John E Linville

6503429, Jan 7, 2003

Dec 8, 1999

09/457163

John E. Linville - Louisville KY
Donald R. Maier - Cincinnati OH
Patrick M. Saaf - Batesville IN

Batesville Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

A61G 1700

264112, 264109, 27 14, 27 16

A method of making a one-piece, unitary lid for a casket comprises providing tooling configured to produce a casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, providing settable material, preferably a mixture of wood chips arid binder, from which to mold the lid, molding the settable material with the tooling and permitting the settable material to set. The tooling transmits a wood grain pattern into the settable material. The wood grain pattern of the lid is continuous when viewed rotated 180Â about an axis perpendicular to the plane defined by the lid, located medially of the transverse extent of the lid and coinciding with the header end edge of the lid. Thus two such caps placed end-to-end have a continuous wood grain pattern extending from the head end of the casket to the foot end of the casket. Resin impregnated tissue paper is applied to the settable material prior to molding. The resin impregnated tissue paper conforms to the wood grain and conceals the wood chips.

6849141, Feb 1, 2005

Oct 1, 2002

10/261406

Kevin R. Buchler - Cincinnati OH, US
Gary R. Cunningham - Greensburg IN, US
Todd K. Dennis - Batesville IN, US
Bryan M. Hankel - Batesville IN, US
John E. Linville - Lawrenceburg IN, US
Donald R. Maier - Batesville IN, US
Stephanie E. Mauch - Cincinnati OH, US
Vincent Mark Moster - Sunman IN, US
Roger L. R uss - Brookville IN, US
Patrick M. Saaf - Batesville IN, US

Batesville Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

A61G 1700
B29C 4318

156 622, 264109, 264112, 27 14, 27 16

A method of making a lid for a casket comprises providing tooling configured to produce a one-piece, unitary casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, providing settable material from which to mold the lid, molding the settable material with the tooling, permitting the settable material to set thereby producing a one-piece, unitary casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, and adhesively applying a wood veneer sheet to at least a portion of the lid. The veneer sheet can be applied with either a membrane press or a profile wrapping machine.

6922877, Aug 2, 2005

Jun 11, 2001

09/878743

John E. Linville - Louisville KY, US
Donald R. Maier - Cincinnati OH, US
Patrick M. Saaf - Batesville IN, US

Batesville Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

A61G017/00

27 14, 27 16

A method of making a one-piece, unitary lid for a casket comprises providing tooling configured to produce a casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, providing settable material, preferably a mixture of wood chips and binder, from which to mold the lid, molding the settable material with the tooling and permitting the settable material to set. The tooling transmits a wood grain pattern into the settable material. The wood grain pattern of the lid is continuous when viewed rotated 180 about an axis perpendicular to the plane defined by the lid, located medially of the transverse extent of the lid and coinciding with the header end edge of the lid. Thus two such caps placed end-to-end have a continuous wood grain pattern extending from the head end of the casket to the foot end of the casket. Resin impregnated tissue paper is applied to the settable material prior to molding. The resin impregnated tissue paper conforms to the wood grain and conceals the wood chips.

7147811, Dec 12, 2006

Jan 6, 2003

10/337104

John E. Linville - Louisville KY, US
Donald R. Maier - Cincinnati OH, US
Patrick M. Saaf - Batesville IN, US

Batesville Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

A61G 17/00
B29C 43/18

264112, 264109

A method of making a one-piece, unitary lid for a casket comprises providing tooling configured to produce a casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, providing settable material, preferably a mixture of wood chips and binder, from which to mold the lid, molding the settable material with the tooling and permitting the settable material to set. The tooling transmits a wood grain pattern into the settable material. The wood grain pattern of the lid is continuous when viewed rotated 180 about an axis perpendicular to the plane defined by the lid, located medially of the transverse extent of the lid and coinciding with the header end edge of the lid. Thus two such caps placed end-to-end have a continuous wood grain pattern extending from the head end of the casket to the foot end of the casket. Resin impregnated tissue paper is applied to the settable material prior to molding. The resin impregnated tissue paper conforms to the wood grain and conceals the wood chips.

7247264, Jul 24, 2007

Apr 19, 2004

10/827227

Kevin R. Buchler - Cincinnati OH, US
Gary R. Cunningham - Greensburg IN, US
Todd K. Dennis - Batesville IN, US
Bryan M. Hankel - Batesville IN, US
John E. Linville - Lawrenceburg IN, US
Donald R. Maier - Batesville IN, US
Stephanie E. Mauch - Cincinnati OH, US
Vincent Mark Moster - Sunman IN, US
Roger L. Reuss - Brookville IN, US
Patrick M. Saaf - Batesville IN, US

Batesville Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

A61G 17/00
B29C 43/18

264112, 264109, 156 622

A method of making a lid for a casket comprises providing tooling configured to produce a one-piece, unitary casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, providing settable material from which to mold the lid, molding the settable material with the tooling, permitting the settable material to set thereby producing a one-piece, unitary casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, and adhesively applying a wood veneer sheet to at least a portion of the lid. The veneer sheet can be applied with either a membrane press or a profile wrapping machine.

20070220720, Sep 27, 2007

Apr 9, 2007

11/697891

Kevin Buchler - Cincinnati OH, US
Gary Cunningham - Greensburg IN, US
Todd Dennis - Batesville IN, US
Bryan Hankel - Batesville IN, US
John Linville - Lawrenceburg IN, US
Donald Maier - Batesville IN, US
Stephanie Mauch - Cincinnati OH, US
Vincent Moster - Sunman IN, US
Roger Reuss - Brookville IN, US
Patrick Saaf - Batesville IN, US

BATESVILLE SERVICES, INC. - Batesville IN

A61G 17/02

027014000

A method of making a lid for a casket comprises providing tooling configured to produce a one-piece, unitary casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, providing settable material from which to mold the lid, molding the settable material with the tooling, permitting the settable material to set thereby producing a one-piece, unitary casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, and adhesively applying a wood veneer sheet to at least a portion of the lid. The veneer sheet can be applied with either a membrane press or a profile wrapping machine.

55927246, Jan 14, 1997

Feb 14, 1994

8/195867

John E. Linville - Osgood IN
Olan L. Long - Columbus OH

Batesville Casket Company, Inc. - Batesville IN

A61G 1700

27 12

A casket having a fully combustible, full height lift mechanism for raising and lowering the bed of the casket and for rotating the bed about the longitudinal axis of the casket that includes an integral C-shaped bracket that supports a drive screw, a seat that threadably engages the drive screw for supporting the bed frame of the casket, and integral fasteners for securing the assembly to the casket. The mechanism may include a tilt mechanism supported within the C-shaped bracket. In one embodiment, the tilt mechanism restrains one edge of the seat such that continued rotation of the drive screw rotates the seat. In another embodiment, the tilt mechanism drives an edge of the seat such that rotation of the tilt mechanism rotates the seat.

61016926, Aug 15, 2000

Nov 24, 1997

8/977103

John E. Linville - Louisville KY
Dennis C. Laphan - Cincinnati OH
Anthony S. Casablanca - Batesville IN

Batesville Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

A61G 1700

27 2

A casket includes a casket shell and a handle bar. The casket includes a side wall with a plurality of external hardware bosses formed integrally and contiguously with the side wall and protruding outwardly therefrom. Each hardware boss is 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 connects the side wall and respective protruded wall, and a respective second transition wall spaced from the first transition wall and integrally connects the side wall and respective protruded wall, each of the first and second transition walls being formed to include a handle-receiving void, and a handle bar extending through the voids.