Louis J Scheele

US Patent:

6745442, Jun 8, 2004

Filed:

Jul 23, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/911323

Inventors:

John P. Biondo - Aurora IN
Carl J. Holbert - Batesville IN
Walter A. Hullemeyer - Batesville IN
Leonard D. Kincer - Sunman IN
Louis J. Scheele - Batesville IN

Assignee:

Batesville Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

International Classification:

A61G 1700

US Classification:

27 6, 27 4, 27 10

Abstract:

A metal casket that is readily assembled at a location remote from the location of manufacture. The casket has several different potential embodiments. For example, first and second tabs on respective first and second side walls are overlapped to form a joint connecting the first and second walls. In another embodiment, a plurality of side walls has peripheral slots extending from lower sections of respective walls. A bottom has a periphery extending into the peripheral slots of the side walls to join the bottom and the side walls together. In a further embodiment, a portion of a plurality of side walls have an upward opening groove for receiving a decorative material. In a still further embodiment a casket cover includes a cap providing an exterior finish of the casket and a dish disposed within the cap to provide an interior finish for the cover of the casket. The cover further has a frame with a first slot for receiving an edge of the cap and a second slot for receiving an edge of the dish. A header is connected to the cap and provides support for the dish and the frame to form an end of the cover.

US Patent:

20050005410, Jan 13, 2005

Filed:

May 7, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/841308

Inventors:

John Biondo - Aurora IN, US
Carl Holbert - Batesville IN, US
Walter Hullemeyer - Batesville IN, US
Leonard Kincer - Sunman IN, US
Louis Scheele - Batesville IN, US

Assignee:

Batesville Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

International Classification:

A61G017/00

US Classification:

027019000

Abstract:

A metal casket that is readily assembled at a location remote from the location of manufacture. The casket has several different potential embodiments. For example, first and second tabs on respective first and second side walls are overlapped to form a joint connecting the first and second walls. In another embodiment, a plurality of side walls has peripheral slots extending from lower sections of respective walls. A bottom has a periphery extending into the peripheral slots of the side walls to join the bottom and the side walls together. In a further embodiment, a portion of a plurality of side walls have an upward opening groove for receiving a decorative material. In a still further embodiment a casket cover includes a cap providing an exterior finish of the casket and a dish disposed within the cap to provide an interior finish for the cover of the casket. The cover further has a frame with a first slot for receiving an edge of the cap and a second slot for receiving an edge of the dish. A header is connected to the cap and provides support for the dish and the frame to form an end of the cover.

US Patent:

55034390, Apr 2, 1996

Filed:

Dec 2, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/348613

Inventors:

John P. LaJeunesse - Batesville IN
Francis Hensley - Milan IN
Louis Scheele - Batesville IN
Harold E. Metcalf - Metamora IN
Edward Lodics - Batesville IN

Assignee:

Batesville Casket Company, Inc. - Batesville IN

International Classification:

E05C 300

US Classification:

292 44

Abstract:

An improved wedge bar locking mechanism for a burial casket requires only a bracket, a screw and a clip which cooperate with one end of a wedge bar to cause longitudinal movement of the wedge bar in two directions for locking end unlocking the lid of a casket to the body of the casket. The components of the mechanism are located in the body of the casket, adjacent an end wall. The bracket mounts rigidly to the body. The screw threads directly to the wedge bar, and the bracket and clip hold opposite ends of the screw to prevent axial and radial movement thereof so that rotational movement of the screw is converted to longitudinal movement of the wedge bar. The screw is accessible for rotation via a keyway in the end wall. A center wall of the bracket engages the end of the wedge bar to prevent rotational movement thereof when the screw is rotated. The bracket also includes integral tabs which serve as over-travel stops for both the locked and unlocked positions of the wedge bar.

US Patent:

6301758, Oct 16, 2001

Filed:

Jul 19, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/356550

Inventors:

John P. Biondo - Aurora IN
Carl J. Holbert - Batesville IN
Walter A. Hullemeyer - Batesville IN
Leonard D. Kincer - Sunman IN
Louis J. Scheele - Batesville IN

Assignee:

Batesville Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

International Classification:

A61G 1700

US Classification:

27 12

Abstract:

A metal casket that is readily assembled at a location remote from the location of manufacture. The casket has several different potential embodiments. For example, first and second tabs on respective first and second side walls are overlapped to form a joint connecting the first and second walls. In another embodiment, a plurality of side walls has peripheral slots extending from lower sections of respective walls. A bottom has a periphery extending into the peripheral slots of the side walls to join the bottom and the side walls together. In a further embodiment, a portion of a plurality of side walls have an upward opening groove for receiving a decorative material. In a still further embodiment a casket cover includes a cap providing an exterior finish of the casket and a dish disposed within the cap to provide an interior finish for the cover of the casket. The cover further has a frame with a first slot for receiving an edge of the cap and a second slot for receiving an edge of the dish. A header is connected to the cap and provides support for the dish and the frame to form an end of the cover.