# US 2016/0250091 A1 · Memorial object and method of making the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0250091 A1 - Document ID: US20160250091A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/920,263 - Filed: 2015-10-22 - Published: 2016-09-01 - Earliest claimed: 2014-10-22 - Assignees: Les Espaces Memoria Inc.; 8078041 Canada Inc. - Applicants: Les Espaces Memoria Inc.; 8078041 Canada Inc. - Inventors: Diane BISSON - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160250091A1 ## CPC - A61G 17/08: Urns (columbaria E04H13/00) - E04H 13/008: {Memorials for cremation ashes (E04H13/006 takes precedence)} - Y02W 30/91: Use of waste materials as fillers for mortars or concrete - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) - Y02W: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT ## Abstract A memorial object including inner cremation contents, and a housing structure for housing the inner cremation contents, the housing structure being made of at least a first fluid, wherein the housing structure is maintainable in a predetermined solid shape only upon maintenance of the housing structure under a freezing temperature of the first fluid. Preferably the fluid is water. The invention provides a sustainable method of making a dissolvable memorial object or urn by transforming water into solid shape of ice encapsulating cremation ashes. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A memorial object comprising: inner cremation contents; and a housing structure for housing the inner cremation contents, the housing structure being made of at least a first fluid, wherein the housing structure is maintainable in a predetermined solid shape only upon maintenance of the housing structure under a freezing temperature of the first fluid. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The memorial object as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inner cremation contents comprise cremation ash. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The memorial object as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inner cremation contents is a mixture comprising: cremation ash; and a second fluid; wherein the mixture is frozen into a second predetermined shape. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The memorial object as claimed in claim 3, wherein the second predetermined solid shape is integrally frozen with the first fluid to the housing structure. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The memorial object as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first fluid comprises water. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The memorial object as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first fluid comprises water. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The memorial object as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first fluid comprises water. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The memorial object as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first fluid comprises water. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The memorial object as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first fluid comprises a water-based liquid. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The memorial object as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first fluid comprises a water-based liquid. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The memorial object as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first fluid comprises a water-based liquid. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The memorial object as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first fluid comprises a water-based liquid. ### Claim 13 A method of forming a memorial object, which comprises: (a) pouring a first fluid in a first mould, said first mould being shaped in a first predetermined shape to receive cremation contents; (b) cooling the first fluid to at least a freezing temperature of the first fluid, such that the first fluid transitions to a solid and assumes the shape of the first predetermined shape, thus forming a memorial object; and (c) maintaining the memorial object in said first predetermined solid shape by maintaining the memorial object under the freezing temperature of the first fluid. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of forming a memorial object as claimed in claim 13, further comprising, before step (a), the steps of: (i) mixing a second fluid with the cremation contents to form a first cremation mixture; (ii) pouring the first cremation mixture in a second mould to form a second predetermined shape; (iii) cooling the first cremation mixture to at least the freezing temperature of the first cremation mixture; and (iv) placing the frozen first cremation mixture in the first mould. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of forming a memorial object as claimed in claim 13, further comprising: (d) placing the cremation contents in the first mould; (e) pouring a second fluid over the cremation content in the first mould to form a second cremation mixture; and (f) cooling the second cremation mixture to at least the freezing temperature of the second cremation mixture ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) A method of forming a memorial object as claimed in claim 15, further comprising: (g) pouring a third fluid over the second cremation mixture in the first mould; and (h) cooling the third fluid to at least the freezing temperature of the third fluid, wherein said third fluid is integrally frozen with the first fluid to the housing structure. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) A method of forming a memorial object as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first mould comprises a two-part mould. ### Claim 18 A method of forming a memorial object, which comprises: (a) placing cremation contents in a mould; (b) pouring a fluid over the cremation contents; (c) cooling the fluid to at least a freezing temperature of the fluid, such that the fluid transitions to a solid and assumes a predetermined shape, thus forming a memorial object; (d) maintaining the memorial object in said predetermined solid shape by maintaining the memorial object under the freezing temperature of the fluid.