Modular Grave Foundation With Detachable Ritual Trough

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing grave maintenance practices, particularly for urn burials, are burdensome and often prohibited by cemetery rules, hindering mourners' ability to perform personal mourning rituals.

Innovation Solution

A foundation arrangement for graves featuring a base plate with attachment faces and fixing means, allowing for flexible and stable installation without concrete foundations, enabling various grave markers and a detachable trough or frame for defined mourning rituals, which can be adapted over time.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If concrete foundations are used for grave markers, then stability and load-bearing capacity are improved, but manufacturing complexity and installation labor increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestability of grave markerVSAvoidcomplexity of foundation structure

Core Design Contradiction:

StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The foundation system is divided into separate modular components: a base plate that is pre-installed in the ground and a grave marker that can be independently attached. This segmentation eliminates the need for complex concrete foundations while maintaining stability, as each component performs its specific function independently.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The base plate is installed in advance during grave preparation, creating a ready-made attachment point before the grave marker is placed. This preliminary action simplifies the overall process by eliminating the need for on-site concrete work and allowing the grave marker to be directly mounted on the pre-positioned base plate.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If permanent grave structures are established, then grave marker stability is improved, but adaptability and flexibility for different mourning rituals decrease

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepermanence of grave structureVSAvoidflexibility for mourning rituals

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The grave marker system is designed to be dynamically adjustable rather than permanently fixed. The grave marker can be attached to and removed from the base plate at different times, allowing the structure to transition between permanent and temporary states to accommodate various mourning rituals and changing family needs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The base plate serves multiple functions: it provides a stable foundation for the grave marker, acts as an attachment point for various types of markers (stones, crosses, plaques), and enables flexible reconfiguration for different ritual requirements. This multi-functionality increases adaptability while maintaining structural stability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Adaptability or versatility

If detachable trough or frame is added to base plate, then versatility and adaptability for mourning rituals are improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveversatility for mourning ritualsVSAvoidcomplexity of foundation arrangement

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The trough or frame is designed as a separate detachable component that can be independently attached to or removed from the base plate. This segmentation allows the mourning ritual area to be configured as needed without affecting the stability of the base plate or grave marker, enabling flexibility while keeping each component relatively simple.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20260078603A1Foundation arrangement for a grave and grave

Publication Date: 2026.03.19 ERNST STRASSACKER GMBH & CO KG

AI summary

Foundation arrangement for a grave, such as an urn grave. The foundation arrangement has a base plate with a first attachment face for fastening a grave marker, a second attachment face, and a fixing arrangement for fastening the base plate to the ground, and in particular to soil. The foundation arrangement has a trough or a frame, and the trough or the frame is fastened detachably to the second attachment face of the base plate.