Casket having memorabilia compartment
A casket memorabilia compartment assembly adapted to couple to a casket to provide display and/or storage of pictures memorializing the deceased. The memorabilia compartment assembly comprises a panel mountable to the casket for swinging displacement between an inner hanging position within the casket and an outer hanging without the casket. The panel includes a display side exposed when in the outer hanging position. The display side includes a compartment for the display and/or storage of pictures. The outer surface of the compartment is transparent so as to view the pictures within the compartment. The memorabilia compartment assembly can be incorporated, into a big body and/or throw used during viewing of the deceased.
1. A casket having a throw for displaying and/or storing pictures memorializing a deceased, said casket comprising:
a shell;
a cap pivoted to said shell; and
said throw comprising:
a big body including a decorative fabric panel mounted to said shell for swinging displacement between an inner hanging position within said shell and an outer hanging position outside said shell and overlying a rim of said shell, said panel having a display side exposed when said panel is in the outer hanging position; and
an overthrow including a decorative fabric panel attached to said big body and overlying at least a portion of said cap;
said display side of said panel including a compartment for retaining the pictures, said compartment including a transparent outer surface for displaying the pictures in said compartment.
2. The casket of claim 1 wherein said compartment comprises a plurality of pockets each having an opening for inserting the picture in said pocket.
3. A casket having a throw for displaying and/or storing pictures memorializing a deceased, said casket comprising:
a shell;
a cap pivoted to said shell; and
said throw comprising:
a big body having first and second panels each mounted to said shell for swinging displacement between an inner hanging position within said casket and an outer hanging position outside said casket, said first panel having an outer side exposed when said first panel is in the outer hanging position, said second panel having a display side exposed when said second panel is in the outer hanging position, said second panel overlying at least a portion of said first panel when said first and second panels are in the outer hanging position;
said outer side of said first panel including decorative fabric; and
an overthrow including a decorative fabric panel attached to said big body and overlying at least a portion of said cap;
said display side of said second panel including a compartment for retaining the pictures, said compartment including a transparent outer surface for displaying the pictures in said compartment.
4. The casket of claim 3 wherein said compartment comprises a plurality of pockets each having an opening for inserting the picture in said pocket.