“[…] it is an established fact that all human and/or animal corpses commence to decay and decompose immediately after death occurs. A recently published German newspaper article clearly attests to this corpse decay factor, and also provides data pertaining to the approximate rate of that decomposition. This item was published by the Deutsche Presse Agentur […]
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Screw-in coffin: The video
New York based photographer David Friedman has just published a unique video profile of inventor Donald Scruggs – creator of the Easy Inter Burial Container – a.k.a. the Screw-in Coffin (profiled here last year). This is the most recent instalment of Friedman’s Inventors Portrait Project: Here’s a technical drawing from Mr. Scruggs’s patent:
Screw-in coffin
Nowadays, space in cemeteries is at a premium. Therefore, if a method could be found to pack more of the deceased into a given area – money could be saved. The problem may have been resolved with the invention of the ‘Easy Inter Burial Container‘ recently patented by Californian inventor Donald Scruggs. The patent can […]