Removable Casket Ornament Shadow Box for Lasting Memorial Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for memorializing a deceased individual, such as customized caskets and ornaments, lack a permanent and personalized keepsake option for families after the funeral or burial services, with existing solutions not providing a tangible and enduring reminder of the deceased.
Innovation Solution
A casket ornament display system comprising a shadow box with a removable and attachable fastener mechanism, allowing for the securement of either the actual casket ornament or a substantially identical one, along with engraved indicia, to create a personalized memorial that can be presented to loved ones.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If standardized decorative corner pieces are permanently mounted onto the casket, then the casket can be customized with decorative elements, but the family is left with no tangible permanent reminders after the funeral services
Solution Approach 1:
The casket ornament system is divided into separate components: a back plate that remains on the casket and a decorative corner insert that can be removed. This segmentation allows the ornamental function to be separated from the permanent memorial function, enabling families to take the decorative insert home as a keepsake while the casket retains its aesthetic appearance.
Solution Approach 2:
The decorative corner insert is extracted from the permanent casket structure, allowing it to be removed and retained by the family. The back plate remains on the casket to maintain the customized appearance, while the insert serves as a portable memorial keepsake that families can display in their homes.
2Stability of the object's composition
If casket ornaments are permanently attached to the casket, then the decorative appearance is maintained, but the ornaments cannot be removed as keepsakes by the family
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system transitions from a static permanent attachment to a dynamic removable attachment. The quick change mechanism allows the decorative insert to be easily attached and detached, providing adaptability for both casket display and family keepsake uses without compromising the stability of the back plate on the casket.
Solution Approach 2:
Different parts of the ornament system have different attachment properties: the back plate is permanently fixed to the casket to maintain stability and appearance, while the decorative corner insert has a removable attachment mechanism that allows it to be taken home by the family as a keepsake.
3Ease of operation
If traditional memorial items like flowers are given to families, then they provide immediate respect and remembrance, but they wilt and die after a short time leaving no permanent reminder
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of giving perishable flowers, the system provides a durable copy or representation of the casket's decorative elements. The decorative corner insert serves as a permanent replica of the ornamental design, maintaining the aesthetic and memorial significance without the limitations of organic materials that wilt and decay.
Data Source
AI summary
A casket ornament display comprises a shadow box comprising opposed side walls, opposed end walls, a back wall, and a transparent pane front, a casket ornament including a fastener adapted to removably secure the ornament to a casket, the casket ornament attached to the back wall of the shadow box via the fastener, and indicia attached to the shadow box identifying a deceased to be memorialized, the ornament being either a) one that was removed from the casket in which the deceased was displayed, or b) one that is substantially identical to an ornament that was secured to the casket in which the deceased was displayed.