System for burying a funerary urn in a grave

Abstract

A system for burying a funerary urn in a grave through a headstone. The invention relates to a device for allowing a more solemn and ceremonial burial, giving the deceased a proper place in a grave and on a headstone, thus changing the perception of cremation. It consists of a circular hole (A) drilled through the thickness of a headstone (F), an urn-receiving container (B), a sealing gasket (C), a closing medallion (D), and a mechanical locking system (E) for the closing medallion, which prevents access to the funerary urn after it is closed. Figure 3 for the abstract

Description

Title of the invention: System for burying a funerary urn in a tomb

[0001] The present invention relates to a device for enabling a more solemn and ceremonial burial of a funerary urn, giving it a proper place in a grave and on a tombstone, while also changing the perception of cremation.

[0002] When a funeral urn is buried in a grave, the smallness of the urn, the emotion of the ceremony, and the fact that the funeral home employees place the urn in the grave without a specific location, mixed with the other deceased, makes it more vague, immaterial and invisible in the minds of visitors who later will not know where to direct their eyes and thoughts.

[0003] This device according to the invention makes it possible to fix a location on the tombstone where the funerary urn is interred in the grave. This allows visitors to maintain their bearings during their visit and provides recognition to the deceased as well as to the act of cremation. Because the urn is no longer placed in the grave but remains permanently visible, it is not forgotten.

[0004] This device according to the invention is composed of 5 elements, see [Fig.1], [Fig.2] and [Fig.3]:

[0005] 001-A cylindrical hole (A) drilled through the thickness of the stone tomb (F), (larger than the outside diameter of the body of the urn recipient (B) excluding conical collar (5).

[0006] 002- Of a container receiving the funerary urn(B) which is fitted into the bore of the hole (A) to be positioned within the thickness of the hole cut in the tombstone (F).

[0007] 003- A cover called a closing medallion (D) which covers and blocks access to the hole (A) dug in the tombstone (F)

[0008] 004- A sealing gasket (C), positioned between the tombstone (F) and the medallion of closure(D), to prevent any liquid infiltration.

[0009] 005-Of a locking system (E) for the medallion (D), which is done by several Threaded rods, sealed on the tombstone (F), 8 rods are recommended for even and regular tightening of the sealing joint (C), fitted with washers (18) and nuts (19).

[0010] When the customer orders the tombstone, it will be offered to him.

[0011] A: The drilling through and through of one or more holes(A) in the thickness of the tombstone(F), this or these holes will be greater than the diameter of the body of the receiving container(B) excluding the conical collar (5).

[0012] B-On the upper part of the hole (A) (visible part of the tombstone), a shoulder (1, 2, 3) will be formed with a depth equal to the thickness of the sealing gasket and the closing medallion. The bore (1) of the shoulder must be larger than the diameter of the closing medallion (D), which will allow the gasket and the medallion to be embedded in the mass of the tombstone (F). This tombstone is placed horizontally on the grave.

[0013] C- Between the base (3) of the shoulder and the upper part of the hole (A) a chamfer (4) with an angle of 45° is made to allow the collar (5) at 45° of the receiving container of ume (B) to come to rest on the chamfer.

[0014] If the customer so desires, the shoulder (1,2,3) can be removed and the holes (7) for sealing the threaded rods (17) will be on the periphery and outside of the conical chamfer (4) which leaves the sealing joint(C) and the closing medallion(D) in relief on the tombstone(F).

[0015] The urn-receiving container (B), closed at its lower part and its base (6), has an open upper part ending in a conical collar (5) with a 45° angle that fits onto the conical chamfer (4) inside the hole (A). This allows the urn-receiving container to be centered in the hole (A), preventing it from falling into the grave and keeping the funerary urn upright. This container may be made of metal or alloy, synthetic material, or natural product.

[0016] The circular sealing gasket (C) installed between the headstone and the locking medallion (D) must be wide and flat to allow holes (8) to be drilled in its circumference and with the same radius as the axis of the threaded rods. (17) The sealing gasket encloses the threaded rods, thus reducing the risk of liquid infiltration through the locking system (E); it must be of very high quality and resistant to weathering and the passage of time.

[0017] The closing medallion (D) is circular with an outside diameter (10). It is pierced around its circumference with holes (9) in the same number as the holes in the seal and the threaded rods, and with the same radius (R) relative to the axis of the hole. On the visible side of the upper face of the medallion (12), it must be slightly domed to prevent liquid stagnation. It consists of a centering shoulder (14) and is also pierced along its axis with a tapped handling hole (13) for attaching a temporary handling handle used during the burial ceremony.

[0018] During final closure, the handle will be removed and the hole can be closed with a decorative object or an ornamental nut.

[0019] The closing medallion is pierced and tapped with blind holes (15).

[0020] The locking medallion is placed on the sealing gasket, providing access inaccessible to hole(A) and to the funeral urn.

[0021] The closing medallion will be provided upon delivery of the headstone, made of the same material as the headstone, and can be personalized at the time of burial. The customer may keep this medallion or personalize it as desired using a mineral, metallic or alloy material, a synthetic product, or a natural material.

[0022] The mechanical locking system (E) consists of threaded rods fitted with washers and nuts. The threaded rods (17) are sealed with chemical cement in the base (3) of the shoulder or directly onto the top of the headstone if the customer does not want the locking medallion embedded.

[0023] The threaded rods must be sealed along the same circumferential axis as the holes in the sealing gasket and the holes in the medallion; all three must be in the same alignment. After the three elements are nested one inside the other, washers are placed on the threaded rods and nuts are screwed onto the threaded rods. After the gasket and the closing medallion are stacked onto the threaded rods, a washer is placed and a nut is screwed onto each threaded rod. An anti-theft security nut must be placed on at least one threaded rod.

[0024] The nuts locked onto the medallion permanently block access to the urn. At least one of the nuts must be a tamper-evident, anti-theft security nut to prevent desecration. The mechanical locking system (E) can be removed and replaced by bonding with natural cement or a chemical anchoring cement to secure the medallion.

[0025] According to a first variant not shown, the cylindrical urn-receiving container is closed on both sides of the cylinder, an opening is made on the cylindrical part, an elongated part sufficiently large to allow the funerary urn to be installed inside, the collar (5) at 45° at the top of the urn-receiving container is removed, as well as the chamfer (4) at 45° of the hole (A), the urn-receiving container is pierced by holes in the upper part which closes the container, allowing it to be fixed to the closing medallion by means of screws or nuts with blind tapped holes (15).

[0026] It is the entire closing medallion and receiving container which is removed from the tombstone (F) during the burial.

[0027] According to a second embodiment, the forms of the invention are larger and can contain several funerary urns. In this case, only one hole is made, the urns are positioned side by side, the urn-receiving container is molded to the shape of the hole, as are the sealing gasket and the closing medallion. The locking system remains in the same position in the shoulder if it is embedded in the tombstone or directly on the stone if there is no shoulder; it can also be bonded with chemical cement or natural cement and can take the form of any geometric shape.

[0028] According to a third variant several holes can be drilled the holes are of standard shapes (A) they are close together, the closing medallion is machined so as to cover all the holes, the sealing gasket is positioned on the periphery of the medallion as well as the mechanical or chemical locking system of the invention, the urn receiver remains depending on the hole (A) it can take all geometric shapes.

[0029] The customer has the choice of geometric shapes with the possibility of mixing the different shapes provided that the sealing against liquid infiltration is respected.

[0030] The closing medallion, with a diameter (10) less than the bore of the shoulder (1), is pierced with holes (9) with a number of holes equal to the number of holes (8) of the sealing gasket and the number of threaded rods (17), in the same alignment with each other. This closing medallion is placed on the sealing gasket, making access to the hole (A) and the funerary urn inaccessible after the burial of the deceased. It is provided with a centering shoulder (14) and a tapped hole (13) in its axis (face 12) allowing the attachment of a temporary handling handle. This tapped hole will be closed by an ornamental nut (16) after use. Face 12 will be slightly domed to prevent the stagnation of liquids. The closing medallion can be produced in natural stone, metal or alloy, synthetic or natural product.

[0031] A flat sealing gasket, (C) of circular shape placed between the tombstone and the closing medallion and pierced with holes in its circumference allowing the passage of the threaded rods (17), when it is put in place traps the threaded rods (17) which reduces the risk of liquid infiltration through the locking system.

[0032] All the elements of the invention do not have a fixed dimension, everything depends on the dimension of the funeral urn (U) which must be defined to create a standard model for the invention.

[0033] The elements (A, B, C, D, 1, 4) constituting the invention are made in a circular geometric shape but can be made in all geometric shapes.

Claims

Demands

1. A burial device for a funerary urn, comprising: - a tombstone intended to be placed horizontally on a grave, said tombstone comprising a cylindrical hole (A) passing through the thickness of the tombstone; - a receptacle for a funerary urn (B); - a sealing gasket (C); - a closing medallion (D) intended to cover the cylindrical hole (A); - a mechanical locking system (E) for the medallion;characterized in that the mechanical locking system comprises threaded rods sealed on the tombstone, in that the upper part of the cylindrical hole (A) has a shoulder of a depth equal to the thickness of the sealing gasket (C) and the closing medallion (D), so that the sealing gasket and the medallion are embedded in the mass of the tombstone, and in that the sealing gasket (C) is flat and circular in shape, intended to be placed between the shoulder and the closing medallion, said sealing gasket being pierced with holes (8) in its circumference for the passage of the threaded rods (17).

2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that a 45° chamfer (4) is located between the top of the hole (A) and the bottom of the shoulder (3), and in that the urn container has a 45° collar (3), said chamfer serving as a support for the 45° collar (5) of the urn receiving container (B), so as to center the urn in the hole (A), keep the urn in a vertical position and prevent the urn receiving container from falling into the grave.

3. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the closing medallion is pierced with holes (9), the number of which corresponds to the number of holes (8) of the sealing gasket and the number of threaded rods (17) used, in the same alignment with each other, said medallion also being provided with a centering shoulder (14) and a tapped hole (13) in its axis (face 12) for the attachment of a temporary handling handle.

4. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the urn-receiving container (B) is cylindrical in shape and closed at both ends, and in that the urn-receiving container is pierced with holes in the closed upper part of the container, which allows the urn receiver to be fixed to the closing medallion.

5. Device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the holes for the threaded rods of the locking system (E) of the closing medallion are made on the tombstone on the outer periphery of the chamfer (4).

6. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the urn receiving container, the sealing gasket and the closing medallion are molded in the shape of the cylindrical hole (A).