Apparatus and method for lowering a burial vault and casket

Details Apparatus and method for lowering a burial vault and casket Apparatus and method for lowering a burial vault and casket

1995-12-15

1998-09-22

Nguyen, Kien T.

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Lowering devices

27 26, A61G 1900

Patent

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058096256

ABSTRACT:
A burial service system (10), which is provided for both lowering a casket into a burial vault and lowering the casket-containing burial vault into a grave, comprises a first burial service unit (12) and a separate and distinct second burial service unit (14). When in use, the units are longitudinally spaced from one another across a grave and are interconnected by a flexible casket support (16) extending longitudinally over a burial vault opening and a flexible vault support (18) extending longitudinally across the grave. Referring to the first unit (12), each burial service unit includes a housing (12a), a first shaft (68) journaled in the housing, a first automatic drive system operatively connected to the first shaft, a flexible casket support member (20) carried by the first shaft, a second shaft (96) journaled in the housing, a second automatic drive system operatively connected to the second shaft, and a flexible vault support member (28) carried by the second shaft.

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