This invention relates generally to urns designed to store cremated remains and more specifically to a system of dual urns each designed to separately contain one set of cremains and each designed to be permanently attached to the other with a common opening between them together with an area for a device to identify the cremains within.
Especially with the Church allowing cremation of a deceased body and with the increased desire for cremation instead of inhumation or mausoleum placement of the body, together with the need for more burials in less space, the demand for cremation urns has greatly increased and will continue to do so. This invention presents a unique system where the first of the urns can be utilized when a loved one passes away to contain that person’s cremains for funeral or other memorial service and later for retention at home or other place, or for deposit in a cemetery mausoleum or even for burial. An area of the urn will allow a device to identify and otherwise memorialize the cremains.
When the other loved one passes away the second of the dual urns, being a mirror image of the first, is utilized to contain the cremains of that person with like identifying device. The tow urns can then be brought to a common place where the removal portion of each urn can be removed and the two urns can then be permanently joined allowing the cremains of each to comingle. The system of the dual urns now joined can be displayed, placed in a mausoleum or buried.
The inventor had in mind when creating this invention that it would be desirable for a married couple who would wish to remain together after death, but the invention is likewise suitable for one person and a pet or the cremated remains of any two living things.
In one aspect of this invention the system of dual cremation urns is shaped to form when combined a heart on a base. Each urn in the system is a mirror image of the other urn. Each urn is designed and has a sufficient base to stand upright on its own and is of sufficient size and interior capacity to contain the cremated remains (cremains) of one human being. Each urn has an opening for receiving the cremains and which opening can them be permanently sealed airtight. Each urn has an area where a medallion or other device can be affixed to identify and otherwise memorialize the cremains therein. On the common face of each urn is an area that is designed to be removed just prior to the two urns in the system being permanently joined at the common face.
As one example, the system of dual urns can be fabricated of hollow molded ceramic material with all visible surfaces being suitably glazed. The opening to receive the cremains can be sealed with a plug or cap of the same or different material of such a size and shape that an airtight seal is created. The medallion or other identifying device can be affixed to the plug or cap or can be affixed elsewhere on the urn. It is thought that during the formation process the common face will have an area that is thinner than the rest of said common face such that the thinner area can be easily removed from the common face just prior to the two common faces of the dual urns of the system being permanently joined.
In other examples the system of the combined ceramic urns can be shaped like a vase, like a covered pot, like a barrel or of any other desired configuration for the final form. Further the urns can be fabricated out of wood or metal or any other material which is sufficiently rigid to hold its shape and to contain the cremains and which will not deteriorate over time even if buried in the ground.
In another aspect of the invention there is s system of three or more urns designed to be pieces of the common whole each urn having two common faces with two other urns in the system. And each of the common faces will have an area designed to be removed when the urns are permanently joined. For example, if the system was shaped like a barrel it would have a circular shape when viewed from above and each urn in the system would be a segment of that circle.
In another aspect of the invention the system of urns can be designed to be a series of urns each with two common faces. The series can be a continuous line of urns with common face at right angles to the front of the urns and with no limit to the number of urns in the system. Or the system can be designed with common faces angled in relation to the front of the urns such that a predetermined number of urns will allow the last urn in the system to combine with the first urn.
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