MXPA99011193A - Memorial death care merchandise display unit and method for displaying death care merchandise - Google Patents

Abstract

A memorial death care merchandise display unit and method of displaying the unit that maximizes the types and styles of death care merchandise comprising two vertical, parallel, spaced wing walls and a vertical back wall attached to a rear end of each wing wall. Attached to the back wall and/or the wing walls is at least one angled display board to engage the line of sight of a prospective purchaser and provide a location for the multi-planar display of a variety of death care merchandise, decedent confinement chambers, and visual materials. Additionally, the unit may further contain a cornice and/or at least one illumination source to improve the visibility and notoriety of the death care merchandise. Alternatively, at least two display units are combined to create a modular memorial death care merchandise display unit capable of depicting a plurality of death care merchandise, decedent confinement chambers, and visual materials design lines. This configuration allows the consumer an opportunity to compare a plurality of death care merchandise design lines in one setting.

Description

EXHIBITION UNIT OF COMMEMORATIVE MERCHANDISE DEDICATED TO THE DEATH AND METHOD TO EXHIBIT THE MERCHANDISE DEDICATED TO THE DEATH SPECIFICATION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an integrated display unit and method for displaying the unit for merchandise dedicated to death, confinement chambers for the deceased, and visual materials. The display systems of the invention are particularly designed for the use of prospective buyers in a showroom. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Several systems for displaying coffins are known in the art. The most primitive of such systems consists of a shelf or display stand for a coffin. See, for example, U.S. Patent No. 2,937,768 which discloses a support for exhibiting two stepped coffins having a structure similar to a rigid C-shaped frame for the display of two coffins - one coffin supported on top of the other. While the coffin display system of the '017 patent offers a quieter installation than that of the original systems of the prior art, as set out in the' 768 patent, they do not allow the complete display of merchandise used in the dedicated industry. to death and the funeral. In addition, this does not allow the display of all types of merchandise such as decorative accessories, urns, and burial vaults. The U.S. Patent No. 5,759,045 includes modern techniques for the display of merchandise dedicated to death, which describes a product display board capable of displaying multiple product display lines. By arranging three product lines in rows along the board, the '045 offers a comparison of the options available to those who are in the market for merchandise dedicated to death. However, this exhibit fails to maintain the display of merchandise dedicated to death in more than one plane, the exhibition method captures more attention and interest. Additionally, this display system fails at the angle at which the merchandise dedicated to death aligns with the prospective buyer's vision, thus attracting the likely purchaser better. Finally, the '045 does not offer lighting that helps the buyer's consideration. Therefore, there is a need for an exhibition system that allows the display of a greater volume and a greater type of merchandise dedicated to death with greater comfort for the likely buyer. In addition, there is a need for a display system that can be more easily assembled and used than that allowed by previous technology systems that will more easily attract the attention of likely buyers of merchandise dedicated to death and will provide a method of display. that allows the prospective buyer to consider several design lines of merchandise dedicated to death, confinement chambers for deceased, and visual materials. Compendium of the Invention A commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to death and a method for deploying the unit that optimizes the types and styles of merchandise dedicated to death comprising two separate, vertical, parallel wing walls and a back wall vertical attached to a rear end of each wing wall. Attached to the rear wall and / or the wing walls is at least one panel support that supports at least one angled display board to attract a prospective buyer's line of sight and provides a site for display in drawings multiple of a variety of merchandise dedicated to death, confinement chambers for deceased, and visual materials. The display unit may also contain a cornice. The cornice can present information for the purposes of indicating and identifying merchandise related to the funeral that is being exhibited.

Alternatively, the cornice provides a place to fix visual materials. In a preferred embodiment, the cornice is attached to a leading edge of each wing wall. Alternatively or additionally, the cornice can be attached to the back wall. The display unit may also comprise at least one source of illumination to improve the visibility and notoriety of merchandise dedicated to death, confinement chambers for the deceased, and visual materials that are displayed. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a plurality of lighting sources are subject to the entire interior or bottom surface of the cornice and behind each angled display board. In addition, the rear wall may contain a plurality of parallel slats, spaced apart. These slats are evenly spaced to allow the insertion of at least one fastener, preferably a J-shaped hook fastener, in the plurality of grooves created by the uniform arrangement of the slats attached to the rear wall. This configuration allows each set of the angled display board and possibly a shelf equipped with an appropriate fastener to be inserted into at least one slot in the wall of the tablet. This configuration offers the flexibility and convenience of allowing a multitude of configurations for the display of merchandise dedicated to death, confinement chambers for deceased, and visual materials.

In a more preferred embodiment, at least two display units are combined to create a commemorative death display unit capable of displaying a plurality of merchandise dedicated to death, confinement chambers for deceased, and lines of designs of visual materials. This configuration allows the consumer the opportunity to compare in a scenario a plurality of merchandise design lines dedicated to death. Brief Description of the Drawings FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the display unit. FIG. 2 is an elevation view of the display unit. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the display unit. FIG. 4 is a sectional side view of the display unit. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the display unit in a modular configuration. FIG. 6 is an elevation view of a preferred embodiment of the display unit in a modular configuration.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a preferred embodiment of the display unit in a modular configuration. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The present invention provides an integrated display system for funeral-related merchandise. The display system of the invention is mainly used in a previous exhibition room where the selection of goods related to the funeral for the loved ones of the deceased takes place. In addition, the display system of the present invention can be used in ceremonial areas such as the showrooms of a home funeral as well as memorial and funeral services. One of the main advantages of the display system of the present invention is that it optimizes the number and type of merchandise dedicated to the demise that can be displayed in a given area. The display system of the present invention may also be a modular assembly; that allows to be assembled and disassembled within a short period of time as well as on the basis of "how it is needed". The ability of the display system to be modular allows buyers to buy all or sections of the system whenever they wish. Additionally, the modular assembly allows the display of a plurality of merchandise designs dedicated to death, confinement chambers for deceased and visual materials, this allows the prospective buyer to consider comparable design lines. The present invention contains a number of novel features that can be used alone or in combination with each other. Figures 1, 2 and 3 show a perspective view, an elevation view and a plan view, respectively, of a commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise 10. The display unit 10 comprises a back wall 11 and two wing walls 12 and 13 which are positioned so as to have opposite and opposite surfaces. The wing walls 12 and 13 are attached to the rear wall 11 at the rear end of each wing wall 12 and 13. Alternatively, the rear wall 11 can be removably secured to the rear end of the wing walls 12 and 13 The rear wall 11 and the wing walls 12 and 13 of the display unit 10 are typically made of laminated wood but can be made of agglomerated fiber or other durable material such as a synthetic plastic material such as plexiglass or Mylar. The rear wall 11 and / or the wing walls 12 and 13 can be coated with a fabric-like material or have a textured surface. When desired, the fabric-like material can be removably attached as described below to the rear wall 11 or wing walls 12 and 13, which allow the user to select the color and texture.

As used here, he finished "confinement chamber for the deceased" refers to coffins, coffins, burial vaults and urns. The term will include that you are ready to use the coffins, coffins, burial vaults and urns, sections of coffins, coffins, burial vaults and urns and miniatures thereof. Where exhibitors will be used in a showroom and are not designed to be opened, it is especially preferable to use such coffin facades, coffins, burial vaults and urns, the facades typically include those exterior sides and camera surfaces visible by the observer. Where the camera is being used to display only the facade, the interior chamber is hollow. The rear wall 11 and the wing walls 12 and 13 provide a site for one or more visual materials related to the funeral such as cards, flowers, books, personal souvenirs, ornaments, accessories, drawings, signs, signs, souvenirs, crestones , plates, emblems, badges, logos, descriptions, signatures, samples, fabrics for the lid panel-the inner portion of the camera lining the top part of the lid- and the covering-the fabric that remains through from the outside of the confinement chamber for the deceased when the cover of the camera is open, samples, texts, photographs, and materials to decorate or decorate it. These visual materials 15 are used to inform prospective buyers of the exhibited characteristics of merchandise dedicated to death. The visual materials 15 are preferably fixed by fasteners that include clip fasteners on the board, wallboard fasteners described below, nailable surfaces, hook and loop fabric fasteners (eg, VELCRO®), magnetic fasteners or other fasteners. known devices for fixing objects removably to the surface for the exhibition of the objects. Alternatively, the visual materials 15 can be fixed more permanently by adhesives or mechanical means including brackets, screws, bolts, nails, rivets or other known devices for securing objects to a surface for display. Any of the visual materials may include information about the deceased (where the unit is used in memorial or funeral establishments) or the merchandise is displayed (where the unit is used for a merchandise outlet). For example, at the point of sale of merchandise, the information center can display information about the materials used in the fabrication of the confinement chamber for the deceased, such as Stainless Steel, Plating, Hardwood, Steel, Bronze etc. also as information about merchandise in the display, such as the Interiors for a display that illustrates the interior of the confinement chamber for the deceased. In the preferred embodiment, some of these visual materials 15 provide information about the design line of the merchandise dedicated to the death that is exhibited. Additionally, the alcove defined by the rear wall 11, the left-wing wall 12, and the right-wing wall 13 may exhibit one or more confinement chambers for deceased 14. When used in a showroom in a stage of exhibition, each of the confinement chambers for decedent 14 may be exhibited with any merchandise dedicated to death, any of the visual materials 15, or other communicative materials that provide information to the probable purchaser of merchandise dedicated to death or of the cameras confinement for deceased 14. Rear wall 11 and wing walls 12 and 13, as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 are typically 1,524m to 2,136m (5 to 7 feet) preferably 1,828m (6 feet) ) High. However, a plurality of urns is shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the width of the rear wall 11 may be of a width sufficient to exhibit a confinement chamber for deceased 14 of actual size. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, however, the rear wall 11 of the display unit 10 is approximately 1.22m (4 feet) wide.

The confinement chamber for deceased 14 can be easily mounted on the rear wall 11 or the wing walls 12 and 13 of the display unit 10. In the preferred embodiment, at least one shelf 16 can be fixed to the rear wall 11 or to the wing walls 12 and 13. However, any of the permanent or removable fastening methods described above are applicable to the shelf fasteners, the preferred embodiment of the invention uses a fastener inserted into at least one groove formed in a clapboard of the wall configuration. The plank wall configuration comprises a plurality of uniform, parallel slats attached to the back wall and / or to the wing walls to form a plurality of uniform slots for the insertion of the fasteners. The slats 16 further comprise at least one fastener, preferably a J-shaped hook fastener, which can be inserted into the recesses of the slots defined by the slat wall. Alternatively, the elbow shelf of the coupling of the adjacent slots can further be used in place of the rack 16. The elbow shelf comprises a horizontally flat section, and a support, angled to fit within the adjacent slot. Also, the merchandise dedicated to death, the confinement chambers for deceased 14, and / or the visual materials 15 can be displayed on the flat surface formed. This shelf 16 provides in support for any form of merchandise dedicated to death, but preferably, it provides at least support to a confinement chamber for deceased 14. In FIGs. 1, 2, and 3, there is shown a plurality of confinement chambers for deceased 14, which is supported on a plurality of corresponding shelves 16 which are fixed to the rear wall 11 of the display unit 10. The display unit 10 that it also comprises a cornice 17. Any conventional cornice or lintel revealed in the branch may be sufficient. For example, the preferred cornice 17 includes a horizontal beam which is attached to the forward end of both wing walls 12 and 13. Alternatively, the cornice 17 may comprise a left vertical lift beam and a vertical right lift beam extending from of the back wall 10. A horizontal beam is attached to the side edges that are located in front of the vertical beams. Typically, the cornice 17 will increase the height of the display unit 10 above 2.13 m (7 feet). As shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 10 may comprise a plurality of panel supports 19a, 19b, and / or 19c which are fixed either permanently or removably to the rear wall 11 and / or to the wing walls 12 and 13. at least one angled display board 20a 20b and / or 20c can be fixed directly to the rear wall 11 and / or to the wing walls 12 and 13 or preferably to at least one panel support 19a, 19b, and / or 19c to provide a visually attractive location for fastening the merchandise dedicated to death, confinement chambers for deceased 14 and / or visual materials 15a, 15b, 15c, and / or 15d so that the angled display board having a declivity this is that it is not parallel to the plane of the rear wall 11. However, any of the permanent or removable fastening methods described above are appropriate, the preferred embodiment comprises fasteners, more preferably J-shaped hook fasteners, in the rear of the supports of the panels 19a, 19b, and / or 19c which are inserted into at least one slot of a configuration of the wall of slats on the rear wall 11 or the wing walls 12 and 13. In presenting the merchandise dedicated to death, the confinement chambers for deceased 14, and / or visual materials 15a, 16b, 15c, and / or 15d in a plurality of planes for the probable buyer, they can also be effectively illuminated. The display unit may further include at least one light source 18a, 18b, 18c and / or 18d. The light source 18a, 18b, 18c and / or 18d may be hidden from the observer within the lower or interior surface of the cornice 17, if included, or behind any angled display board 20a, 20b, and / or 20c . Exemplary of the light sources 18a, 18b, 18c, and / or 18d are the integrated lights, incandescent lights, fluorescent lights, light tracks or pendant lights. Virtually any source of light can be easily manipulated so that the light that is directed towards the merchandise dedicated to the selected death, to the confinement chambers for deceased 14, or to the visual materials 15a, 15b, 15c, and / or 15d will be enough. The light source 18a, 18b, 18c, and / or 18d is fixed by one of the fastening means described above to the underside or interior surface of the cornice 17, if included, and behind any angled display board 20a, 20b, and / or 20c. As stated in FIG. 4, a plurality of light sources 18a, 18b, and 18c, are affixed to the surface of the cornice 17 and behind the display boards 20a, 20b, respectively, to provide light on any merchandise display dedicated to the selected death , confinement chambers for deceased 14, or visual materials 15a, 15b, 15c, and / or 15d, within the display unit 10. In this preferred embodiment, a plurality of angled display boards 20a, 20b and 20c are provided. to a plurality of panel supports 19a, 19b, and 19c, respectively, the visual materials 15b, 15c, 15d are likewise noted as the visual materials 15a, presented at the approximate level of the probable buyer's eye. By illuminating all visual materials 15a, 15b, 15c, and 15d equally, the prospective purchaser is presented with an attractive display unit 10 while considering their purchase options. A plurality of chambers are formed behind any angled display board 20a, 20b and / or 20c and the rear wall 11. Additionally, another chamber is formed by the cornice 17, when included, and the rear wall 11. These cameras provide a place to store any wiring of necessary electrical cable. The wiring can be directed through at least one aperture formed, drilled, cut or punched in the rear wall 11. The electrical wiring is not evident to the likely purchaser. Additionally, as shown in a preferred embodiment in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, a display unit 10a, can be fixed permanently or removably to at least one display unit 10b to provide a modular display unit 50. In this configuration, a plurality of display units 10a, 10b , and 10c, for example, is attached to other side wing walls 13a, a 12b, and 13b to 12c. Alternatively, the display units 10a, and 10b may share a common wing wall 13a / 12b and the display units 10b and 10c may share a common wing wall 13b / 12c. However, this configuration reduces the flexibility of the modular display unit 50, requiring fewer materials. The modular display unit 50 allows more than one design line of merchandise dedicated to death, confinement chambers for deceased 14, and / or visual materials 15 to be displayed for the consideration of the likely purchaser. By altering the shape of the cornices 17a, 17b, and 17c, the modular display unit 50 can further distinguish the plurality of design lines that are offered. As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, the visual materials 15a, 15b, and 15c can be displayed so that a prospective buyer can effectively consider the quality and merits of several different design lines of merchandise dedicated to death, confinement chambers for deceased 14, and / or visual materials 15 to make a more informed and more efficient decision. The modular display unit 50 allows the mixing or coupling of several display units 10 also to allow the subsequent purchaser of the additional display units 10 to be offered additional design lines or more design lines that are actually offered in the modular display unit 50.

Various modifications may be made in the nature, composition, operation and arrangement of various elements, steps and procedures described herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.

Claims (22)

1. CLAIMS 1 .. A commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to death consisting of: a vertical rear wall that has a front surface; two parallel, vertical spaced wing walls having facing and opposite surfaces affixed to the rear wall at the rear end of each wing wall so that the rear wall supports and maintains the wing walls in a vertical position; and at least one angled display board having a slope that is not parallel to the vertical plane of the rear wall attached to the rear wall and / or at least one of the wing walls.
2. 2. The commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise of claim 1, further comprising at least one article selected from the group consisting of merchandise dedicated to death, confinement chambers for the deceased, and visual material attached to the Display surface of each angled display board.
3. 3. The commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise of claim 1, further comprising a cornice attached to the forward end of each wing wall.
4. 4. The commemorative merchandise display unit of claim 1, further comprising a cornice having a sloping mounting member of the rear wall, the mounting member comprising two vertical panels and a horizontal beam secured to the panels vertical The commemorative merchandise display unit of claim 1, further comprising at least one illumination source secured behind at least one angled display board and at least one opening in the back wall to provide a passageway for any electrical wiring of each lighting source at the exit of the commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to death. The commemorative merchandise display unit of claim 3, further comprising at least one illumination source secured to a lower or interior surface of the cornice and an opening in the rear wall to provide a passage for any electrical wiring from each light source at the exit of the merchandise display unit dedicated to death. The commemorative merchandise display unit of claim 1, further comprising at least one shelf attached to the rear wall and / or to the opposite surface of the at least one wing wall and at least one confinement chamber for deceased supported by the shelf. The commemorative merchandise display unit of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of parallel, uniform slats attached to the back wall and / or the wing walls to form a plurality of parallel slots , uniforms; wherein each angled display board is attached to a slot at least. 9. The commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise of claim 8, further comprising at least one article selected from the group consisting of merchandise dedicated to death, confinement chambers for deceased, and visual material affixed to the deceased. Display surface of each angled board. 10. The commemorative merchandise display unit of claim 8, further comprising a shelf attached to and at least one slot in at least one confinement chamber for the deceased supported by the shelf. 11. The unit of exhibition of commemorative merchandise dedicated to death comprising: a first unit of commemorative merchandise dedicated to death comprising: a vertical wall having a frontal surface; two vertical, parallel spaced wing walls having front and opposite surfaces, fastened to the rear wall at a rear end of each wing wall such as the rear wall supports and maintains the wing walls in an upright position; and at least one angled display board having a slope that is not parallel to the vertical plane of the rear wall attached to the rear wall and / or at least one of the wing walls; a second commemorative merchandise unit dedicated to death comprises: a back wall having a front surface; two vertical, parallel spaced wing walls having front and opposite surfaces, fastened to the rear wall at a rear end of each wing wall such as the rear wall supports and maintains the wing walls in a vertical position; and at least one angled display board having a slope that is not parallel to the vertical plane of the rear wall attached to the rear wall and / or at least one of the wing walls; where the first modular unit of commemorative merchandise dedicated to death interacts with the second modular unit of commemorative merchandise dedicated to death. 12. The commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise of claim 11, further comprising at least one article selected from the group consisting of merchandise dedicated to death, confinement chambers for the deceased, and visual material fastened to the surface of the deceased. Display of each angled display board. 13. The commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise of claim 11, wherein the opposite surface of the right wing wall of the first modular commemorative merchandise unit dedicated to death is attached to the opposite surface of the wall Left wing of the second modular unit of commemorative merchandise dedicated to death. 14. The commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise of claim 11, wherein a right wing wall of the first modular commemorative merchandise unit dedicated to death is shared such as the left wing wall of the second unit. modular of commemorative merchandise dedicated to death. 15. The commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise of claim 11, further comprising a first cornice attached to a leading end of the wing walls of the first modular unit of commemorative merchandise dedicated to death and a second cornice it is attached to a front end of the wing walls of the second modular unit of commemorative merchandise dedicated to death. 16. The commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the death of 1 ¿> claim 11, further comprising: a first cornice having a draw-off member of the rear wall of the first modular display unit of commemorative merchandise dedicated to death, the mounting member comprising two vertical panels and a horizontal beam secured to the vertical panels, and a second cornice having a draw-off member of the rear wall of the second modular commemorative display unit dedicated to the demise, the mounting member comprises two vertical panels and a horizontal beam secured to the panels vertical 17. The commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise of claim 11, further comprising at least one illumination source secured behind at least one angled display board of the first commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise and at least one opening in the back wall of the first commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to demise to provide a passage for any electrical wiring from the light source at the exit of the first modular merchandise display unit commemorative dedicated to death; and at least one light source secured behind at least one angled display board of the second modular merchandise unit dedicated to the demise of at least one opening in the rear wall of the second modular unit of merchandise dedicated to the death to provide a passageway for any electrical wiring from the light source to the exit of the second modular commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to death. 18. The commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise of claim 15, further comprising at least one illumination source secured to a lower or interior surface of the cornice of the first modular commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise and an opening in the rear wall of the first modular commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to demise to provide a passageway for any electrical wiring from the light source to the exit of the first commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the death; and at least one illumination source secured to a lower or interior surface of the cornice of the second modular commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise and an opening in the rear wall of the second modular commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to death to provide a passageway for any electrical wiring of the light source at the exit of the second commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to death. The commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise of claim 11, further comprising: a plurality of parallel, uniform shelves attached to the rear wall and / or the wing walls of both of the first modular display unit of commemorative merchandise dedicated to death and the second modular unit of exhibition of commemorative merchandise dedicated to death to form a plurality of parallel, uniform grooves; wherein each angled board is subject to at least one slot. 20. The commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the demise of claim 19, further comprising at least one article selected from the group consisting of merchandise dedicated to death, confinement chambers for deceased, and visual material affixed to the deceased. Display surface of each angled board. 21. The commemorative merchandise display unit of claim 19, further comprising a plurality of shelves attached to at least one slot and at least one confinement chamber for the deceased for each shelf. 22. A method of displaying merchandise dedicated to death which consists of: assembling a commemorative merchandise display unit dedicated to the death comprising: a vertical rear wall having a front surface; two spaced, vertical, parallel wing walls having front and opposite surfaces, fixed to the rear wall at the rear end of each wing wall such as the rear wall that supports and maintains the wing walls in a vertical position; and at least one angled display board having a slope that is not parallel to the vertical plane of the rear wall attached to the rear wall and / or at least one of the wing walls; and displaying at least one article selected from the group consisting of merchandise dedicated to death, confinement chambers for the deceased, and visual materials for affixing articles to the display surface of each angled display board.