Merchandise: Casket Hardware

swing bars

a movable casket handle with a hinged arm (full length and individual)

stationary bar

a non movable casket handle (full length and individual)

bail handle

a single handle in which the lug, arm and bar are combined into one unit

corner

an optional part of the casket hardware that is attache to four corners of the body panel

plastic extrusion

method of forming items by injecting molten plastic into a die

stamped metal hardware

production method where the hardware sections are pressed our in a hydraulic press

tip

the decorative or ornamental part of the casket handle that covers the exposed ends of the bar

hardware

the handles, ornamental fixtures and their fittings that are attached to the casket shell

cast metal hardware

the most expensive method in which molten metal is poured into a old and allowed to cool

arm

the part of a casket handle that attaches the bar to the lug

lug

the part of the casket handle that is attached to the casket body

bar

the part of the casket handle, attache dot the lug or arm which is grasped by the casket bearer