System and method for recomposition of the dead
AssigneeRecompose, PBC
InventorsOren Bernstein, Katrina Spade
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Abstract
Today's funeral practices are unsustainable, toxic, and polluting. Both cremation and the manufacture and transport of caskets, grave liners, and headstones emit greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. In fact, the very last thing that most of us will do on this earth is poison it. As a response, a system and method called recomposition that gently and naturally returns humans to the earth after death.
Claims16
A method of recomposing a body comprising:
- Placing a body into a vessel;
- Adding feedstock to the vessel;
- Aerating the body and feedstock inside the vessel for a span of between 1-90 days;
- Optionally, rotating the vessel containing the body and the feedstock during the 1-90 day span;
- and
- Screening a soil amendment created from the body and the feedstock for non-organics.
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The method of claim 5, further comprising a rack structure configured to pack a plurality of vessels in an interior space of a building while providing access to the interconnected resource element.
The method of claim 5, wherein the rack structure is configured to removably pack a portion of a plurality of vessels in a vertical dimension.
The method of claim 5, wherein the rack structure is configured to removably pack a portion of a plurality of vessels in a hexagonal structure.
The method of claim 5, wherein the interconnected resource element provides one or more of the following resource features to a plurality of vessels:
- aeration, thermal management, hydration control, material feed and extraction, or condition measurement.
The method of claim 5, further comprising a modular system that packs a desired configuration of a plurality of vessels in an interior space of a building while providing access to the interconnected resource element.
A vessel for the processing biological material comprising:
- a housing having an air intake port, a grinding auger, an access panel, and an exhaust port;
- and
- a rotation system to rotate the housing during a processing phase.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.