Patent ID: 8667653

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, a pair of opposed puffings attached to opposed longer sides of said cap panel and a pair of opposed puffings attached to opposed shorter sides of said cap panel, and at least a pair of generally horizontally spaced apart and generally vertically extending pleats, and an appliqué panel overlying said cap panel and sized and configured such that opposite side edges of said appliqué panel are removably received and retained by respective ones of said pair of pleats, said appliqué panel being transparent to allow viewing of said cap panel therebehind, said appliqué panel including an embroidered appliqué applied on a front face thereof, said appliqué panel thereby creating a three-dimensional appearance of the embroidery floating in front of said cap panel.