Claims
- 1. A casket comprising
- a casket shell including a side wall having an outwardly facing side surface and an external hardware boss formed integrally and contiguously with the side wall, the external hardware boss protruding outwardly therefrom, the external hardware boss including a protruded wall offset outwardly from the side wall, a first transition wall integrally connecting the side wall and the protruded wall, and a second transition wall integrally connecting the side wall and the protruded wall, the side wall having a thickness and at least one of the protruded wall and the first and second transition walls having a thickness that is substantially equivalent to the thickness of the side wall, the first and second transition walls each being formed to include a handle-receiving void, and
- a handle extending through the handle-receiving voids of the first and second transition walls, the handle having portions extending beyond the first and second transition walls that can be gripped for carrying the casket.
- 2. The casket of claim 1, wherein the handle-receiving void formed in the first transition wall is an aperture extending through the first transition wall and the handle-receiving void formed in the second transition wall is an aperture extending through the second transition wall.
- 3. The casket of claim 2, wherein the casket shell is made of a plastics material, the external hardware boss is a substantially solid piece of plastics material between the first and second transition walls, and the external hardware boss has a space between the apertures formed in the first and second transition walls that is absent of plastics material to provide a bore extending through the external hardware boss.
- 4. A casket comprising
- a casket shell including a side wall having an outwardly facing side surface and a plurality of external hardware bosses formed integrally and contiguously with the side wall, each external hardware boss being generally hollow and formed to define an interior region that is at least partially bounded by a respective protruded wall offset outwardly from the side wall, a respective first transition wall integrally connecting the side wall and respective protruded wall, and a respective second transition wall spaced apart from the respective first transition wall and integrally connecting the side wall and respective protruded wall, each of the first and second transition walls being formed to include a handle-receiving void, and
- an elongated handle bar extending through all of the handle-receiving voids formed in the first and second transition walls, the handle bar including gripping portions between the hardware bosses.
- 5. The casket of claim 4, wherein each handle-receiving void is an aperture extending through the respective first and second transition wall.
- 6. The casket of claim 4, wherein the elongated handle bar includes a first end extending beyond the first transition wall of one of the external hardware bosses, a second end extending beyond the second transition wall of another of the external hardware bosses, a first end cap coupled to the first end, and a second end cap coupled to the second end.
- 7. The casket of claim 6, wherein the first end cap abuts the first transition wall of one of the external hardware bosses to prevent movement of the handle bar in a first direction and the second end cap abuts the second transition wall of another of the external hardware bosses to prevent movement of the handle bar in a second direction.
- 8. The casket of claim 4, wherein each external hardware boss further includes a top transition wall integrally connecting together the side wall of the casket shell, the protruded wall of the respective external hardware boss, and the respective first and second transition walls and a bottom transition wall integrally connecting together the side wall of the casket shell, the protruded wall of the respective external hardware boss, and the respective first and second transition walls.
- 9. The casket of claim 8, wherein the handle bar includes hidden portions that are positioned to lie in the respective interior regions of each external hardware boss between the respective first, second, top, and bottom transition walls.
- 10. A casket comprising
- a casket shell including a side wall having an outwardly facing side surface, a protruded wall offset outwardly from the side wall, a first transition wall integrally connecting the side wall and protruded wall, and a second transition wall integrally connecting the side wall and the protruded wall, the first and second transition walls cooperating with the protruded wall to define a protrusion in the side wall to provide the casket with an external hardware boss, the first and second transition walls each being formed to include a handle-receiving void, and
- a handle extending through the handle-receiving voids of the first and second transition walls, the handle having portions extending beyond the first and second transition walls that can be gripped for carrying the casket, the handle-receiving void formed in the first transition wall being an aperture extending through the first transition wall, the handle-receiving void formed in the second transition wall being an aperture extending through the second transition wall, the casket shell being made of a plastics material, the external hardware boss being a substantially solid piece of plastics material between the first and second transition walls, and the external hardware boss having a space between the apertures formed in the first and second transition walls that is absent of plastics material to provide a bore extending through the external hardware boss.
- 11. A casket comprising
- a casket shell including a side wall having an outwardly facing side surface and a plurality of external hardware bosses integrally and contiguously appended to the side wall, each external hardware boss including a protruded wall offset outwardly from the side wall, a first transition wall integrally connecting the side wall and respective protruded wall, and a second transition wall spaced apart from the respective first transition wall and integrally connecting the side wall and respective protruded wall, each of the first and second transition walls being formed to include a handle-receiving void, and
- an elongated handle bar extending through all of the handle-receiving voids formed in the first and second transition walls, the handle bar including gripping portions between the hardware bosses, each external hardware boss including a top transition wall integrally connecting together the side wall of the casket shell, the protruded wall of the respective external hardware boss, and the respective first and second transition walls and a bottom transition wall integrally connecting together the side wall of the casket shell, the protruded wall of the respective external hardware boss, and the respective first and second transition walls, and each external hardware boss being substantially hollow between the respective first, second, top, and bottom transition walls.
- 12. A casket comprising
- a casket shell including a side wall having an outwardly facing side surface and a hardware boss formed integrally and contiguously with the side wall and protruding outwardly therefrom, the side wall having a first thickness and the hardware boss having a plurality of wall portions, at least one of the plurality of wall portions having a thickness substantially equivalent to the first thickness, the hardware boss being formed to include a handle-receiving void, and
- a handle including a first portion received in the handle-receiving void, the handle including a second portion extending from the first portion, the second portion of the handle being grippable to carry the casket.
- 13. The casket of claim 12, wherein the hardware boss is generally hollow and has an interior region bounded at least partially by the plurality of wall portions.
- 14. The casket of claim 13, wherein the handle-receiving void is in fluid communication with the interior region.
- 15. The casket of claim 13, wherein the handle-receiving void is separated from the interior region by at least one of the wall portions.
- 16. The casket of claim 12, wherein the side wall and hardware boss are made from a sheet of material.
- 17. The casket of claim 16, wherein the sheet of material is a metal material.
- 18. The casket of claim 16, wherein the sheet of material is a plastics material.
- 19. A casket comprising
- a casket shell including a side wall having an outwardly facing side surface and a hardware boss formed integrally and contiguously with the side wall and protruding outwardly therefrom, the hardware boss including a plurality of wall portions configured to define a generally hollow interior region, the hardware boss being formed to include a handle-receiving void, and
- a handle including a first portion received in the handle-receiving void, the handle including a second portion extending from the first portion, the second portion of the handle being grippable to carry the casket.
- 20. The casket of claim 19, wherein the handle-receiving void is in fluid communication with the interior region.
- 21. The casket of claim 19, wherein the handle-receiving void is separated from the interior region by at least one of the wall portions.
- 22. The casket of claim 19, wherein the side wall and hardware boss are made from a sheet of material.
- 23. The casket of claim 22, wherein the sheet of material is a metal material.
- 24. The casket of claim 22, wherein the sheet of material is a plastics material.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/620,113, filed Mar. 28, 1996, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,689,869 on Nov. 25, 1997.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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