Grouped urns

Abstract

A collection urn includes a plurality of bone-accepting units, each of which comprises an urn rack and a plurality of urns. The urn rack comprises a rack body and a plurality of partitions staggered in the rack body to form a plurality of storage spaces. The urns are placed in the storage spaces, and each of the urns comprises a body with an opening, a cover covering the opening and forming a containing space with the body, and ashes in the containing space. The present application provides a new type of collection urn for simultaneously accommodating a plurality of urns to more reasonably and effectively use limited space for people to reflect on the past.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to a cremation urn holder, and more particularly to a combined cremation urn holder that can simultaneously accommodate multiple cremation urns. Background Technology

[0002] In Chinese culture, ancestor worship is not only a way to show respect and remembrance for ancestors, but also a custom that strengthens family cohesion. In the past, most ancestors were buried in the ground. However, with the progress of the times and the difficulty of acquiring burial land, cremation is now the most common practice. The ashes are collected in urns and placed in columbarium niches to express remembrance and longing for the deceased. Traditionally, out of courtesy or symbolism, urns are usually made of ceramic, jade, or other minerals. However, these are all heavy, hard, but fragile materials, making it difficult to reduce their weight or thickness. Furthermore, the shapes of urns are mostly cylindrical or urn-shaped, so each niche in a traditional columbarium can typically only hold one urn, which is not conducive to the efficient use of space.

[0003] In addition, placing the urn in the columbarium cabinet, which is not in direct contact with the earth, may cause family members to feel regretful that the urn cannot be laid to rest because it cannot connect with the earth's energy, compared to traditional burial. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The purpose of this invention is to provide a modular urn holder that is space-efficient.

[0005] Therefore, the present invention provides an integrated urn holder comprising multiple bone-holding units, wherein each bone-holding unit includes an urn holder and multiple urns.

[0006] The urn rack includes a frame and multiple partitions, which are arranged alternately within the frame to form multiple storage spaces.

[0007] The urn is placed in the storage space. The urn includes an urn body with an opening, a lid that covers the opening and forms a receiving space with the urn body, and ashes located in the receiving space.

[0008] The present invention relates to a modular urn holder, wherein the partition is movably connected to the frame.

[0009] The present invention provides a modular urn containing ashes. The urn further includes an urn bag located in the containing space and at least one soil unit. The ashes are contained in the urn bag, and the at least one soil unit is located above and below the urn bag at least once. The material of the urn bag comprises polymer and mineral powder, and the mineral powder content is 50 wt% to 85 wt% based on 100 wt% of the weight of the urn bag.

[0010] The present invention relates to a composite urn holder, wherein the soil unit comprises a soil container bag and a filler contained in the soil container bag, and the filler comprises at least one of soil and sand.

[0011] The composite urn holder of the present invention is made of soil containing bag selected from one of stone paper, woven fabric, non-woven fabric, kraft paper, and fiber paper.

[0012] The present invention relates to a composite urn holder, wherein the soil unit comprises a substrate, a filler, and an adhesive layer between the substrate and the filler for bonding the filler to the surface of the substrate, and the filler comprises at least one of soil and sand.

[0013] The composite urn holder of the present invention has a sheet-like substrate, and its constituent materials can be selected from one of stone paper, woven fabric, non-woven fabric, kraft paper, and fiber paper.

[0014] The present invention relates to a modular urn holder, wherein the urn includes a body of cremated remains contained in the urn bag, the body of cremated remains having the cremated remains and an adhesive mixed with the cremated remains, and the adhesive is a room-temperature curable polymer material.

[0015] The present invention provides a modular urn holder, wherein the urn holder further includes an outer cover that cooperates with the frame and can be used to cover the storage space, and a reinforcing unit located at the bottom of the frame.

[0016] The present invention provides a composite urn holder, wherein the urn also has a handle located on the surface of the urn body, and an identification unit located on the surface of at least one of the lid and the urn body, and the identification unit is selected from at least one of text, image, one-dimensional barcode and two-dimensional code.

[0017] The beneficial effect of the present invention is that the partition divides the urn rack of the bone storage unit into the storage space, and allows the urn to be accommodated in the storage space, so as to achieve good space utilization. Attached Figure Description

[0018] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram illustrating an embodiment of the modular urn holder of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 2 This is a perspective view illustrating one of the bone-retaining units in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0020] Figure 3 This is a perspective view illustrating the detailed structure of the urn in the described embodiment;

[0021] Figure 4This is a schematic diagram, showing that the soil unit in this embodiment has a layered structure and is located below the urn bag. Detailed Implementation

[0022] The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

[0023] Before the invention is described in detail, it should be noted that similar elements are represented by the same numbers in the following description.

[0024] The relevant technical content, features, and effects of this invention will be clearly presented in the following detailed description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. Furthermore, it should be noted that the accompanying drawings are only for illustrating the structural and / or positional relationships between elements and are not related to the actual dimensions of each element.

[0025] See Figures 1 to 4 One embodiment of the modular urn holder 200 of the present invention is formed by stacking multiple bone-holding units 20. It should be noted that the bone-holding unit 20 of the present invention corresponds to one location in a typical columbarium.

[0026] Specifically, the bone storage unit 20 includes an urn shelf 2 and multiple urns 3.

[0027] The urn holder 2 includes a frame 21, multiple partitions 22, an outer cover 23, and a reinforcing unit 24. The partitions 22 are movably and alternately arranged within the frame 21 to form multiple storage spaces 25. The outer cover 23 covers the surface of the frame 21 and shields the storage spaces 25. The reinforcing unit 24 has multiple support beams 241, each at least located on the bottom surface of the frame 21. This allows the weight to be evenly distributed across the bottom surface of the frame 21 when the urn holder 2 is full of urns 3, preventing the overall weight from concentrating at the center of the bottom surface of the frame 21 and thus avoiding the problem of the frame 21 collapsing or deforming.

[0028] In this embodiment, the frame 21 is a hollow square, and the partition 22 is detachably connected to the frame 21 and has four partitions. The partitions 22 are connected to the frame 21 and are arranged intersectingly to divide the square into nine storage spaces 25, but this is not a limitation.

[0029] In some embodiments, after the storage space 25 is filled with the urn 3, the outer cover 23 is closed for easy storage. Furthermore, the outer cover 23 can be completely sealed to the frame 21 using sealant or welding for better protection.

[0030] The urn 3 is placed in the storage space 25. The urn 3 includes a body 31 with an opening, a lid 32 covering the opening and forming a receiving space with the body 31, an urn bag 33 located in the receiving space, a body of ashes (not shown) contained in the urn bag 33, two soil units 34 respectively disposed above and below the urn bag 33, an identification unit 35 located on at least one of the surfaces of the body 31 and the lid 32, and a handle 36 located on the surface of the body 31.

[0031] In detail, the material of the urn 3 can be selected from ceramics, jade, other minerals, or stainless steel, and its shape can be a long column, cylinder, etc., as long as it can be accommodated in the storage space 25 and can accommodate the urn bag 33. There are no special restrictions. This embodiment takes the urn 3 as being made of stainless steel, having a long column shape, and the soil unit 34 being simultaneously arranged above and below the urn bag 33 as an example, but it is not limited to this. Using stainless steel as the constituent material of the urn body 31 and the lid 32 has the advantages of impact resistance, light weight, and good space utilization. In addition, by simultaneously arranging the soil unit 34 above and below the urn bag 33, it can better meet the spiritual comfort of the traditional wish for deceased relatives to be laid to rest.

[0032] As is known to those skilled in the art, the specific gravity of human cremated remains is 3.1, and their weight ranges from 0.9 kg to 3.6 kg, with an average weight of 2.4 kg. The weight of male cremated remains is approximately 2.7 kg, and that of female cremated remains is approximately 1.8 kg. Therefore, taking a weight of 2.7 kg as an example, its volume is approximately 870 cubic centimeters. In this embodiment, the storage space 25 has dimensions of 9.4 × 9.4 × 29 cm (length × width × depth). The urn 3 housed in the storage space 25 is a cuboid, with dimensions of 8.5 × 8.5 × 25 cm (length × width × depth (inner diameter)). The thickness of the urn body 31 and the lid 32 is 0.2 cm. Therefore, the internal volume of the urn 3 is approximately 1806 cubic centimeters, which is sufficient to hold the cremated remains. Furthermore, since the materials of the urn body 31 and the lid 32 are selected from stainless steel, the thickness can be processed to be extremely thin (the thickness of the urn body 31 and the lid 32 is 0.2 cm). With the inner diameter of the ash-containing cavity of the urn 3 (length × width × depth = 8.5 × 8.5 × 25 cm), plus the total thickness of the two sides of the urn body 31 being 0.4 cm, the overall dimensions (length × width × height) of the urn 3 are only 8.9 × 8.9 × 25.4 cm. If the thickness of the frame 21, the partition 22, and the outer lid 23 are all 0.4 cm, the overall dimensions of the urn frame 2 are a cube of 29.8 × 29.8 × 29.8 cm. Therefore, by adjusting the volume of the urn 3, further adjusting the length design of the urn rack 2 and / or the size of the storage space 25, the utilization rate of the urn rack 2 and the storage space 25 formed therein can be effectively maximized, allowing each urn unit 20 to accommodate multiple urns 3 at the same time, thus solving the problem that a single columbarium niche can only store one urn and requires a lot of space to be planned.

[0033] In some embodiments, after the urn bag 33 and the soil unit 34 are placed into the urn body 31, the lid 32 of the urn body 3 can be completely sealed to the urn body 31, just like the outer lid 23.

[0034] To further explain, the urn bag 33 is composed of polymers and mineral powder, and the mineral powder content is 50 wt% to 85 wt% based on 100 wt% of the weight of the urn bag 33. The urn bag 33, mainly composed of polymers and mineral powder, is more moisture-proof and has better protective effects.

[0035] Furthermore, it should be noted that the cremated remains contained in the urn bag 33 may be composed solely of cremated remains, or the loose powder may be compressed into a compact block to reduce the storage volume; or the cremated remains may be mixed with an adhesive and then solidified. By mixing the cremated remains with a curable adhesive, better preservation can be achieved and the ash may be prevented from scattering.

[0036] In some embodiments, the adhesive is a room-temperature curable polymer material.

[0037] The aforementioned adhesive is composed of materials selected from one of epoxy resin, fast-acting adhesives (such as cyanoacrylate), hot-melt adhesive, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

[0038] In some embodiments, the ashes can also be placed directly in the urn 3 without using the urn bag 33.

[0039] The soil unit 34 includes a soil container bag and a filler material contained in the soil container bag. The filler material can be selected from soil, sand, gravel, etc. The constituent material of the soil container bag is selected from one of stone paper, woven fabric, non-woven fabric, kraft paper, and fiber paper.

[0040] Fold different types of paper or cloth into open soil-containing bags, then fill the soil-containing bags with soil, sand, or other fillers and seal them to obtain the soil unit 34. Then, place the urn bag 33 between the soil units 34 to form a structure as follows: Figure 3 The structure shown symbolizes the deceased's peace by placing the ashes (urn bag 33) between the soil layer (soil unit 34), making the family feel that their ancestors have been properly settled.

[0041] See Figure 4 In some embodiments, the soil unit 34 may be located only below the urn bag 33. Besides being formed by containing soil and gravel in the bag, as described above, the soil unit 34 may also utilize a sheet-like substrate with an adhesive layer formed on its surface. The adhesive layer is then used to bond the filler materials such as soil and gravel to the substrate, thus achieving the desired effect. Figure 4 The layered structure shown. The substrate material can be selected from one of stone paper, woven fabric, non-woven fabric, kraft paper, and fiber paper, and the adhesive layer can be selected from the aforementioned adhesive materials.

[0042] The identification unit 35 is located on one surface of the urn 3. Preferably, the identification unit 35 is located on the outermost side of the surface of the urn 3 facing the outer cover 23, so that relevant information can be read / identified during memorial services. Specifically, the identification unit 35 can be selected from at least one of text, images, and barcodes. The barcode can be a one-dimensional barcode or a two-dimensional barcode (such as a QR code). By recording relevant information about the urn 3 and / or the life stories and photos of ancestors through the identification unit 35, family members can more easily identify the location of their ancestors when they come to pay respects. Combined with the content recorded by the identification unit 35, this allows family members to feel the meaning of remembrance and mourning.

[0043] In some embodiments, the identification unit 35 may be formed on the surface of the urn 3 by printing, laser engraving or baking paint.

[0044] In other embodiments, the surface of the urn 3 may be further patterned by printing, laser engraving or baking paint to give the urn 3 a more diverse appearance.

[0045] The handle 36 is located on the surface of the urn body 31 facing the outer cover 23, so as to facilitate the removal of the urn 3 from the storage space 25.

[0046] In some embodiments, the urn 3 may be removed without the handle 36.

[0047] Furthermore, the modular urn holder 200 of the present invention can be formed by stacking and arranging the bone-holding units 20 to meet the actual space / quantity requirements, which can be more conducive to space design and integration and effectively improve space utilization.

[0048] In summary, the integrated urn holder 200 of this invention mainly utilizes the structural design of the urn holder 2 and the urn 3 to reduce the overall volume of the urn 3. Each bone-holding unit 20 for accommodating the urn 3 is divided into multiple storage spaces 25 to effectively utilize the space of each bone-holding unit 20. Furthermore, by using stainless steel for the urn body 31 and the lid 32, and placing the ashes in an urn bag 33 made of stone paper, or further mixing and solidifying the ashes with an adhesive, the problems of damage or scattering of ashes due to accidental drops during storage or transportation, as seen with traditional urns made of fragile materials, can be avoided. In addition, the urn bag 33 is made of stone paper and has at least a soil unit 34 at the bottom, thus fulfilling the traditional custom of "laying the deceased in peace" and comforting the regrets of the bereaved family. Therefore, the purpose of this invention is indeed achieved.

[0049] However, the above description is merely an embodiment of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. Any simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the claims and description of the present invention shall still fall within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A modular urn holder, characterized in that, It comprises multiple bone-retaining units, wherein the bone-retaining units include, An urn shelf includes a frame and multiple partitions, which are arranged alternately within the frame to form multiple storage spaces; and Multiple urns are placed in the storage space. Each urn includes an urn body with an opening, a lid that covers the opening and forms a receiving space with the urn body, and ashes located in the receiving space.

2. The aggregate urn holder according to claim 1, characterized in that, The partition is movably connected to the frame.

3. The aggregate urn holder according to claim 1, characterized in that, The urn also includes an urn bag located in the containing space and at least one soil unit, wherein the ashes are contained in the urn bag, and the at least one soil unit is located above and below the urn bag at least once. The material of the urn bag comprises polymer and mineral powder, and the mineral powder content is 50 wt% to 85 wt% based on 100 wt% of the weight of the urn bag.

4. The aggregate urn holder according to claim 3, characterized in that, The soil unit includes a soil container bag and a filler material contained in the soil container bag, wherein the filler material comprises at least one of soil and sand.

5. The aggregate urn holder according to claim 4, characterized in that, The soil containing bag is made of a material selected from stone paper, woven fabric, non-woven fabric, kraft paper, and fiber paper.

6. The aggregate urn holder according to claim 3, characterized in that, The soil unit includes a substrate, a filler, and an adhesive layer between the substrate and the filler for bonding the filler to the surface of the substrate, wherein the filler comprises at least one of soil and sand.

7. The aggregate urn holder according to claim 6, characterized in that, The substrate is sheet-like, and its constituent materials can be selected from one of stone paper, woven fabric, non-woven fabric, kraft paper, and fiber paper.

8. The aggregate urn holder according to claim 3, characterized in that, The urn includes a body of cremated remains contained in the urn bag. The body of cremated remains contains the cremated remains and an adhesive mixed with the cremated remains. The adhesive is a room-temperature curable polymer material.

9. The aggregate urn holder according to claim 1, characterized in that, The urn holder also includes an outer cover that cooperates with the frame and can be used to cover the storage space, and a reinforcing unit located at the bottom of the frame.

10. The aggregate urn holder according to claim 1, characterized in that, The urn also has a handle on the surface of the urn body, and an identification unit on the surface of at least one of the lid and the urn body, wherein the identification unit is selected from at least one of text, image, one-dimensional barcode and two-dimensional barcode.

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