John H Enneking

57090165, Jan 20, 1998

Jun 2, 1995

8/459736

Kenneth J. Gulick - Ashland OH
Dennis C. Laphan - Cincinnati OH
John R. Enneking - Batesville IN
Carolyn Wetzler - West Chester OH
Leslie W. Smith - Batesville IN
James F. Kirschner - Batesville IN
Gary L. Henby - Batesville IN
Wilbur A. Schebler - Batesville IN

Batesville Casket Company, Inc. - Batesville IN

A61G 1700

27 2

A casket is assembled from prefabricated components to provide an attractive and aesthetically appealing casket design with a minimum amount of metal components so that the casket is adapted for cremation. A shell of the casket is constructed from upstanding sidewalls with a peripheral frame and facing panel secured to the frame. The respective walls are joined by cooperating cam and post connectors that they can be easily assembled without skilled personnel or specialized tooling. A cap enclosing the casket shell is constructed with a peripheral rim formed from rim members also joined by the cam and post connectors. A dish assembly is positioned on an inside surface of the cap and includes puffing members which are securely retained within cooperating grooves on the rim and dish assembly to thereby avoid the need for metal staples or other mechanical fasteners. The panels of the casket are preferably formed by hardboard to provide a structurally rigid and stable shell without the need for additional reinforcing members and which are readily consumable in the cremation process.

57094411, Jan 20, 1998

May 6, 1996

8/643544

Bart Bartling - Batesville IN
John R. Enneking - Batesville IN
Daniel J. Parker - Connersville IN

Batesville Casket Company, Inc. - Batesville IN

A47B 8700

312107

A decorative cremation urn display pedestal comprises a lower base configured into a generally box-like structure and including four generally vertical side walls having abutting adjacent side edges, and a generally horizontal cremation urn-supporting top wall supported atop the side walls. A pair of shelf-supporting walls extend upwardly from the top wall and have abutting adjacent side edges, with each wall of the pair being generally parallel to a respective base side wall thereunder. At least one generally horizontal cremation urn-supporting shelf extends horizontally outward from the pair of shelf-supporting walls. The shelf corresponds in size and shape to the base top wall and is cantilevered horizontally outward from the pair of shelf-supporting walls by having a free unsupported corner positioned above a respective corner of the base top wall.

55221165, Jun 4, 1996

Jul 15, 1994

8/276176

John R. Enneking - Batesville IN
Charles E. Kaiser - Batesville IN

Batesville Casket Company, Inc. - Batesville IN

A61G 1700
A47J 4510

16114R

Handling apparatus for a casket has a first member for applying a laterally inwardly directed force to a wall of the casket, a second member for applying laterally outwardly and upwardly directed forces to a lower edge of the casket, a third member interconnecting the first and second members, and a handle connected to one of the first, second and third members. When the handling apparatus is placed in contact with the casket lower edge and wall and the handle lifted upwardly a couple is applied to the apparatus and hence the casket thus retaining the apparatus in contact with the casket and enabling the casket to be lifted and transported with the apparatus. The apparatus is quickly removed by simply removing upward force from the handle. Alternatively, a clamp in the form of the threaded bolt can be included in the apparatus for clamping the casket edge between the second member and the bolt for semi-permanent installation of the apparatus on the casket.

61549371, Dec 5, 2000

Jul 6, 1998

9/111099

John R. Enneking - Batesville IN
Gary L. Henby - Batesville IN
Wilbur A. Schebler - Batesville IN
Patrick M. Saaf - Manchester NH
Eugene A. Ritter - Batesville IN
Andrew Capogrosso - Fremont OH

Batesville Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

A61G 1700

27 2

A self-supporting body support structure for a casket is provided. The body support structure is fabricated from a sheet of cardboard and comprises a planar body supporting portion having a pair of lateral edges and longitudinal supporting structure along each lateral edge of the body supporting portion for supporting the lateral edges of the body supporting portion above the bottom of the casket. Each longitudinal supporting structure is formed by folding a lateral edge portion of the cardboard sheet beneath the body supporting portion. A plurality of supports is spaced laterally between the longitudinal supporting structures and longitudinally along the length of the body supporting portion and supports the body supporting portion between the longitudinal supporting structures and along the length of the body supporting portion above the bottom of the casket. Each support is formed by folding a first tab potion of the cardboard sheet beneath the body supporting portion.

55863760, Dec 24, 1996

Oct 24, 1994

8/327579

John R. Enneking - Batesville IN
John Schultz - Batesville IN

Batesville Casket Company - Batesville IN

A61G 1700

27 27

A decorative casket carrying and presentation tray comprises a pair of side rails, a pair of end rails connected between the side rails, and a cross rail connected between the pair of side rails intermediate the end rails. Pallbearer handles are slidable within the end and cross rails to and between concealed, inoperable positions and exposed, operable positions. A stop block is pivotable to each end rail to and between a concealed, inoperable position and an exposed, operable position. The tray is fabricated of decorative wood.

D438967, Jan 12, 1999

Jun 18, 1997

D/072457

Bart Bartling - Batesville IN
John R. Enneking - Batesville IN
Daniel J. Parker - Connersville IN

Batesville Casket Company, Inc. - Batesville IN

0604

D 6478

57750610, Jul 7, 1998

Feb 20, 1996

8/594027

John R. Enneking - Batesville IN
Gary L. Henby - Batesville IN
Wilbur A. Schebler - Batesville IN
Patrick M. Saaf - Manchester NH
Eugene A. Ritter - Batesville IN
Andrew Capogrosso - Fremont OH

Batesville Casket Company, Inc. - Batesville IN

B65B 6120
B65B 502
B65B 4326

53445

A method of shipping a burial casket in a knocked-down configuration and subsequently assembling the casket at its point of destination comprises the steps of providing a kit of disassembled casket components assemblable into a casket having a shell and a cap, packing the kit of components into shipping container, shipping the packaged casket kit to a destination point, removing the kit from the container and assembling the casket from the kit utilizing at least a portion of the shipping container as an interior component of the casket. A casket comprises a shell and cap assembled from a kit shipped in knocked-down configuration, a body support structure positioned in the shell for supporting a body and a floor for the casket upon which to support the body support structure in the shell. The body support structure is formed from the bottom of an elongated, shallow, generally rectangular shipping carton in which the casket kit is shipped. The floor is formed from the top of the carton.

61451754, Nov 14, 2000

Feb 22, 1999

9/255200

John R. Enneking - Batesville IN
Daniel J. McAtee - Hamilton OH
David J. Wellman - Cincinnati OH

Batesville Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

A61G 1700

27 4

A cardboard material casket including a cardboard material inner box having a bottom, two opposed sides and two opposed ends. A cardboard material outer wrap has an outer directed side with a finish different from a finish of the cardboard material inner box. The outer wrap has a bottom located below the bottom of the inner box. Side and end walls of the outer wrap extend from the bottom of the outer wrap up and over outer surfaces of the side and end walls of the inner box and then down and over inner surfaces of the side and end walls of the inner box. The outer directed surfaces of the bottom and side and end walls of the casket box and inner surfaces of the side and end walls of the casket box present the finish of the outer directed side of the outer wrap.