Merchandising 3

What is the cap of a casket?

The top portion of the casket shell.

What are the two caps on a split-top (half-couch) casket?

The head cap and the foot cap

What is the crown (swell)?

The upper piece of the cap that extends the entire length of the casket.

What is the ogee (rim)

The S-shaped molding on the lower piece of the cap that runs around the casket.

What is the ogee (rim) flange

The turned-under horizontal edge of the ogee that contacts the gasket or body ledge molding flange when the cap is closed

What is the fishtail (pie)?

The wedge- or pie-shaped portion of the cap located at both the head and foot ends.

What is the bridge (header or cap filler)

A component found only on split-top caskets between the head and foot caps.

What is the body of a casket?

The lower portion of the casket shell.

What are the body panels?

The sides and ends of the body.

What is the base molding

The molding along the lower portion of the body panels.

What is the body ledge molding (top body molding)?

The molding along the upper portion of the body panels.

What is the body ledge molding flange?

The turned-over horizontal edge of the body ledge molding that contacts the ogee flange when the casket is closed.

What are stiffeners?

Elongated indentations pressed into the bottom of a casket to strengthen the body.

What is a gasketed casket?

A metal casket with a rubber gasket between the cap and body components.

What is the purpose of a gasket?

To seal the connection between the cap and body components.

What is a gasket channel?

A channel in the foot cap header that holds the transverse gasket.

What is the function of the gasket channel?

It holds the transverse gasket that seals the space between the head and foot caps.

What is the header (bridge or cap filler)

The part of the head cap that supports the transverse cut between the two cap pieces.

What is the bridge (header) flange?

The turned-under horizontal edge of the bridge on the head cap

What is the transverse gasket?

A rubber gasket that seals the space between the head and foot caps on split-top metal caskets.

Can you tell consumers that caskets or vaults protect the body from gravesite substances?

No, unless the claim is true.

What does federal law require regarding casket warranties?

All manufacturer warranty information must be made available to consumers

How should you present manufacturer warranty claims?

Explain that the claims are made by the manufacturer, not by you.

How are stamped hardware sections made?

By pressing metal on a hydraulic press.

How are cast hardware sections made

By pouring molten metal into a mold and allowing it to cool.

What are the two main types of casket bar handles?

Swing bar handles and stationary bar handles.

What is a stationary bar handle?

A non-movable casket handle.

Where are stationary bar handles commonly found?

Often on economical caskets, though some high-end caskets also use them

What is plastic extrusion molding?

A method of forming components by injecting molten plastic into a die.

How many ears do swing bar handles usually have?

Three or four evenly spaced ears.

How many arms are attached to each ear on a swing bar handle?

One arm per ear.

what is a bail handle

A handle in which the lug, arm, and bar are a single piece that moves freely between two fixed mounting point

Where are bail handles commonly used?

On European coffin designs; they are uncommon in the United