Casket Corner Display Mounting With Concealed Cut Edges
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Solution Overview
Problem
Displaying casket corner portions from cut full-size caskets poses challenges due to their flexibility, making it difficult to conceal cut edges and maintain a secure, gap-free mounting on display structures, especially with sheet metal caskets.
Innovation Solution
A display system comprising a back wall, wing walls, shelves, and casket corner sections with cut sides at right angles, where a side panel is attached to one cut side and a bottom panel is attached to the bottom, with dowel pins or locators on the back wall and shelves to securely support the casket corner sections, ensuring the cut edges are concealed and the sections remain rigidified.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If casket corner portions are cut from full-size caskets to increase display density, then product density is improved, but the cut edges become visible and the portions become flexible making secure mounting difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The casket is segmented into corner portions for display, allowing multiple casket representations to be mounted in a limited space. This segmentation increases product density while the patent addresses the flexibility issue through additional structural elements.
Solution Approach 2:
A rigidifying panel is introduced as an intermediary element between the flexible casket corner portion and the display structure. This panel provides the necessary structural support to maintain mounting security while allowing the casket portion to be displayed.
2Ease of manufacture
If casket corner portions are mounted directly to display walls, then ease of manufacture is improved, but gaps appear between the flexible casket portions and the display structure
Solution Approach 1:
The rigidifying panel serves as a mediator that fills the gap between the flexible casket corner portion and the display wall. It maintains continuous visual appearance by preventing gaps while the patent keeps the mounting process relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The rigidity parameter of the casket corner portion assembly is changed by adding the rigidifying panel. This transforms the flexible casket portion into a rigid-mounted display element that maintains its shape and eliminates gaps.
3Quantity of substance
If more caskets are displayed in the selection room to maximize customer choices, then product variety is improved, but the visual effect becomes a distressing 'sea of caskets' confusion
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of displaying complete caskets, the patent uses corner portions as copies or representations of the full caskets. This allows multiple casket options to be displayed without creating the overwhelming 'sea of caskets' effect, as each corner portion is a simplified representation rather than a full-size casket.
Solution Approach 2:
The display transitions from displaying full three-dimensional caskets to displaying two-dimensional corner portions mounted on walls. This dimensional change increases the number of displayable options while reducing the visual overwhelming effect.
Data Source
AI summary
A display for displaying casket portions comprises a back wall, at least one wing wall, a shelf, a casket corner section having two cut sides at substantially a right angle to one another and having a bottom, a side panel attached to one of the cut sides of the casket corner section, a bottom panel attached to the bottom of the casket corner section, and at least one dowel pin on the back wall. The casket corner section is supported on the shelf, the side panel is positioned between the wing wall and the dowel pin, and the other cut side faces the back wall. The dowel pin is spaced from the wing wall by an amount such that an outwardly facing surface of the side panel is snugged against an inwardly facing surface of the wing wall.