Casket Cap Dish Assembly with Integrated Memorial Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing caskets lack comprehensive and integrated solutions for displaying and storing personal and memorial items, with previous attempts often resulting in haphazard placement of memento boxes or lack of designated compartments for memorabilia.
Innovation Solution
A casket design featuring a cap with a dish assembly that includes an alcove structure for ornament display, a shelf for supporting items, and a drawer assembly for storage, providing a structured and accessible means for memorialization items when the cap is open.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple separate memorialization features (alcove, shelf, drawer) are integrated into a single dish assembly, then the organization and accessibility of memorial items is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple previously separate memorialization features (alcove structure, shelf assembly, and drawer assembly) into a single integrated dish assembly that mounts to the cap panel. This merging provides organized storage and display options while maintaining ease of access during visitation, resolving the contradiction by unifying multiple functions into one coordinated structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The dish assembly is segmented into distinct functional components (alcove for ornaments, shelf for display, drawer for storage) that can be independently configured. This segmentation allows each component to serve its specific purpose efficiently while being part of an integrated whole, improving accessibility without excessive complexity.
2Quantity of substance
If a drawer assembly is added to the dish assembly for storage, then the storage capacity for memorial items is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The drawer assembly is designed as a separate, modular component that can be manufactured independently and then attached to the dish assembly. This segmentation allows for specialized manufacturing of the drawer mechanism while keeping the overall production process manageable, increasing storage capacity without proportionally increasing manufacturing complexity.
3Illumination intensity
If the shelf is made to project forwardly from the cap panel, then the display visibility of ornaments is improved, but the structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The shelf assembly is designed with a selective forward projection from the cap panel, creating a localized display area that enhances visibility of ornaments. This local quality change improves display visibility without requiring complex structural modifications throughout the entire dish assembly, as only the shelf portion needs the projecting configuration.
Data Source
AI summary
A casket comprises a shell, a cap closable on the shell, and a dish assembly mounted to an underside of the cap. The dish assembly comprises a cap panel, and either a) an alcove structure formed in the cap panel and adapted to receive an ornament for display when the cap is open, a shelf mounted to the cap panel which projects forwardly and is adapted to support an ornament for display when the cap is open, and a drawer assembly mounted to the cap panel for display and storage of items of memorialization of a deceased, or b) an alcove structure and a shelf, or c) an alcove structure and a drawer assembly, or d) a shelf and a drawer assembly.