Memorial suite and a multi-floor building structure for housing same
OwnerGary Greeninventor
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Abstract
A memorial suite provides a safe and comfortable place for surviving family members, friends, and loved ones to mourn, research and visit decedents. The memorial suite takes advantage of air space rather than burying caskets containing human remains in the ground. A storage area is provided within the memorial suite that includes horizontal shelves that support receptacles thereon. Each receptacle is provided for storing interment vessels or air-tight caskets containing remains of the decedent. A tribute wall may include plaques bearing images and descriptive information about the decedents. The memorial suite may include some or all of the comforts of a living room and other rooms within a family home.
Claims48
A memorial suite providing a private, safe and comfortable place for surviving family members, friends, and loved ones to mourn, research and visit decedents and providing storage for the remains of the decedents, said memorial suite comprising:
- a. a floor, a ceiling, and a plurality of walls defining a continuous interior space;
- b. a storage area located within a first portion of said continuous interior space, said storage area comprising a horizontal shelf;
- c. a container for human remains supported on said horizontal shelf;
- d. a living area located within a second portion of said continuous interior space;
- and,
- e. a vertically-oriented tribute wall separating said storage area from said living area, said tribute wall including a door hingedly mounted thereto and adapted to move between closed and opened positions to enable access to and removal of said container for human remains from within said storage area by service personnel.
A building structure comprising a ground floor, multiple upper floors situated above said ground floor, and at least one memorial suite located on any of said multiple upper floors, said memorial suite providing a private, safe and comfortable place for surviving family members, friends, and loved ones to mourn, research and visit decedents and providing storage for the remains of the decedents, said memorial suite comprising:
- a. a floor, a ceiling, and a plurality of walls defining a continuous interior space;
- b. a storage area located within a first portion of said continuous interior space, said storage area comprising a horizontal shelf;
- c. a container for human remains supported on said horizontal shelf;
- d. a living area located within a second portion of said continuous interior space;
- and,
- e. a vertically-oriented tribute wall separating said storage area from said living area, said tribute wall including a door hingedly mounted thereto and adapted to move between closed and opened positions to enable access to and removal of said container for human remains from within said storage area by service personnel.
An interment vessel arranged for containing the remains of a decedent which provides increased transportability, and is well-suited for use in permanent burial as well as temporary storage, said interment vessel comprising:
- a. a body having an open end, a closed end, and being generally cylindrical in shape;
- b. an end cap arranged to be threadedly affixed to the open end of said body;
- c. a platform affixed within said body, said platform extending substantially the length of said body;
- d. a locking mechanism disposed on said end cap to affix said end cap to the open end of said body to create a seal;
- and,
- e. a one-way check valve disposed on said end cap and operable to maintain a vacuum within said interment vessel and to prevent entry therein of ambient air and moisture, and to allow for the escape of gases from within said interment vessel when pressure therein exceeds a predetermined threshold.
An interment vessel arranged for containing the remains of a decedent which provides increased transportability, and is well-suited for use in permanent burial as well as temporary storage, said interment vessel comprising:
- a. a body having an open end, a closed end, and a configuration and appearance dissimilar to that of a traditional casket to facilitate transportability utilizing a conventional automobile rather than a hearse;
- b. an end cap arranged to be threadedly affixed to the open end of said body;
- c. a platform affixed within said body, said platform extending substantially the length of said body and arranged for receiving the remains of a decedent thereon;
- and,
- d. a locking mechanism disposed on said end cap to affix said end cap to the open end of said body to create a seal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.