Coffins

Claim 2

A coffin erected from a blank cut from a single sheet of a material selected from the group consisting of cardboard, fibre board, straw-type building board or hard board, the blank comprising a base for forming the coffin floor, side pieces for forming the coffin sides, and end pieces for forming the coffin ends, the base, said pieces and end pieces being integral yet separated by crease lines for folded erection of the coffin, the end pieces each having a pair of lateral extensions which project laterally outwardly from the end pieces on opposite sides thereof for connecting the side and end pieces in the erected coffin by being joined along their side edges, the lateral extensions being folded inwardly of the side pieces, and means for connecting the lateral extensions to respective ones of the side pieces in overlying relation, whereby the extensions support the adjacent side pieces.

Claim 3

A coffin according to claim 1 including strengthening strips for adhesion along the upper sides of the sides of the erected coffin, the strips each having a crease line longitudinally along its length for folding the strip into double thickness.

Claim 4

A coffin according to claim 2 in which one of the thicknesses of the strips is cut away between the other and the side of the coffin to which it is to adhere so as to provide slots for securing a coffin lid.

Claim 5

A coffin according to claim 1 including tapes adhering to the inside or outside of the side pieces and extending through the side pieces for either tieing over the corpse or for supporting coffin handles; or both.

Claim 6

A coffin according to claim 2 which includes a coffin lid which fits inside an upper edge of the coffin and is secured to the strengthening strips, the coffin lid having tongues projecting from its periphery for securing in the slots.

Claim 7

A coffin according to claim 5 in which the tongues have an edge nearer the foot of the coffin perpendicular to the periphery of the lid, and an edge nearer the head of the coffin inclined at less than 90° to the periphery.

Claim 8

A coffin according to claim 5 in which the coffin lid sits below the upper edge of the coffin.

Claim 9

A coffin according to claim 5 in which the tongues have slots whereby the lid may be secured to the coffin by the introduction of tags.

Claim 10

A coffin according to claim 1 in which the base, side pieces, end pieces and/or extensions are cut out in dove-tailed or mating segments for connection.

Claim 11

A coffin erected from a blank cut from a single sheet of a material selected from the group consisting of cardboard, fibre board, straw-type building board or hard board, the blank comprising a base piece for forming the coffin floor, side pieces for forming the coffin sides, and end pieces for forming the coffin ends, the base piece, side pieces and end pieces being integral yet separated by crease lines for folded erection of the coffin, adjacent ones of said pieces having free edges each with dove-tailed or mating segments for mutual connection when the blank is folded to bring said free edges together, said base piece being of the general configuration of the corpse, having a centrally widened portion toward one end, a narrowed head portion having free side edges and a narrowed foot portion, said side pieces each extending along said narrowed head portion and having free side edges along and diverging from the free side edges of the head portion, the respective free side edges each being provided with said dove-tailed or mating segments and being brought together for mutual connection by said segments upon folding the side pieces upwardly from the base, said side pieces each includes longitudinal extensions separated from the side pieces by further crease lines, the extensions each having an outer free edge provided with further dove-tailed or mating segments, the extensions being foldable along the further crease lines for bringing the outer free edges together for mutual connection upon erection of the coffin.

Claim 12

A coffin erected from a blank cut from a single sheet of a material selected from the group consisting of cardboard, fibre board, straw-type building board or hard board, the blank comprising a base piece for forming the coffin floor, side pieces for forming the coffin sides, and end pieces for forming the coffin ends, the base piece, side pieces and end pieces being integral yet separated by crease lines for folded erection of the coffin, adjacent ones of said pieces having free edges each with dove-tailed or mating segments for mutual connection when the blank is folded to bring said free edges together, said base piece being of the general configuration of the corpse, having a centrally widened portion toward one end, a narrowed head portion having free side edges and a narrowed foot portion, said side pieces each extending along said narrowed head portion and having free side edges along and diverging from the free side edges of the head portion, the respective free side edges each being provided with said dove-tailed or mating segments and being brought together for mutual connection by said segments upon folding the side pieces upwardly from the base, said side pieces each includes longitudinal extensions separated from the side pieces by further crease lines, the extensions each having an outer free edge provided with further dove-tailed or mating segments, the extensions being foldable along the further crease lines for bringing the outer free edges together for mutual connection upon erection of the coffin.