US 12,233,008 B2
Casket hardware attachment structure
Travis Drew, Batesville, IN (US); Ilija Rojdev, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Greg Wray, Guilford, IN (US)
Assigned to Batesville Services, LLC, Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Batesville Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/480,889.
Application 18/480,889 is a division of application No. 17/374,375, filed on Jul. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,813,208.
Application 17/374,375 is a division of application No. 16/594,484, filed on Oct. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,160,712.
Application 16/594,484 is a division of application No. 15/383,997, filed on Dec. 19, 2016, granted, now 10,434,026, issued on Oct. 8, 2019.
Application 15/383,997 is a division of application No. 14/453,132, filed on Aug. 6, 2014, granted, now 9,522,093, issued on Dec. 20, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/863,713, filed on Aug. 8, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0050301 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A61G 17/04 (2006.01); A61G 99/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 17/041 (2016.11) [A61G 17/04 (2013.01); A61G 17/0407 (2017.05); A61G 99/00 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Hardware adapted to be attached to a wall of a casket shell of a casket, the hardware comprising:
a clevis having a pair of side walls and a back wall adapted to be attached to the wall of the casket shell, the clevis having a pair of tabs each of which extends laterally outwardly from a respective one of the side walls of the clevis and each of which is spaced forwardly from the back wall of the clevis,
an arm pivoted at an upper end to the clevis, and
a decorative ear having a downwardly facing recess in a lower edge thereof and a pair of generally horizontally oriented grooves each of which is located in a respective side of the downwardly facing recess, the decorative ear having a partial back wall section extending laterally inwardly from each side of the downwardly facing recess, each partial back wall section becoming progressively thinner from a point laterally inward of a respective side of the downwardly facing recess to a free edge thereof as measured in a direction generally normal to the wall of the casket shell,
each side wall of the clevis having a generally horizontally oriented rib extending laterally outwardly from the side wall,
wherein a relative movement between the decorative ear and the clevis generally parallel to the wall of the casket shell to receive the clevis in the downwardly facing recess causes a wedging effect.