My name is Don Scruggs.
My invention was the Easy Inter Burial Container,
which is now generically
referred to as the Screw-In Coffin.
Well I was with some friends having a couple of drinks and one of them
mentioned he had to go talk to some
people about an automatic grave digger,
which meant a huge amount of dirt removal.
And I said,
Why don't we just make a big
large carrot shaped thing with threads around it and screw it in the ground?
What you're looking at here is a model
of the Easy Inter Burial Container,
which has
a long tapered hull
with screw threads around it screwing down in.
This part right here is the lid,
which fastens on the top of the hull and locks,
can't come apart and
you can actually hermetically seal it if you wish to evacuate.
I'm a mechanical engineer
who designs
equipment, new products,
done things like car wash brushes,
street sweeper brooms, patented a little pen.
Then, of course, my flush toilet device which is a dual flush toilet kit.
When you pull the lever
it lifts the flapper valve
and when you push the handle down
it lifts the entire assembly.
When I started doing patents,
I thought I should probably
learn how to do patents for myself
and use
the casket idea
as my starter.
So I did 19 pages of drawings and
20 or so pages of write-up and
filed it,
and now I've received it.
The screw-in coffin
is a rare entity and it
definitely is not for everyone
That seems to be the question I get.
A lot of people will say,
Oh that's a good idea. And the other will say,
Oh my god, I wouldn't want to be buried like that.
Regular cemeteries right now, older ones especially,
have a lot of space they can't use around the edges and in the ponds and
near trees.
And this could be used there.
Another variation
is pets.
Fortunately in the patent, I cover that. Also in the patent, I cover the fact
that you could have one made out of clear resin in with you in the middle of it.
And you could practically wave goodbye to everyone as you're being screwed into the
ground.
And I see that as a viable option.
It's, you know, no more trouble than putting a fencepost in.