Quick change casket corner attachment mechanism

A casket comprising:

• a shell having a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls and at least one corner brace disposed between one of said side walls and an adjacent one of said end walls;
• a back plate operatively mounted to said corner brace of said shell, said back plate having an elongated groove;
• an attachment clip operatively associated with said elongated groove, said attachment clip having at least one keyhole groove;
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• an ornament having at least one attachment member, said attachment member selectively being slidingly engageable in said keyhole groove in said attachment clip such that said ornament may be selectively mounted to or removed from said back plate.

A casket comprising:

• a shell having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls;
• at least one corner member disposed between one of said side walls and an adjacent one of said end walls, said corner member having at least one keyhole groove associated therewith;
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• an ornament having a front and a back side, said ornament including at least one attachment member on said back side thereof, said attachment member being adapted to be removeably slidingly received in said keyhole groove via sliding motion parallel to a plane defined by said corner member, wherein said attachment member is a shoulder screw.

An ornamental corner piece for a corner of a casket, said corner piece comprising:

• a) a back plate adapted to be mounted to the casket, said back plate having an elongated groove;
• an attachment clip operatively associated with said elongated groove, said attachment clip having at least one keyhole groove;
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• an ornamental corner insert having at least one attachment member, said attachment member being selectively slidingly engageable in said keyhole groove in said attachment clip such that said ornamental comer insert may be selectively mounted to or removed from said back plate;
• wherein said elongated groove of said back plate includes a throughhole, said attachment clip further includes an indexing member with a throughhole therethrough, said indexing member extending into said throughhole of said back plate to properly orient said attachment clip relative to said elongated groove.

A casket comprising;

• a shell having at least one corner;
• a back plate operatively mounted to said corner of said shell, said back plate having an elongated groove;
• an attachment dip operatively associated with said elongated groove, said attachment clip having at least one keyhole groove;
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• an ornamental corner insert having at least one attachment member. said attachment member selectively being slidingly engageable in said keyhole groove in said attachment clip such that said ornamental comer insert may be selectively mounted to or removed from said back plate;
• wherein said elongated groove of said back plate includes a throughhole, said attachment clip further includes an indexing member with a throughhole therethrough, said indexing member extending into said throughhole of said back plate to properly orient said attachment clip relative to said elongated groove.