# US 10,500,118 B1 · Casket arrangement with handle clearance and personalization receiver > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,500,118 B1 - Document ID: US10500118B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/193,779 - Filed: 2018-11-16 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-16 - Assignees: Vandor Corporation - Applicants: Vandor Corporation - Inventors: Justin F. Davis; Gerald H. Davis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500118B1 ## CPC - A61G 17/041: {Handles} - A61G 17/04: Fittings for coffins - G09F 1/10: Supports or holders for show-cards - G09F 3/20: for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS ## Abstract A casket arrangement includes a casket base, panels extending upwardly from the casket base, and a receiver fixedly coupled to at least one of the panels. Each panel includes inwardly facing and outwardly facing surfaces. At least one of the panels includes an opening formed through the inwardly facing surface and the outwardly facing surface. A receiver or guard is fixedly coupled to the inwardly facing surface of the at least one of the panels at a portion of the inwardly facing surface that is vertically between the opening and the casket base. At least a portion of the receiver is vertically aligned with the opening and spaced apart from the inwardly facing surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A casket arrangement, comprising: a casket base; panels extending upwardly from the casket base to define a container having an interior, each panel including an inwardly facing surface that faces the interior and an outwardly facing surface that faces away from the interior, wherein at least one of the panels includes an opening extending through the inwardly facing surface and the outwardly facing surface; and a receiver fixedly coupled to the inwardly facing surface of the at least one of the panels at a portion of the inwardly facing surface that is vertically between the opening and the casket base, wherein at least a portion of the receiver is vertically aligned with the opening, the receiver configured to support a decorative insert in a position inward of said inwardly facing surface, said decorative insert visible from an exterior of the casket arrangement. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The casket arrangement of claim 1, wherein: the receiver includes a ledge that is at least partially arranged between the opening and the casket base; and the receiver includes a back supported by the ledge such that the back is spaced apart from a plane defined by the inwardly facing surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The casket arrangement of claim 2, wherein: at least a portion of the back is parallel to the plane defined by the inwardly facing surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The casket arrangement of claim 2, wherein: the receiver has an open top that is formed between the back and the plane defined by the inwardly facing surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The casket arrangement of claim 4, wherein: the opening has an opening width, and the open top of the receiver has an open top width that is larger than the opening width. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The casket arrangement of claim 4, wherein: the at least one of the panels has a bottom, which is disposed nearest to the casket base, and a top opposite the bottom, and the open top of the receiver is vertically aligned with a portion of the inwardly facing surface that is vertically between the opening and the top of the at least one of the panels. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The casket arrangement of claim 6, wherein: the opening has an opening width, and the open top of the receiver has an open top width that is larger than the opening width. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The casket arrangement of claim 2, wherein: the opening has an opening perimeter, and the back has a back perimeter that is larger than the opening perimeter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The casket arrangement of claim 1, wherein: the at least one of the panels further includes a handle disposed outward of the outwardly facing surface, and at least a portion of the opening is vertically aligned with the handle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The casket arrangement of claim 1, further comprising: a transparent panel arranged between the receiver and the inwardly facing surface, and wherein the receiver is configured to receive the decorative object between a back of the receiver and the transparent panel. ### Claim 11 A casket arrangement, comprising: a casket base; panels formed extending upwardly from the casket base define a container having an interior, each panel including an inwardly facing surface that faces the interior and an outwardly facing surface that faces away from the interior, wherein at least one of the panels includes an opening formed through the inwardly facing surface and the outwardly facing surface, the opening having an opening perimeter; a handle fixedly coupled to the at least one of the panels and disposed outward of the outwardly facing surface; and a guard fixedly coupled to the inwardly facing surface of the at least one of the panels at a portion of the inwardly facing surface that is vertically between the opening and the casket base, the guard including a ledge that is at least partially arranged between the opening and the casket base, the guard including a back supported by the ledge such that the back is spaced apart from a plane defined by the inwardly facing surface, the back having a back perimeter that is larger than the opening perimeter, wherein at least a portion of the guard is vertically aligned with the opening, and at least a portion of the opening is vertically aligned with the handle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The casket arrangement of claim 11, wherein: at least a portion of the back is parallel to the plane defined by the inwardly facing surface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The casket arrangement of claim 11, wherein: the guard has an open top that is formed between the back and the plane defined by the inwardly facing surface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The casket arrangement of claim 13, wherein: the opening has an opening width, and the open top of the guard has an open top width that is larger than the opening width. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The casket arrangement of claim 13, wherein: the at least one of the panels has a bottom, which is arranged vertically nearest to the casket base, and a top opposite the bottom, and the open top of the guard is vertically aligned with a portion of the inwardly facing surface that is vertically between the opening and the top of the at least one of the panels. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The casket arrangement of claim 15, wherein: the opening has an opening width, and the open top of the guard has an open top width that is larger than the opening width. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The casket arrangement of claim 11, further comprising: an insert configured to be removably inserted between the back of the guard and the inwardly facing surface of the at least one of the panels such that at least a portion of the insert is vertically aligned with the opening. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The casket arrangement of claim 17, wherein: the opening has an opening perimeter, and the insert has an insert perimeter that is larger than the opening perimeter. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The casket arrangement of claim 11, further comprising: a transparent panel arranged between the back of the guard and the inwardly facing surface of the at least one of the panels such that at least a portion of the transparent panel is vertically aligned with the opening. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The casket arrangement of claim 19, further comprising: an insert configured to be removably inserted between the back of the guard and the transparent panel such that at least a portion of the insert is vertically aligned with the opening.