Merchandising - Casket Exteriors

Gasket Channel

A ______ _______ is an integral part of the foot cap header on gasketed caskets. The channel function is to hold the transverse gasket that seals the space between the head and foot caps on a split-cap metal casket.

bridge, header, or cap filler

A ______, ______, or ___ ______ and corresponding ______ flange are only found on split-top caskets where there is a both a head cap and a foot cap.

Bail handles

Frequently used in the furniture industry, _____ ______ consist of a handle in which the lug, arm, and bar are a single piece that moves freely between two fixed mounting points. While limited in the U.S., they are commonly seen on European coffin designs.

16 and 18 gauge carbon steel stainless steel bronze copper

Gasketed caskets are usually offered in ____ and ___-gauge ______ steel, _________ steel, ______, and ______ products.

crown (swell)

If a customer should ask where a casket floral piece would be placed, the funeral director could visualize and demonstrate for the customer where it would be placed on the ____ of the foot cap.

Plastic Extrusion Molding

Method of molding plastic where molten plastic is injected into a die

Cast Hardware

Molten metal poured into a mold, allowed to cool, and removed from the mold. Most expensive hardware production method.

Stamped hardware

Sheets of metal pressed into hardware components on a hydraulic press. Less expensive than cast hardware.

ogee (or rim)

The ____ (or rim) is the "S" shaped molding on the lower piece of the cap and goes all the way around the casket.

body panels

The ____ _____ are the sides and ends of the body

swell

The _____ (crown) is the upper piece of the cap and extends the entire length of the casket.

fishtail

The ________ (or pie) is the wedge or pie-shaped portion of the cap. There is a fishtail-shaped wedge at both the head and foot end of a casket.

stiffeners

The bottom may be flat or have elongated indentations pressed into it to strengthen the casket body. These indentations are called ______.

bridge (header, cap filler) flange

The bridge (header, cap filler) _____ is the turned under edge or horizontal (flat) portion of the bridge on the head cap.

ogee (or rim) flange

This is the turned under edge or horizontal (flat) lower portion of the ogee that comes into contact with the gasket or body ledge molding flange (top body molding flange) when the cap is closed.

split-top

When the casket has a _____-___ cap, there are two separate caps - a foot cap and a head cap.

body ledge molding

____ _____ _______ (top body molding) is the molding that runs along the upper piece of the body panels.

body ledge molding flange

_____ _____ _______ ______ (top body molding flange) is the turned over edge or horizontal (flat) upper portion of the body ledge molding that comes into contact with the ogee flange on the cap when the casket is closed.

Swing bar

_____ _____ casket handles may have three or four evenly spaced ears, with only one arm attached to each ear.

Casket Shell

______ _____ is the collective term used to describe the two most fundamental portions of a casket

Stationary bars

___________ bars are generally seen on more economical offerings, but there are exquisite caskets that use stationary handles.

body

the lower portion of the casket shell

base molding

the molding that runs along the lower piece of the body panels.

cap

the upper/top portion of the casket shell.