Dish assembly for a burial casket cap

US6446315B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Batesville Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David L. Agee · Batesville, US
• Rosalie J. Calhoun · Osgood, US
• Richard A. Colangelo · Indianapolis, US
• Donna F. Gould · Batesville, US
• Brian K. Groemminger · Batesville, US
• Bryan M. Hankel · Batesville, US
• Donald R. Maier · Cincinnati, US
• Donald Maple · Batesville, US
• William F. Neth · Batesville, US
• Ilija Rojdev · Cincinnati, US
• Scott A. Schultz · Batesville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 10, 2002
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G17/04
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In an effort at increasing the quality and styling of the casket interior, and in particular the casket cap dish assembly, and in an effort to increase the quality of the memorialization aspect of the casket and memorial service, the present assembly was devised which comprises, in one aspect, a dish assembly for installation into an underside of a casket cap, the assembly comprising a foam dish including an opening therethrough, and a cap panel installed in the opening in the foam dish. In a second aspect, the dish assembly comprises a dish including an opening therethrough and a cap panel removably installed in the opening in the dish, the cap panel being personalized to the deceased and being removable from the dish by a loved one of the deceased subsequent to a memorial service for the deceased and retained by the loved one as a memorial to the deceased.