Green cremation
AssigneeEndure Products, LLC
InventorsRonald Fremont Twining, Omar Besim Hakim
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Abstract
Systems for cremating a body. The system includes a box assembly and a vessel. The box assembly is for storing the body or a portion of a body. The box assembly includes a box defining a box cavity, a bottom end, a top end, and at least one side wall extending from the bottom end to the top end. The box assembly also includes an air conditioner disposed in the box cavity. The air conditioner is configured to control a temperature level or a humidity level in the box cavity. The vessel is coupled to the at least one side wall of the box. The vessel includes insect larvae that self-harvest, exit the vessel, and enter the box assembly to decompose the body or the portion of the body stored in the box assembly.
Claims18
A system for cremating a deceased body, the system being situated in an environment whose conditions are controllable, the system comprising:
- a box assembly for storing the deceased body or a portion of the deceased body, the box assembly including:
- a box defining a box cavity within the box, a bottom end, a top end defining a box opening connected to the box cavity, and at least one side wall extending from the bottom end to the top end, and
- an air conditioner disposed in the box cavity and configured to control a temperature level or a humidity level in the box cavity when the air conditioner is in operation;
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- a vessel coupled to the at least one side wall of the box of the box assembly, wherein the vessel includes insect larvae that self-harvest, exit the vessel, and enter the box assembly to decompose the deceased body or the portion of the deceased body stored in the box assembly, and wherein the vessel further includes an orifice configured for the insect larvae to exit the vessel.
A system for cremating a deceased body, the system comprising:
- a box assembly for storing the deceased body or a portion of the deceased body, the box assembly including:
- a box defining a box cavity within the box, a bottom end, a top end defining a box opening connected to the box cavity, and at least one side wall extending from the bottom end to the top end, and
- an air conditioner disposed within the box cavity and configured to control a temperature level or a humidity level in the box cavity when the air conditioner is in operation;
- a vessel coupled to the at least one side wall of the box of the box assembly, wherein the vessel includes insect larvae that self-harvest, exit the vessel, and enter the box assembly to decompose the deceased body or the portion of the deceased body stored in the box assembly, and wherein the vessel further includes an orifice configured for the insect larvae to exit the vessel;
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- a cover hingedly connected to or removably disposed onto the top end of the box of the box assembly, wherein the system is in an open state when the cover uncovers the box cavity of the box, and in a closed state when the cover covers the box cavity of the box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.