Lightweight viewing casket with reinforcing lid and method of using same
A casket arrangement includes a casket body, a first lid portion, and a second lid portion. The casket body is in the form of an open top box with a bottom, side walls or panels, and end walls or panels. The second lid portion includes a tab configured to fit under a top panel of the first lid portion.
1. A casket comprising:
a casket body in the form of an open top box;
a first lid portion non-destructively separable from the casket body; and
a second lid portion non-destructively separable from the casket body, the second lid portion including:
a top panel having a top surface defining a first plane;
side panels connected to the top panel; and
a tab that extends outwardly from the top panel and extends in a direction substantially coplanar with the first plane beyond ends of the side panels, the tab configured to fit under a top panel of the first lid portion to close the casket body.
2. The casket of claim 1 , wherein the casket body is formed from a blank of corrugated paper.
3. The casket of claim 2 , wherein the casket body includes side panels foldably connected to a bottom panel.
4. The casket of claim 1 , wherein the casket body, the first lid portion and the second lid portion are formed at least in part of corrugated paper.
5. The casket of claim 1 , wherein
the first lid portion is fitted over the box; and
the second lid portion is fitted over the box.
6. The casket of claim 1 ,
wherein the casket body, the first lid portion and the second lid portion are all formed from separate paperboard blanks.
7. The casket of claim 1 , wherein the first lid portion is disposed adjacent the second lid portion.
8. The casket of claim 1 , wherein the first lid portion includes side panels connected to the top panel.
9. The casket of claim 8 , wherein the side panels of the first lid portion are disposed adjacent to the side panels of the second lid portion.
10. The casket of claim 8 , wherein the top panel of the first lid portion is coterminous with the side panels of the first lid portion.
11. A casket comprising:
a casket body in the form of an open top box;
a first lid portion non-destructively separable from the casket body, the first lid portion including side panels connected to a top panel; and
a second lid portion non-destructively separable from the casket body, the second lid portion including a top panel, side panels connected to the top panel, and a tab that extends outwardly from the top panel beyond ends of the side panels, the tab configured to fit under a top panel of the first lid portion to close the casket body; and
wherein the top panel of the first lid portion is coterminous with the side panels of the first lid portion.
12. The casket of claim 11 , wherein the casket body is formed from a blank of corrugated paper.
13. The casket of claim 12 , wherein the casket body includes side panels foldably connected to a bottom panel.
14. The casket of claim 11 , wherein the casket body, the first lid portion and the second lid portion are formed at least in part of corrugated paper.
15. The casket of claim 11 , wherein
the first lid portion is fitted over the box; and
the second lid portion is fitted over the box.
16. The casket of claim 11 ,
wherein the casket body, the first lid portion and the second lid portion are all formed from separate paperboard blanks.
17. The casket of claim 11 , wherein the first lid portion is disposed adjacent the second lid portion.