ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,059, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Vandor Group Inc. (Richmond, Ind.).
"Method of assembling a casket from a foldable blank" was invented by Justin Davis (Richmond, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casket structure and method use features built into a corrugated paper blank to temporarily retain the assembled casket body configuration while a fastening element is administered to secure the corrugated paper blank into the casket body configuration. A blank configured for such a casket structure includes a bottom panel, side panels, end panels, and flaps foldably connected to the side panels. When the blank is assembled into ...