Abstract: A method of forming a sheet metal casket comprises providing a sheet metal casket shell having at least a portion of an end wall and at least a portion of a side wall and a round corner between the portion of the end wall and the portion of the side wall, and forming a generally planar corner oriented at about a 45° angle relative to the portion of the end wall and the portion of the side wall.

Abstract: A casket comprises a casket shell having an upper edge, a casket lid closeable upon the shell, and a memorial shelf connected to the upper edge of the shell, the shelf adapted to support items of memorialization thereon.

Abstract: A casket comprises a shell, a cap closable on the shell, and a dish assembly mounted to an underside of the cap. The dish assembly comprises a cap panel, and either a) an alcove structure formed in the cap panel and adapted to receive an ornament for display when the cap is open, a shelf mounted to the cap panel which projects forwardly and is adapted to support an ornament for display when the cap is open, and a drawer assembly mounted to the cap panel for display and storage of items of memorialization of a deceased, or b) an alcove structure and a shelf, or c) an alcove structure and a drawer assembly, or d) a shelf and a drawer assembly.

Abstract: A method for generating a computer-processed financial tradable index comprising the steps of gathering organizational data, gathering sentiment data, combining the organizational data and the sentiment data and computing a financial tradable index. More specifically, the organizational data is accessed from public data, entity data and third party data and is representative of environmental, regulatory, economic, technical, social, legal, financial, political and/or policy information. The sentiment data is obtained from an online community and group data comprising perception polls, surveys, questionnaires, pick lists, votes, opinion polls and/or individual opinions. The organizational data and the sentiment data are then multiplied by weighting factors and aggregated into a financial tradable index. Within the computer system Words and/or phrases can be numerically valued, combined, aggregated to construct index valuations.

Abstract: A casket comprises a shell, a cap closable on the shell, and a dish assembly mounted to an underside of the cap. The dish assembly comprises a cap panel, and either a) an alcove structure formed in the cap panel and adapted to receive an ornament for display when the cap is open, a shelf mounted to the cap panel which projects forwardly and is adapted to support an ornament for display when the cap is open, and a drawer assembly mounted to the cap panel for display and storage of items of memorialization of a deceased, or b) an alcove structure and a shelf, or c) an alcove structure and a drawer assembly, or d) a shelf and a drawer assembly.

Abstract: A casket comprises a shell, a cap closable on the shell, and a cap dish assembly mounted to an underside of the cap. The dish assembly comprises a cap panel having opposite sides and opposite ends, a puffing member positioned at each of the opposite sides and each of the opposite ends of the cap panel, and an alcove structure formed in one of the puffing members positioned at one of the opposite ends of the cap panel, the alcove structure having a floor, a pair of side walls, and a back wall, and defining an area recessed away from an onlooker in which to display items to memorialize a deceased.

Abstract: A display for displaying casket portions comprises a back wall, at least one wing wall, a shelf, a casket corner section having two cut sides at substantially a right angle to one another and having a bottom, a side panel attached to one of the cut sides of the casket corner section, a bottom panel attached to the bottom of the casket corner section, and at least one dowel pin on the back wall. The casket corner section is supported on the shelf, the side panel is positioned between the wing wall and the dowel pin, and the other cut side faces the back wall. The dowel pin is spaced from the wing wall by an amount such that an outwardly facing surface of the side panel is snugged against an inwardly facing surface of the wing wall.

Abstract: A casket comprises a shell having a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls, the walls defining an upwardly facing flange of the shell, a lid closeable upon the flange of the shell, and a cover removably positioned on the shell when the lid is open, the cover being constructed of a first section which overlies the flange and a second section which overlies a portion of the shell side and end walls extending downward from the flange, the first and second sections being joined along lengths thereof by a third malleable section which functions as a stave thereby permitting an angle formed between the first and second sections to be manually adjusted and set.

Abstract: A display system for casket selection comprises a back wall, actual utilitarian and ornamental casket features mounted to the back wall, and a display adjacent the back wall. The display is operable to display facsimiles of the actual utilitarian and ornamental casket features.

Abstract: A casket comprises a casket shell, a casket lid closeable upon the shell, and a memorial shelf pivoted to the lid and movable to and between an extended position at which the shelf is adapted to support items of memorialization and a retracted position.

Abstract: A memorialization casket comprises a shell, a lid closable upon the shell and an alcove structure mounted to an under side of the lid. The casket lid may include a dish mounted to the under side of the casket lid, with the alcove structure being mounted to the dish. The dish may have a panel which may include an opening, with the alcove structure mounted in the opening. An alcove structure mounting adaptor may be mounted in the opening, with the alcove structure being mounted to the adaptor. The mounting adaptor may include a fastener fastening the alcove structure to the mounting adaptor. The alcove structure may include a fastener adapted to removably retain the ornament in the alcove structure. The dish may include a one piece cap panel with the alcove structure integrally formed in the cap panel. A one piece dish may include a cap panel, puffing members, and alcove structure integrally formed with each other in a unitary structure.

Abstract: A casket comprises a casket shell having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a floor, at least one lid securable to the casket shell, a memorabilia mounting device secured to the at least one lid and extending along at least a portion of a perimeter thereof, and a memorabilia display device mounted to the memorabilia mounting device for displaying memorabilia memorializing a deceased.

Abstract: A casket comprises a shell having a pair of opposed side walls, a pair of opposed end walls, and an upwardly facing flange, a lid closeable upon the edge of the shell, and a cover securable to the shell and concealing the flange when the lid is open, the cover being at least semi-rigid, the cover having a one-piece right angle section and a straight section.

Abstract: A memorialization casket comprises a shell, a lid closable upon the shell and an alcove structure mounted to an under side of the lid. The casket lid may include a dish mounted to the under side of the casket lid, with the alcove structure being mounted to the dish. The dish may have a panel which may include an opening, with the alcove structure mounted in the opening. An alcove structure mounting adaptor may be mounted in the opening, with the alcove structure being mounted to the adaptor. The mounting adaptor may include a fastener fastening the alcove structure to the mounting adaptor. The alcove structure may include a fastener adapted to removably retain the ornament in the alcove structure. The dish may include a one piece cap panel with the alcove structure integrally formed in the cap panel. A one piece dish may include a cap panel, puffing members, and alcove structure integrally formed with each other in a unitary structure.

Abstract: A method of memorializing a deceased comprises providing a lawn or garden sculpture comprising a pedestal and an ornament mounted atop the pedestal, the lawn or garden sculpture being adapted to contain cremated remains of the deceased, placing the cremated remains of the deceased in the lawn or garden sculpture and displaying the lawn or garden sculpture on a lawn or in a garden of a loved one of the deceased. The apparatus for memorializing a deceased comprises a combination lawn or garden sculpture and cremation remains container comprising a pedestal having an open first end, a closed second end and at least one wall interconnecting the first and second ends, a container, adapted to receive therein cremation remains, removably received in the pedestal and having an open first end, a closed second end and at least one wall interconnecting the first and second ends and an ornament mounted to an uppermost one of the first and second ends of the pedestal.