Modular Cremation Repository With Offset Corner Apertures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for storing and managing cremated remains lack efficient, secure, and space-effective solutions, particularly in areas with limited space and during severe weather conditions, and do not provide easy transportation and installation options.
Innovation Solution
A repository system comprising interlocking repository panels with memorial apertures and storage receptacles, each containing a capsule and plaque for secure and customizable storage of cremains, allowing for efficient storage, easy installation, and transportation, while avoiding capsule interference in corner regions through offset vertical positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cremation urns are stored at personal residences or in mausoleums, then families have a designated location for remembrance, but space is consumed and transportation becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The repository system is divided into multiple modular panels that can be assembled in various configurations. Each panel contains multiple apertures for storage receptacles, allowing the system to be scaled and transported in manageable sections rather than as a single large structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The repository system serves multiple functions: it provides secure storage for cremation urns, offers a designated location for family remembrance, and can be transported and reinstalled as needed. The modular design allows the same system to adapt to different space requirements and relocation needs.
2Quantity of substance
If more storage apertures are arranged in repository panels, then storage capacity increases, but capsule interference occurs in corner regions
Solution Approach 1:
The repository panels feature asymmetric aperture arrangements where corner apertures are offset from the standard grid pattern. This asymmetry prevents capsules stored in corner positions from interfering with adjacent capsules while maintaining optimal use of storage space throughout the panel.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the repository panel have different aperture configurations. Corner regions feature offset apertures to prevent capsule interference, while central regions use standard aperture spacing to maximize storage capacity. This local variation in quality optimizes both storage density and capsule security.
3Ease of operation
If repository panels are made modular for easy installation and transportation, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The repository system is segmented into standardized modular panels that can be manufactured independently and assembled on-site. Each panel is a self-contained unit with multiple apertures and consistent connection interfaces, reducing installation complexity despite the modular nature of the overall system.
Data Source
AI summary
A repository system includes a first repository side panel including a plurality of first memorial apertures and a second repository side panel including a plurality of second memorial apertures. The first and second repository side panels interfacing at a corner region. A first corner portion of the first memorial apertures of the first repository side panel and a second corner portion of the second memorial apertures of the second repository panel neighbor each other in the corner region. The first memorial apertures of the first corner portion and the second memorial apertures of the second corner portion have vertical positions that are offset in the vertical direction.