Patent ID: 8220119

Claim:
A casket comprising: 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 said casket shell, said cap including a dish assembly mounted to an underside thereof, said dish assembly including a cap panel, and at least one medallion mounted on one of an interior surface of one of said cap and said shell and an exterior surface of one of said cap and said shell, said medallion having at least one of text and graphics representing a life aspect of the deceased, said medallion being generally planar and having a transverse dimension and a thickness dimension, said transverse dimension being substantially less than a height dimension and a width dimension of said cap panel, said thickness dimension being substantially less than said transverse dimension; further comprising a reduced scale medallion corresponding to said at least one medallion, said reduced scale medallion having substantially the same shape, text, and graphics of said medallion, said reduced scale medallion being sized to fit in a pocket of an article of clothing worn by a loved one of the deceased.