Patent ID: 7584529

Claim:
A casket comprising: a shell, a cap closable on said shell, and a cap dish assembly mounted to an underside of said cap, said dish assembly comprising: a cap panel having opposite sides and opposite ends, a puffing member positioned at each of said opposite sides and each of said opposite ends of said cap panel, and an alcove structure formed in one of said puffing members positioned at one of said opposite ends of said cap panel, said alcove structure having a floor, a pair of side walls, and a back wall, and defining a recessed area in which to display items to memorialize a deceased, said alcove structure oriented such that said floor is generally transverse to a longitudinal extent of said one puffing member, and wherein said alcove structure includes a shelf formed as part of said floor, said shelf extending from said back wall to beyond a front face of said one puffing member.