Weighted Interment Cylinder for Stable Multi-Urn Burial
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing subterranean interment methods for cremains are inefficient and prone to dislodgment during wet soil conditions, requiring individual hole drilling and risking loss of cremains.
Innovation Solution
A weighted interment cylinder with a tube and weighted base, equipped with a flange and lid, and attachment hardware for sealing, allowing simultaneous interment of multiple cremains and preventing dislodgment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If individual holes are drilled for each cylinder, then each cylinder can be interred separately, but the process becomes inefficient and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple interment cylinders into a single integrated unit with a shared base and common installation hole. This merging allows multiple cylinders to be interred simultaneously through one drilling operation, dramatically improving productivity and eliminating the time loss associated with drilling individual holes for each cylinder.
Solution Approach 2:
The shared base structure serves multiple functions: it provides a common foundation for multiple cylinders, acts as a single installation unit for one-hole interment, and offers unified anchoring in wet soil conditions. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by enabling efficient simultaneous interment while maintaining individual cylinder integrity.
2Reliability
If the interment cylinder is not properly weighted, then the installation is simpler, but the cylinder can be dislodged during wet soil conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple cylinders with a shared weighted base, concentrating the weight requirement into a single common structure. This resolves the contradiction by providing sufficient weight for stability in wet soil conditions without requiring each individual cylinder to be heavily weighted, thus maintaining reliability while minimizing the weight burden.
Solution Approach 2:
The weighted base acts as a counterweight that anchors the entire assembly against dislodgment forces during wet soil conditions. By positioning the weight at the base rather than distributing it throughout each cylinder, the design achieves reliable anchoring while keeping the overall structure as light as possible.
3Productivity
If a single hole is used for multiple cylinders, then installation efficiency improves, but the complexity of the interment apparatus increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the interment apparatus into modular cylinders that can be independently manufactured and assembled, while the base remains a unified structure. This segmentation allows for simplified production and assembly, resolving the contradiction by enabling simultaneous interment through a single hole without excessively increasing overall complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple cylinders are arranged in a nested or clustered configuration within the shared base structure. This nesting approach allows multiple interment units to occupy a compact space accessible through one hole, improving productivity while keeping the apparatus structure relatively simple and manageable.
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AI summary
An interment cylinder includes a tube for cremation urns and a lid with attachment hardware. The tube has a weighted structure or base and a flanged collar. The collar mouth accesses an interior of the tube. The lid conforms to the mouth and aligns with the flange. The attachment hardware is threaded through the flange and the lid to re-openably seal the tube. An interment apparatus includes an encasement body with a first face and one or more interment cylinders. The first face has lifting grips and the mouth of the tube is accessible from the first face. A method for interring cremains in a gravesite includes embedding the interment apparatus within a gravesite, using the lifting grips to manipulate the interment apparatus; loading the cremains into the tube; and installing the lid and attachment hardware to seal the tube. The cremains may be cremated, aquamated, resimated, and/or bio-cremains.