The Screw-In Coffin | INVENTORS | PBS Digital Studios

Donald Scruggs knows being buried vertically in a coffin that screws into the ground is not for everyone. But he thinks his interment invention could save money and make better use of space than traditional burial. The screw-in coffin is one of many patents Don, a mechanical engineer, has to his name, though none of the others are quite as macabre. Learn more in this debut episode of "Inventors."




For all the morbid details of the screw-in coffin, aka the 'Easy Inter Burial Container,' read Don's patent in full: http://www.google.com/patents/US20070...

'Inventors' is a series of portrait videos by filmmaker and photographer David Friedman, chronicling the work of contemporary inventors from all walks of life. It offers rare glimpses into the inspiration for their creations, which range from the first digital camera and first video game console to a drive-able amphibious ice-fishing vehicle.

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[OhNoNotFrank]

Sort of gives " go screw yourself" a (w)hole new meaning...

[Matthew Graham]

Weird and awesome. Looking forward to more of these!

[Arnold Schwarzenegger]

they literally died standing

[mugglesarecooltoo]

I can believe that he thought of this while drunk... Not for me, that's for sure.

[Angel Adams]

I bought a casket online from a retailer (Best price Caskets) For, the same casket with a velvet interior upgrade, I saved over 3k on my grandmas casket last febuary. I will never buy a casket from a funeral home again and I tell everybody. They had to fly it in because I waited until the last minute and I STILL saved the 3k.

[ChillyDippers]

You're assuming the cost of manufacture has ANYTHING to do with the price the funeral home charges for a casket.

[diogenes1147]

No doubt from this, when you're screwed, you're screwed!

[ToiletFinger]

Viking Funeral FTW!

[TehTr0nik]

I think Il just be cremated.

[tzkelley]

I wanted to see the wrench they used to put that thing in the ground!

[eddiequest4]

Exactly - I was screwed in life. Mite as well be screwed in death. MINE, of course, will be of a biodegradable plastic. (So, if you go patenting this one, just remember me, okay?)

[Snake Plissken]

LMFAO!! Just life screwing you even in the end!!