Memorialization Casket And Method
AssigneeBatesville Services, Inc.
InventorsJason Burlage, Paul Holzman, Jancy A. Motz, Ilija Rojdev
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Abstract
A casket comprises a casket shell adapted to receive the remains of a deceased and having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, a casket cap closable on the casket shell, the cap including a dish assembly mounted to an underside thereof, the dish assembly including a cap panel, and at least one medallion mounted on either an interior surface or an exterior surface of either the cap or the shell, the medallion having text and/or graphics representing a life aspect of the deceased.
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A casket comprising:
- a casket shell adapted to receive the remains of a deceased and having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall,
- a casket cap closable on said casket shell, said cap including a dish assembly mounted to an underside thereof, said dish assembly including a cap panel, and
- at least one medallion mounted on one of an interior surface of one of said cap and said shell and an exterior surface of one of said cap and said shell, said medallion having at least one of text and graphics representing a life aspect of the deceased.
A method of memorializing a deceased comprising the steps of:
- displaying the deceased in a casket having a cap and a shell and further having at least one medallion mounted on one of an interior surface of one of the cap and the shell and an exterior surface of one of the cap and the shell, the medallion having at least one of text and graphics representing a life aspect of the deceased, and
- presenting a survivor of the deceased with a reduced scale medallion corresponding to the medallion, the reduced scale medallion having substantially the same shape, text, and graphics of the medallion, the reduced scale medallion being sized to fit in a pocket of an article of clothing worn by the survivor of the deceased.
A method of memorializing a deceased comprising the steps of:
- displaying the deceased in a casket having a cap and a shell and further having at least one medallion mounted on one of an interior surface of one of the cap and the shell and an exterior surface of one of the cap and the shell, the medallion having at least one of text and graphics representing a life aspect of the deceased, and
- presenting a survivor of the deceased with a keepsake medallion having substantially the same size, shape, text, and graphics of the medallion mounted to the casket.
A casket comprising:
- a casket shell adapted to receive the remains of a deceased and having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall,
- a casket cap closable on said casket shell, said cap including a dish assembly mounted to an underside thereof, said dish assembly including a cap panel, said cap panel comprising a sheet of magnetic material, and
- at least one medallion having a magnet on a rear side mounted on said cap panel, said medallion having at least one of text and graphics representing a life aspect of the deceased.
A casket comprising:
- a casket shell adapted to receive the remains of a deceased and having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall,
- a casket cap closable on said casket shell, said cap including a dish assembly mounted to an underside thereof, said dish assembly including a cap panel and puffing members mounted around a periphery of said cap panel, said cap panel comprising a sheet of magnetic material, and
- at least one magnetic ornament on said cap panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.