Undertaking – Casket carriers
Reexamination Certificate
1998-12-04
2001-08-21
Dayoan, B. (Department: 3628)
Undertaking
Casket carriers
C040S657000, C211S085160, C052S036500
Reexamination Certificate
active
06276034
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an integrated display utilizing at least one category delineator on a slat wall display to aid in the display of death care merchandise such as cards, flowers, pictures, books, personal memorabilia, caskets, coffins, urns, burial vaults, and materials for decorating or adorning the same. The display system of the invention is particularly designed for use by prospective purchasers in a preview room. In addition, it may be useful for displaying death care merchandise in funeral product stores.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Display units are known in the art. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,190,243 discloses a display that has used a plurality of spaced threaded holes to provide fastening locations for shelves. As disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,585,944, displays have also included shelving made for suspension from the eaves of a roof. These types of shelving structures can hang from a transversely projecting cleat and can be fastened to the wall by a plurality of claws biting into the roof.
Additionally, display panels using slat walls are known. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,891,897 discloses a slat wall display panel that uses fasteners with cleats that must be slid in from the side of the slat wall. Moreover, display furniture has included the use of support brackets that can be fixedly attached in slots between adjacent panels as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,370,249. Finally, even the use of tray shelves that can be engaged in lip troughs on slat walls is known to the art as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,622,010. While this configuration has offered more flexibility, even this arrangement still does not provide the separation of the merchandise envisioned in the present invention.
Furthermore, the prior art has not provided an effective system for using slat wall displays in a death care merchandise integrated display system. The present invention overcomes these shortcomings while offering an additional advantage of a category delineator to help organize the display of death care merchandise.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A slat wall death care merchandise display unit maximizes the types and styles of death care merchandise that can be displayed. The present invention comprises a back wall containing a plurality of parallel slats wherein the slats allow at least one category delineation fixture to be inserted into at least one of the plurality of slots formed by the spacing of the slats attached to the back wall. Additionally, the display unit may further comprise an overhead cornice attached to at least one slot to allow the hanging of at least one category header capable of displaying signs, placards, or similar notification.
This configuration offers the flexibility to provide consumers with a versatile array of death care merchandise and related articles.
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Bachman Douglas E.
Doody Alton F.
Dayoan B.
Miller William L.
Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher L.L.P.
The York Group, Inc.
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