Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
  • A61G17/00—Coffins; Funeral wrappings; Funeral urns
  • A61G17/08—Urns
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
  • A61G17/00—Coffins; Funeral wrappings; Funeral urns
  • A61G17/007—Coffins; Funeral wrappings; Funeral urns characterised by the construction material used, e.g. biodegradable material; Use of several materials
  • A61G17/0076—Metal
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
  • E04H13/00—Monuments; Tombs; Burial vaults; Columbaria
  • E04H13/003—Funeral monuments, grave sites curbing or markers not making part of vaults
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
  • E04H13/00—Monuments; Tombs; Burial vaults; Columbaria
  • E04H13/006—Columbaria, mausoleum with frontal access to vaults

Definitions

• Receptacle for ashes of deceased Receptacle for ashes of deceased.
• This invention lies in the broad field of burial practices. More particularly, the invention relates to a receptacle for containing ashes at crematoria and the like.
• ashes of deceased persons may be stored in wall compartments at crematoria. This is a commonly accepted but relatively expensive practice.
• An alternative offered is to place ashes in a garden at crematoria, with a plaque displaying the name and other details of the deceased person.
• this practice does not allow ashes to be contained in any type of a receptacle. Ashes are placed in a direct manner into the soil of the garden. In many cases, relatives and friends of the deceased person recoil at the idea that ashes will not be contained within the garden in such a way as to preserve the integrity of ashes.
• plaques themselves are usually mounted on a concrete base. These tend to sustain damage during gardening operations needed to maintain an attractive appearance of the garden. Periodically, the plaques must be moved in order to facilitate gardening operations.
• the concrete bases often fracture causing the plaques to appear dilapidated. The fractures may also result in difficulties in maintaining the bases in an upright position.
• the present invention seeks to overcome or at least substantially, alleviate some or all of the problems referred to above and to provide a receptacle, for containing ashes at crematoria and the like, which is inexpensive and, which at the same time, is capable of preserving the integrity of ashes when placed in garden soil.
• this invention provides a receptacle adapted to contain ashes or the like and intended to be at least partially embedded in earth, the receptacle consisting essentially of:
• a compartment ihaving an aperture, the aperture adapted to receive ashes or the like therethrough,
• closure means for sealing the aperture
• support means capable of supporting the receptacle in a vertical position in the earth.
• earth is used herein to describe generally that part of the ground into which the receptacle may be fully or partially embedded.
• the receptacle is manufactured from a material such as stainless steel or the like.
• Stainless steel is readily available and relatively inexpensive to produce.
• any other material, capable of resisting corrosion for an appreciable period of time under the conditions of use as well as maintaining its structural integrity, may also be suitable.
• the compartment is provided in the form of a cylinder, with the aperture at one end and a plug at the other end or base.
• the plug may be integral with the cylinder or rigidly attached to the cylinder by any suitable means. The plug can facilitate attachment of the support means, as described in more detail, below.
• the closure means consists of a plaque which can be firmly attached to the compartment at the aperture end so as to seal off the aperture by such suitable means as welding or the use of lugs, for example.
• the aperture end of the compartment preferably inclines so as to allow easy reading of the words on the plaque, when attached thereto.
• the closure means comprises an intermediate member adapted to seal off the aperture.
• the intermediate member is located between the aperture and the plaque and may be integral with or rigidly attached to the plaque by any suitable means.
• locking means are provided to prevent removal of the closure means from the aperture once sealed.
• the locking means can consist of, for example, pop rivets or locking screws. The purpose of the locking means is to prevent tampering with the contents of the receptacle.
• the support means may be integral with the compartment and may simply consist of an elongation thereof. However, it is especially preferred that the support means is ' a pointed stake, rigidly attached to or through the base end of the cylinder, via the plug, by any suitable means such as welding, for example.
• This form of the receptacle is relatively inexpensive to manufacture and, in addition, the moving of the receptacle during gardening is easier if the compartment is mounted on a pointed stake.
• the support means may also take other forms, such as that described later herein.
• the receptacle of the present invention may include a vase, for example in the form of an elongated tube closed at one end and adapted to receive fresh flowers and water.
• the vase is mounted on a bracket which can be attached to the support means, especially when the support means takes the form of a pointed stake.
• the receptacle of the presen invention may be of any appropriate size, so as to accommodate ashes of humans or animals, for example.
• the compartment takes the form of a cylinder, with a capacity similar to that of a wall compartment in a crematorium.
• these wall compartments can accommodate only about 30% of the ashes of an average human If it is desired to accommodate 100% of the ashes, there ar two possibilities.
• the first is to manufacture the cylinder in a larger size, preferably elongated, so that 100% of the ashes can be contained within the cylinder.
• the second is t provide a subsidiary compartment which can accommodate the remaining 70% of the ashes.
• the subsidiary compartment may be cylinder shaped also and may attach to the first compartment by any suitable means, for example by welding o by screwing to the plug at the base of the first cylinder. In either case, the resulting elongated cylinder may have sufficient elongation to obviate the need for separate support means.
• receptacle of the invention may be provided as before, by attachment to the lowermost portion of the cylinder in its vertical position.
• the receptacle of the invention may be desirable (and tasteful) to form the compartment in a shape other than that of a shape used for humans.
• receptacles for human ashes include a cylinder-shaped compartment
• receptacles for animal ashes may have a compartment of non-cylindrical shape, such as a square pyramid, with the closure means comprising the square base of the pyramid. This face may also comprise the plaque, if one is required.
• the receptacle of the present invention is suitable for use, inter alia, in a cemetery, memorial garden or house garden. However, in some situations there may be problems with unauthorised interference with, or even theft of, the receptacle.
• a retaining bar for attachment to the receptacle of the invention, so that in use the retaining bar is buried in the earth below the receptacle and is adapted to provide resistance to removal of the receptacle from the earth.
• the retaining bar may be shared by two or more receptacles; this is particularly efficient when using the receptacles in cemeteries or memorial gardens.
• Each receptacle may be attached to the retaining bar by any suitable means, of which examples are set out below.
• Figure 1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of the receptacle in accordance with the present invention.
• Figure 2 is a front perspective view of the receptacle of Figure 1, showing the receptacle partially embedded in the earth;
• Figure 3 is a side elevation of a second embodiment of the receptacle
• Figure 4A is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the receptacle
• Figure 4B is a side elevation of the receptacle in Figure 4A;
• Figure 5 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the retaining bar
• Figure 6 shows a number of receptacles of Figure 1 attached to the retaining bar of Figure 5 by one attachment means;
• Figure 7 shows a number of receptacles of Figure 1, in a slightly modified form, attached to the retaining bar of Figure 5 by a second attachment means.
• FIG. 1 there is depicted receptacle 10 having compartment 12, plug 14 and stake 16.
• Compartment 12 is cylindrical and has aperture 18 at the to end 19 thereof. Top end 19 is inclined, so as to allow easy reading of the words on plaque 20 (refer Figure 2). Plaque 20 is attached to intermediate member 22 which serves to seal off aperture 18. Intermediate member 22 acts as a lid integral with plaque 20.
• Plug 14 is welded to the base end 21 of compartment 12 and contains internal screw thread 15.
• Stake 16 is attached to compartment 12 by mating screw thread 17 with thread 15 of plug 14.
• Stake 16 includes point 24 to assist relocation of receptacle 10 in earth.
• Nut 25 and spring washer 27 help to stabilise stake 16.
• aperture 18 is sealed off by intermediate member 22 and plaque 20, secured thereto by a pair of locking screws 26 each co-operating with screwed nut 28 and spring washer 29.
• Stake 16 allows receptacle 10 to be embedded into the ground and to be supported in a vertical position.
• Vase bracket 30 includes an aperture 32 through which stake 16 passes and includes rings 34 and 36.
• Vase 38 has a support stake 40 so that vase 38 can be removably supported by rings 34 and 36 of vase bracket 30.
• Vase 38 can contain water and fresh flowers as shown in Figure 2.
• Figure 2 shows receptacle 10 installed in a memorial garden, embedded iin earth 39.
• receptacle 10 has compartment 12 which once again is cylindrical in shape. Top end 19 has aperture 18 which can be sealed off by plaque 20. There is no intermediate member as in the embodiment of Figure 1. Base end 21 of compartment 12 is welded at weld 42 to ⁇ subsidiary compartment 44, which is cylindrical except for sealed base 46 which is frusto-conical. Approximately 30% of the ashes will be contained in compartment 12, with the remaining 70% in subsidiary compartment 44, with the latter acting as the support means. The shape of base 46 assists relocation of receptacle 10, if that is desired.
• receptacle 10 may also consist of a single elongated cylinder extending from the top end 19 to base 46.
• a standard sized compartment 12 to which a subsidiary compartment 44 may be attached, to cater for those cases where it is desired to contain 100% of the ashes.
• Figures 4A and 4B illustrate a non-cylindrical compartment.
• receptacle 10 has compartment 12 in the shape of a square pyramid secured by plug 14 to stake 16 having point 24. Plaque 20 seals aperture 18 (not shown) via screws 26. If receptacles having cylindrical compartments are marketed for human remains, receptacles having pyramidal compartments as in Figures 4A and 4B can be marketed for animal remains, to clearly delineate the markets.
• retaining bar 50 consists of a stainless steel bar approximately 350mm long, 50mm wide and 5mm thick.
• Cavities 52 are drilled at 50mm centres along the length of bar 50.
• Figure 6 shows bar 50 in place in a cemetery.
• the level of the soil is indicated by dashed line 54.
• Pipes 56 are welded into cavities 52 and include a pair of small holes 58 and 60 adapted to receive a threaded bolt 62 which can be retained by nut 64.
• Stake 16 of receptacle 10 includes a drilled passage 66.
• passage 66 can be aligned with holes 58 and 60.
• Bolt 62 can pass through hole 58, passage 66 and hole 60, to be secured by nut 64.
• receptacle 10 may be locked to retaining bar 50, so that it is extremely difficult for vandals and the like to dislodge receptacles 10 from their site.
• Figure 7 shows another use of bar 50, preferred when it is desired to use less depth of earth than in the case of the embodiment in Figure 6.
• cavities 52 are drilled all the way through bar 50.
• Receptacle 10 is secured to bar 50 by threaded bolt 70, having head 72. Bolt 70 in.
• Bolt 70 is screwed to plug- 14 as in the embodiment of Figure 1 with nut 25 and spring washer 27 locking bolt 70 to plug 14. Bolt 70 can then be rotated within bar 50 but cannot easily be removed therefrom. Thus receptacle 10 is retained in position.
• bar 50 can be linked to one or more further bars 50, to form, for example, a grid of bars supporting receptacle 10. 1

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