Memorial Vessel with LED Flame and Speaker
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing memorial vessels for cremated remains lack the ability to simulate a candle flame, play music or messages, and are often cumbersome and require separate devices for illumination and remembrance, posing safety hazards and decor challenges.
Innovation Solution
A cylindrical remembrance vessel with a battery-powered speaker and LED lighting that allows users to store ashes or mementos, featuring a customizable design with motion or sound activation, wireless control, and a secure battery compartment, eliminating the need for open flames and additional devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a candle is used for illumination to honor a loved one, then the remembrance atmosphere is created, but safety hazards arise and the candle cannot burn for extended periods
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses an LED light source that copies the visual appearance of a candle flame without the harmful properties of actual fire. The LED provides illumination while eliminating safety hazards associated with open flames, directly resolving the contradiction between creating remembrance atmosphere and avoiding safety hazards
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/chemical combustion system of a candle with an electrical LED illumination system. This substitution maintains the illumination function while eliminating the safety hazards of fire, wax, and combustion byproducts
2Illumination intensity
If a candle is used for illumination, then remembrance atmosphere is created, but the candle requires frequent replacement and maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The LED system copies the candle flame appearance while providing indefinite operational life, eliminating the need for frequent replacement. The LED can remain illuminated for extended periods without the consumable limitations of candle wax and wick
Solution Approach 2:
The patent provides illumination that exceeds the temporal limitations of candles by using a reusable LED system with battery power, enabling continuous or repeated illumination cycles far beyond what a single candle can provide
3Volume of moving object
If a standard urn is used to store cremated remains, then the remains are contained, but the urn is cumbersome and does not blend with home decor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the urn function with a decorative illuminated object, combining cremated remains storage with aesthetic lighting features. This integration eliminates the need for separate urn and decor items, allowing the vessel to blend with home decor while maintaining storage capacity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a multi-functional device that serves as both a cremated remains container and an illuminated decorative piece. The vessel simultaneously performs storage, illumination, and aesthetic functions, replacing multiple separate items with a single universal object
4Adaptability or versatility
If separate devices are used for illumination, music, and message playback, then each function is performed, but the device complexity and number of items increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines illumination, music playback, and message delivery functions into a single integrated vessel. The speaker, LED light, and storage compartments are merged into one device, eliminating the need for separate candles, music players, and message devices
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal device that performs multiple functions: storing cremated remains, providing illumination, playing music, and delivering messages. This multi-functional approach reduces the total number of devices needed while maintaining all desired capabilities
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Provides a safe, cost-effective, and convenient means to honor loved ones with simulated flame illumination, music, and messages, enhancing remembrance while avoiding safety hazards and simplifying decor integration.
Implementation Method 1
LED lighting that allows users to store ashes or mementos
Implementation Method 2
battery-powered speaker and LED lighting
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates generally to the field of memorial or internment vessels used to store ashes of a cremated individual, pet or other precious items. The memorial internment vessel is also equipped with a battery-operated eternal flame, illumination or other lighting feature, a speaker, wireless communication module, LED lighting and remote control capability. The candle-like memorial internment vessel of the present invention allows an individual to turn on a light located along the vessel for an extended period time, while simultaneously storing the ashes of a loved one or other precious item.