IP Library Granted Patent US 7,520,395
Granted Patent B2
US 7,520,395 · App. 11/760,593 · Granted Apr 21, 2009

Display for a casket selection room

Assignee: Batesville Services, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,520,395
App. No.
11/760,593
Granted
Apr 21, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display for a casket selection room comprises a base, a first display portion mounted to the base, a plurality of casket portions representing a plurality of casket choices from which a customer may select mounted to the first display portion, a second display portion mounted to the first display portion, and a plurality of casket ornaments representing a plurality of ornament choices from which the customer may select mounted to the second display portion.

Claims (26)

1. A display for a casket selection room comprising:

a base,

a first display portion mounted to said base,

a second display portion mounted to said first display portion for swiveling movement relative thereto about a generally vertical axis,

a plurality of casket portions representing a plurality of casket choices from which a customer can choose mounted to one of said first and second display portions, at least one of said casket portions configured to selectively removably receive a casket ornament, and

a plurality of casket ornaments representing a plurality of ornament choices from which the customer can choose, said casket ornaments selectively, removably mounted to the other of said first and second display portions,

whereby said casket ornaments may be selectively removed from the other of said first and second display portions and attached to said at least one of said plurality of casket portions to simulate a desired casket configuration.

2. The display of claim 1 wherein said first portion is four-sided and wherein each side of said first portion has one said casket portion mounted thereto.

3. The display of claim 1 wherein said second portion is four-sided and wherein each said side of said second portion has four said ornaments mounted thereto.

4. The display of claim 1 wherein:

said first portion is four-sided and has one said casket portion mounted on each said side thereof, and

said second portion is four-sided and has four said ornaments mounted on each said side thereof;

said display thereby presenting the customer with 6 casket choices from which the customer can select.

5. The display of claim 4 wherein said display has a height of about 72 inches.

6. The display of claim 4 wherein said base is four-sided.

7. The display of claim 6 wherein each said side of said base is about 18 inches wide.

8. The display of claim 1 wherein said ornaments are casket shell corner ornaments adapted to be mounted to each corner of a four-cornered casket shell.

9. The display of claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one additional casket ornament selectively, removably attached to said at least one of said casket portions, whereby said additional casket ornament may be selectively removed and replaced with one of said plurality of casket ornaments mounted to the other of said first and second display portions.

10. A method of displaying casket options, comprising:

displaying at least one casket portion on a first display portion of a display fixture;

displaying at least one first casket ornament on a second display portion of the display fixture, wherein the second display portion is movably coupled with the first display portion;

facilitating movement of the second display portion relative to the first display portion to locate the at least one first casket ornament in proximity to the at least one casket portion to represent a desired casket configuration;

wherein the second display portion is rotatably coupled with the first display portion, and wherein facilitating movement of the second display portion relative to the first display portion comprises rotating the second display portion relative to the first display portion;

wherein the at least one first casket ornament is selectively, removably coupled with the second display portion of the display fixture, the method further comprising facilitating removal of the at least one first casket ornament from the second display portion for attachment to the at least one casket portion; and

further comprising displaying at least one second casket ornament on the at least one casket portion, the at least one second casket ornament selectively, removably coupled with the at least one casket portion for removal and replacement with the at least one first casket ornament.

Assignments (1)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2023
From: BATESVILLE SERVICES, LLC
To: TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062634/0886 →
Continuity (2)
Division 1075743100 · Jan 15, 2004
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