Patent ID: 7318262

Claim:
A casket with a removable display, the casket comprising a floor, a perimeter sidewall extending generally perpendicularly from the floor, a top abutting the perimeter sidewall in a closed position, whereby a casket interior configured to receive a deceased therein is defined between the floor, the top, and the sidewall, the sidewall having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a thickness between the inner and the outer surfaces, and having a niche that extends through the outer surface and toward the casket interior, the display comprising a container that has a transparent display panel and that is seated in the niche with the display panel placed in a position of being one of recessed relative to, flush with, and protruding from the outer surface, the display containing and displaying a three dimensional object that includes a mounted butterfly, and a retainer that overlays the casket sidewall around the perimeter of the niche and extends over a perimeter edge of the display, the retainer further being releasibly attachable to the casket to hold the display in the niche.