY IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SIDE WALL OF THE GRAVE ADJACENT THERETO, A SECOND PAIR OF BLOCKS COMPOSED ESSENTIALLY OF A PRESERVATIVE MATERIAL RESTING ON THE OTHER LOWER SIDE RAIL OF THE FRAME AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE TOP OF SAID CASKET AND THE OUTER PORTION OF EACH BEING SUBSTANTIALLY IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OTHER SIDE WALL OF THE GRAVE, A PLURALITY OF BLOCKS COMPOSED ESSENTIALLY OF A PRESERVATIVE MATERIAL RESTING UPON THE TOP OF THE CASKET, A LID RESTING UPON THE UPPER SIDE AND END RAILS OF THE FRAME FOR SUPPORTING DIRT ABOVE THE CASKET, AND AN ENCASEMENT OF THE PRESERVATIVE MATERIAL SURROUNDING THE CASKET AND ENCOMPASSING THE EXPOSED PORTIONS OF THE BLOCKS.