Casket lid

Claim 2

For use in a casket lid having a crown portion and flanges extending inwardly from the edges of the crown portion to thereby underlie the portion, a liner assembly composed of a flat plate supported inwardly of the crown and on the underside thereof, said flat plate having its edges engaging the crown so that the plate is disposed spacedly beneath the crown: and a resilient liner having a central upper section bearing against the underside of the plate and extending from the upper section downwardly and outwardly to laterally extending sections engaging the flanges, the depth of said liner being greater when in repose than the distance between the plate and at least part of said flanges whereby the resiliency in the liner will effect pressure between the central and laterally extending sections and the adjacent plate and flanges.

Claim 3

The liner assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the upper section of liner is a flat portion in underlying engagement with the flat plate.

Claim 4

The liner assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the flanges of the casket lid are all coplanar and the edge sections of the liner lie on top of the flanges.

Claim 5

The liner assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the flanges along the front, rear and one end of the casket lid are horizontal and coplanar, and the flange at the other end is arch-shaped from front to rear, and the liner has its edge sections horizontal and arch-shaped to conform to the respective flanges of the lid.

Claim 6

The liner assembly as set forth in claim 4 in which the edge section that is arch-shaped lies against and is glued to the complementary arch-shaped flange.

Claim 7

The liner assembly as set forth in claim 4 in which the horizontal edge section lies on top of the horizontal flanges, and the arch-shaped edge section lies against the underside of the arch-shaped flange.

Claim 8

The liner assembly as set forth in claim 1 further characterized by means fixing at least one portion of an edge section to an adjacent flange.

Claim 9

In a casket lid having an overhead crown portion extending from front to rear edges and from one edge at one end and having coplanar horizontal front, rear and end flanges extending inwardly from the edges, and an arch-like flange extending from front to rear inwardly from the opposite end of the lid, the improvement residing in a liner assembly for the lid composed of a flat horizoNtal plate means having front and rear edges engaging the undersurface of the crown in a vertical spaced relation from the horizontal flanges and so that the plate means is vertically spaced beneath the crown; a resilient liner in the casket lid having an upper central portion bearing against the underside of said plate means and extending downwardly therefrom to laterally extending edge sections bearing against the upper surfaces of the horizontal flanges and having an arch-like edge section lying against and conforming to the shape of the arch-like flange at the opposite end of the lid.

Claim 10

In a casket lid having an overhead crown portion extending from front to rear edges and from one edge at one end and having coplanar horizontal front, rear and end flanges extending inwardly from the edges, and an arch-like flange extending from front to rear inwardly from the opposite end of the lid, the improvement residing in a liner assembly for the lid composed of a flat horizoNtal plate means having front and rear edges engaging the undersurface of the crown in a vertical spaced relation from the horizontal flanges and so that the plate means is vertically spaced beneath the crown; a resilient liner in the casket lid having an upper central portion bearing against the underside of said plate means and extending downwardly therefrom to laterally extending edge sections bearing against the upper surfaces of the horizontal flanges and having an arch-like edge section lying against and conforming to the shape of the arch-like flange at the opposite end of the lid.

Claim 11

The invention as set forth in claim 8 in which the liner when in repose has a depth greater than the vertical distance between the horizontal flanges and the underside of the plate means.

Claim 12

The invention as set forth in claim 8 in which the archlike edge section is glued to the flange.

Claim 13

The invention as set forth in claim 8 in which the panel is composed of an upper plastic layer to give the liner resiliency and a lower fabric layer.

Claim 14

The invention as set forth in claim 8 in which the horizontal flanges of the casket lid have inclined edge sections extending inwardly and upwardly to horizontal edges and the underside of the liner edge sections bear against the edges.