Method Of Personalizing And Merchandising Caskets At Point Of Purchase

• US 20130191239A1
• Filed: 01/17/2013
• Published: 07/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Batesville Services Incorporated (Hillenbrand Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Batesville Services Incorporated (Hillenbrand Incorporated)
• Inventors: Bovard, Christopher C., Holzman, Paul, Meiser, Daniel G., Rojdev, Ilija, Wessel, Christopher M.
• Application Number:
  US13/743,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20130191239A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.5
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 17/00 Coffins; Funeral wrappings; Funeral urns
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 17/042 Linings and veneer
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method of merchandising caskets by a casket seller at the point of purchase of a casket purchaser comprises displaying a plurality of untrimmed caskets from which the purchaser may select, each casket of the plurality of caskets being of a different material, color, or design, displaying a plurality of packaged casket interior trim component sets from which the purchaser may select, each set of the plurality of sets containing trim components being of a different material, color, or design, and installing the casket interior trim components of the purchaser selected set into the purchaser selected casket. The casket interior components can include one or more, or all, of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow, in any combination.

Claims

1. A method of merchandising caskets by a casket seller at the point of purchase of a casket purchaser comprising:

displaying a plurality of untrimmed caskets from which the purchaser may select, each casket of the plurality of caskets being of a different material, color, or design,

displaying a plurality of packaged casket interior trim component sets from which the purchaser may select, each set of the plurality of sets containing trim components being of a different material, color, or design, and

installing the casket interior trim components of the purchaser selected set into the purchaser selected casket.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of packaged casket interior trim component sets is packaged in a container that is at least in part transparent to permit the purchaser to view the trim components through the container.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set include at least one component selected from a group consisting of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set include at least two components selected from a group consisting of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set include at least three components selected from a group consisting of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set include at least four components selected from a group consisting of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set comprise a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

8. The method of claim 3 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set further include at least one component selected from a second group consisting of a throw pillow, a cap panel accent, a puffing accent, a comforter, a cap panel, and a foot lining.

9. The method of claim 3 wherein the small body is a one-piece small body and foot lining.

10. The method of claim 3 wherein the big body, small body, and mattress cover are sewn together as a single one-piece unit.

11. A method of personalizing a casket by a casket purchaser at the point of purchase of the casket purchaser comprising:

selecting a casket from a plurality of untrimmed caskets, each casket of the plurality of caskets being of a different material, color, or design,

selecting a packaged casket interior trim component set from a plurality of sets, each set of the plurality of sets containing trim components being of a different material, color, or design, and

directing that the casket interior trim components of the selected set be installed into the selected casket.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein each of the plurality of packaged casket interior trim component sets is packaged in a container that is at least in part transparent to permit the purchaser to view the trim components through the container.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set include at least one component selected from a group consisting of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set include at least two components selected from a group consisting of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set include at least three components selected from a group consisting of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set include at least four components selected from a group consisting of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set comprise a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set further include at least one component selected from a second group consisting of a throw pillow, a cap panel accent, a puffing accent, a comforter, a cap panel, and a foot lining.

19. The method of claim 13 wherein the small body is a one-piece small body and foot lining.

20. The method of claim 13 wherein the big body, small body, and mattress cover are sewn together as a single one-piece unit.

21. A method of shipping a casket in an untrimmed state for trimming at a destination comprising:

packaging each of a plurality of casket interior trim component sets in a respective container, each set of the plurality of sets containing trim components being of a different material, color, or design,

placing the plurality of containers of trim components in the untrimmed casket, and

shipping the untrimmed casket with the plurality of containers of trim components therein to the destination.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the containers are at least in part transparent to permit a purchaser to view the trim components through the container.

23. The method of claim 21 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set include at least one component selected from a group consisting of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

24. The method of claim 21 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set include at least two components selected from a group consisting of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

25. The method of claim 21 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set include at least three components selected from a group consisting of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

26. The method of claim 21 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set include at least four components selected from a group consisting of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

27. The method of claim 21 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set comprise a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

28. The method of claim 23 wherein the casket interior trim components of each packaged set further include at least one component selected from a second group consisting of a throw pillow, a cap panel accent, a puffing accent, a comforter, a cap panel, and a foot lining.

29. The method of claim 23 wherein the small body is a one-piece small body and foot lining.

30. The method of claim 23 wherein the big body, small body, and mattress cover are sewn together as a single one-piece unit.

31. A packaged casket interior trim component set for installation into an untrimmed casket comprising:

a container that is at least in part transparent, and

a set of casket interior trim components packaged in said container, said casket interior trim components including at least three components selected from a group consisting of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

32. The packaged casket interior trim component set of claim 31 wherein said casket interior trim components include at least four components selected from the group consisting of a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

33. The packaged casket interior trim component set of claim 31 wherein said casket interior trim components comprise a mattress cover, a pillow cover, a big body, a small body, and an overthrow.

34. The packaged casket interior trim component set of claim 31 wherein said casket interior trim components further comprise at least one component selected from a second group consisting of a throw pillow, a cap panel accent, a puffing accent, a comforter, a cap panel, and a foot lining.

35. The packaged casket interior trim component set of claim 31 wherein said small body is a one-piece small body and foot lining.

36. The packaged casket interior trim component set of claim 31 wherein said big body, small body, and mattress cover are sewn together as a single one-piece unit.