Casket Lid Dish Assembly for Photograph Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current caskets lack a designated, easily accessible and integral compartment for displaying and storing personal effects and memorabilia, with previous solutions often appearing as afterthoughts or not providing adequate personalization options for family and friends to memorialize the deceased.
Innovation Solution
A casket design featuring a dish assembly with a cap panel that includes retention members or pleat boards to securely hold and display photographs of various sizes, allowing for customizable and integral memorialization during viewing or services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a memento box is placed alongside the deceased in the casket, then memorabilia can be stored and displayed, but the placement appears haphazard and lacks integration with the casket structure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the memorabilia storage function with the casket structure by integrating a compartment into the casket lid. This compartment is formed by a back panel, side panels, and a bottom panel that together create a structured receptacle, eliminating the need for separate haphazardly placed boxes and providing seamless integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The casket lid is segmented into functional zones: a primary compartment for memorabilia, a secondary compartment for personal effects, and an open display area for photographs. This segmentation allows different types of items to be stored in organized, dedicated spaces rather than being randomly placed.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a designated compartment for memorabilia is added to the casket, then personalization options are improved, but the casket design becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The casket lid compartment serves multiple functions: it stores memorabilia, displays photographs, and provides a structured receptacle for personal effects. This multi-functionality allows a single integrated structure to replace multiple separate components, reducing overall design complexity while enhancing personalization capabilities.
3Ease of operation
If retention members are added to the cap panel to hold photographs, then photograph display is improved, but the cap panel structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The retention members are designed as flexible elements that can adapt to different photograph sizes and orientations. The pleat boards can be folded and positioned to accommodate various dimensions, providing dynamic adjustment capability without requiring multiple rigid structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The pleat boards can be folded at different angles and positions to accommodate various photograph dimensions. By changing the physical state and position of the pleat boards, the same structure can hold photographs of different sizes (e.g., 4x6, 5x7, 8x10 inches) without requiring separate retention mechanisms for each size.
Data Source
AI summary
A casket having provision for displaying a photograph, the photograph having a pair of opposite side edges, 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, the cap panel including at least one pair of opposed retention members sized and configured to receive and retain the pair of opposite side edges of the photograph for display of the photograph when the cap is in an open position.