Patent Application
20120168097
1. Field of the Invention
The instant invention relates generally to chapel furniture, and more particularly to a folding church truck surround that is disposed to be preferably arranged around a church truck and casket by the folding and unfolding of various panels.
2. Description of the Related Prior Art
Caskets are used for the interment of the bodies of deceased persons. Prior to interment, the body of the deceased is typically displayed in a casket for the benefit of loved ones at a funeral home. The use of a bier to support the casket at the funeral home is known in the art. Typically, the lifting of the displayed casket from the church truck to the bier then is flanked by floral arrangements and personal effects of the deceased. A church truck surround should have a high quality finished furniture appearance. Further, the surround could have a display top cover for displaying the personal effects of the deceased in a tasteful and meaningful manner in the event of cremation.
The instant invention, as illustrated herein, is clearly not anticipated, rendered obvious or even present in any of the prior art mechanisms, either alone or in any combination thereof.
A primary object of the instant invention is to provide a folding church truck surround that is disposed to be arranged around a casket through the folding and unfolding of various panels.
Another object of the instant invention is to provide a folding church truck surround that includes a plurality of interchangeable graphic panels removeably attached to a center panel, a pair of front panels, a pair of corner panels, and pair of side panels.
Another object of the instant invention is to provide a folding church truck surround wherein a pair of front panels are disposed to be hingedly attached to the center panel, preferably at a ninety degree angle with respect to the center panel and disposed for inward rotation to assume both an open and closed position.
Another object of the instant invention is to provide a folding church truck surround wherein a pair of side panels are disposed to be hingedly attached to pair of corner panels extending outwardly from the front panels preferably at a ninety angle with respect to the front panels, and disposed for inward rotation to assume both an open and closed position.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of a church truck surround in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty, which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
The detailed description set forth below in connection with the appended drawings is intended as a description of presently preferred embodiments of the invention and does not represent the only forms in which the present invention may be constructed and/or utilized. The description sets forth the functions and the sequence of steps for constructing and operating the invention in connection with the illustrated embodiments.
Each individual front panel 14A and 14B further includes a corresponding corner panel 26A and 26B extending outwardly preferably at a ninety angle with respect to the corresponding front panel 14A and 14B from the free end 28A and 28B of each corresponding front panel 14A and 14B. The instant invention 10 further comprises a pair of side panels 30A and 30B, wherein each individual side panel 30A and 30B is hingedly attached to a free end 32A and 32B of each corresponding corner panel 26A and 26B, to allow for inward rotation of each side panel 30A and 30B with respect to each corresponding front panel 14A and 14B and corner panel 26A and 26B. In one preferred embodiment, each side panel 30A and 30B includes a pair of wheels 34 substantially located on a bottom portion 36A and 36B of each side panel 30A and 30B.
While several variations of the present invention have been illustrated by way of example in preferred or particular embodiments, it is apparent that further embodiments could be developed within the spirit and scope of the present invention, or the inventive concept thereof. However, it is to be expressly understood that such modifications and adaptations are within the spirit and scope of the present invention, and are inclusive, but not limited to the following appended claims as set forth.
