Interior Casket Components

Knee Brace Hinge

Grasp the center of the hinge at the joint pull the hinge towards you or away from the cap of the casket

Apron/Skirt

Hangs vertically from the throw or attached directly to the underside of the foot panel the lining attached to the undersurface of the foot panel of the casket and/or a component part of the throw (overlay) which extends downward into the body of the casket

Extendover

Interior fabric that drapes over the top body molding the portion of the casket interior which extends over the top body molding for aesthetic value

Cast

Most expensive hardware production method in which molten metal is poured into a mold, allowed to cool then removed from the mold

Bar

One actually grips when lifting the casket: that part of the casket handle, attached to the lug or arm which is grasped by the casket bearer

Corner

Optional hardware that attaches to the body panel

Hinge Cover

Piece of cloth that covers the hinge

Cap Bracket Hinge

Place thumb in thumb in groove and push the hinge towards the cap of the casket

Hinges

Supports to brace the cap for opening

Throw/Overlay/Overthrow

The aesthetic covering for the foot cap on a half-couch casket

Tip

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

Arm

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

Lug/Ear

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

Handles

The part of the casket hardware gripped by casket bearers.

Body

The portion of the casket that actually receives and holds the body of the deceased

Plastic Hardware (Extrusion method )

a method of molding plastic by injecting molten plastic into a die

Blanket

a piece of fabric used to cover the body of the deceased, especially the lower legs and feet

Body Lining

material that drapes the inside perimeter of the body of the casket

Pillow

soft padding material covered in fabric and used to support the head of the deceased -Foot Pillow and Blanket (Common for full-couch caskets) -Pillows can be adjusted according to need (covering cranial autopsy incisions) -Keeping the extra "stuffing" when removed can be utilized for other stuffing purposes

Cap Panels

the focal part of the interior which fill the inside portion of the crown, sometimes bordered by the roll (cove) The inner side of the crown, often surrounded by a border -Head Panel - head portion on a half-couch -Foot Panel - foot portion of the half-couch -Inner/Insert Panel- Functional or ornamental covering that usually covers the foot end of the casket(full-couch caskets)

Mattress

-Adjustable - up/down, some with side-to-side tilt with hex key -Stationary - Cannot be moved, usually contains filler

Corners/Corner Pieces

-An optional part of the hardware that is attached to the four corners of the body panels -Aesthetic in nature, and functional as well -Can be interchangeable according to style or design

What are the types of handle styles?

-Bail Handle -Stationary Bar -Swing Bar

Parts of the Inside the cap:

-Cap Panels -Roll/Cove/Puffing -Gimp/Fold

What are the 2 types of metal hardware?

-Cast -Stamped

Production Methods of Hardware

-Cast -Stamped -Plastic Hardware

What are the handle components?

-Lug/Ear -Arm -Bar -Tip -Corner

Parts of the Body

-Throw/Overlay/Overthrow -Apron/Skirt -Extendover -Mattress -Hinge Components --Hinge Skirt --Hinges ***Cap Bracket Hinge ***Knee Brace Hinge ***Hinge Cover -Body Lining -Pillow

Interior Casket Component Parts

1. Cap - The top most part of the casket shell, including the ogee, crown, pie and header 2. Body - Receives and holds dead human remains 3. Handles 4. Hardware

Hardware

1. Handles 2. Corners/Corner Pieces 3. Body -refers to the handles, ornamental fixtures and their fittings that are attached to the casket shell (can either be practical or aesthetic)

Stamped

A hardware production method of lesser expensive whereby the casket hardware sections are pressed out on a hydraulic press

Swing Bar

A moveable casket handle with a hinged arm. -It can be full-length or individual.

Stationary Bar

A non-moveable handle. -It can be full-length, or individual

Bail Handle

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

Hinge Skirt

Covers the hinge pieces and extends from the bottom of the roll and becomes part of the body lining - It may actually touch the deceased

Gimp/Fold

Decorate trim surrounding the outer perimeter of the roll, anchoring the roll in position -It serves as an aesthetic transition from fabric to wood or metal -Can be made of plastic, metal or cloth a strip of metal, plastic or cloth that is attached to the inside of the panel covering the area at which point the roll (cove) is anchored to the cap

Roll/Cove/Puffing

Elevated rounded border surrounding the cap panel a component part of the casket interior which lines the rim (ogee) and surrounds the cap panel