Fabric Urn with Nested Keepsake Pouch for Spillage Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional hard-material urns for cremains do not provide comfort for grieving individuals, as they are perceived as sterile and not designed for sensory experiences, and existing alternatives often allow the remains to move around, increasing the risk of spillage.
Innovation Solution
A fabric urn with a soft, padded cover and a keepsake pouch that securely contains cremains and mementos, allowing for comfortable holding and hugging, featuring support layers and a weighted design to prevent movement and spillage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a hard material urn is used, then the containment strength is improved, but the comfort and sensory experience for grieving individuals deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies this principle by using a soft fabric cover instead of a rigid hard shell. The fabric cover is filled with padding material to provide structural support while maintaining flexibility and softness, allowing the urn to be comfortably held and hugged while still containing the cremains securely.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines different materials to resolve the contradiction: a fabric outer cover provides softness and comfort, while internal padding materials (such as foam or fiberfill) provide structural support and containment strength. This composite structure achieves both comfort for grieving individuals and adequate containment capability.
2Ease of operation
If alternative remains housings (replicas, teddy bears, books) are used, then the comfort and sensory experience is improved, but the stability and prevention of remains movement deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies nesting by placing the cremains inside a sealed pouch or container, which is then placed within the soft fabric urn. This nested structure prevents the cremains from moving freely within the soft housing, while still allowing the outer fabric structure to provide comfort for holding and hugging.
Solution Approach 2:
The soft fabric cover with internal padding creates a flexible yet supportive structure that conforms to the shape of the cremains while preventing excessive movement. The padding material acts as a cushion that stabilizes the contents without requiring a rigid container.
3Ease of operation
If a soft fabric design is used, then the comfort and sensory experience for grieving individuals is improved, but the containment strength and spillage prevention deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a nested structure where a sealed pouch or inner container holds the cremains, which is then placed within the soft fabric urn. This ensures that even though the outer structure is soft and comfortable, the inner sealed structure provides secure containment and prevents spillage.
Solution Approach 2:
The combination of soft fabric exterior with a sealed inner pouch or container creates a composite structure that provides both comfort (from the soft fabric) and secure containment (from the sealed inner structure), resolving the contradiction between softness and containment strength.
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AI summary
A remembrance holder, and in particular, a fabric urn that can be comfortably held, hugged, and carried, while safely and securely suspending the beloved's cremains, whether human or animal, and/or mementos to prevent movement and spillage. The fabric urn comprises a cover, at least two support layers, a keepsake pouch, and a divider affixed to an interior surface of the keepsake pouch. The two support layers are placed within the cover. The cremains and/or mementos are placed inside the keepsake pouch as desired and the keepsake pouch is placed between the two support layers within the cover. Placement of the keepsake pouch between the support layers and the divider prevents the keepsake pouch, as well as its contents, from moving around inside the fabric urn. Based on the fabric material of the cover and the support layers, the fabric urn is soft and fluffy, similar to a pillow, and can be held or viewed as a soft-natured display for comfort and memory keeping.