US 12,268,640 B2
Casket ornament attachment mechanism
Kristine Ann Reynolds, Oldenburg, IN (US); Todd Jefferey Tekulve, Batesville, IN (US); and Gregory Wray, Guilford, IN (US)
Assigned to Batesville Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Batesville Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/602,405.
Application 18/157,876 is a division of application No. 17/349,511, filed on Jun. 16, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/349,511 is a division of application No. 16/598,186, filed on Oct. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,135,116, issued on Oct. 5, 2021.
Application 18/602,405 is a continuation of application No. 18/157,876, filed on Jan. 23, 2023, granted, now 11,951,049.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/745,053, filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0216206 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61G 17/04 (2006.01); A61G 17/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 17/0407 (2017.05) [A61G 17/08 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A memorial plaque comprising:
a plaque surface having a pair of keyhole-shaped grooves therein;
an L-shaped adapter having a leg and a foot, the leg having a pair of studs on a rear side thereof, each of which is received in a respective one of the keyhole-shaped grooves, the foot having an upstanding post thereon, wherein the L-shaped adapter comprises a magnet mounted to the rear side of the leg; and
a decorative ornament that is three-dimensional an entire 360 degrees about a vertical axis of the decorative ornament, the decorative ornament having a hole extending upwardly from a bottom thereof into the decorative ornament, the upstanding post received in the hole as the decorative ornament is positioned on the foot of the L-shaped adapter to secure the decorative ornament to the L-shaped adapter.