The present invention relates to a composition comprising clay and a sample of biological material of human, animal or vegetable origin. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of said composition for manufacturing an emotional or commemorative object, or a reliquary.

The purpose of the composition of the invention is to create an emotional bond between an object comprising said composition and the user who acquires it.

A storage facility for objects of paying of respects includes a partition wall provided to partition off a support location from a respects-paying location, and a respects-paying window configured to allow a person visiting to pay respects to view an object of paying of respects being at the support location. Each object of paying of respects has at least one viewing surface which is a surface selectable to be viewed through the respects-paying window. A plurality of kinds of viewing surfaces are provided. The respects-paying window is provided with an altering device configured to change the size of a visually unobstructed area depending on the size of the viewing surface, of an object of paying of respects located at the support location, that is selected to be viewed, the visually unobstructed area being an area through which a person visiting to pay respects can view the object.

A columbarium system that facilitates simplified and less expensive manufacture and assembly. The new columbarium system includes glass or stone fronts for the niches that can be readily personalized and more readily replaced. The columbarium system includes a set of interlocking panels for creating the box or niche network by providing the walls, floors, and ceilings of the niches (or boxes). A set of extrusions or structural members are included in the system to enhance the structural integrity (e.g., vertical and horizontal stability and strength) of the assembled plates and also to receive and retain a plurality of fronts or shutters in the columbarium system. A U-shaped gasket or sealing member, which may be formed of silicone or other resilient and weather resistant material, is provided that extends about the perimeter of each front to protect each niche or box from the elements.

A decedent communication assembly for playing audio and video in a casket includes a casket for containing a deceased person. A display is mounted to a lid of the casket such that the display faces into the casket when the lid is closed. A plurality of speakers is each mounted to the casket to emit audible sound into the casket. A storage unit is coupled to the casket and the storage unit is in electrical communication with the display and each of the speakers. The storage unit stores video data and audio data. Moreover, the storage unit is in communication with an extrinsic electronic device for receiving the video data and the audio data from the extrinsic electronic device.

A burial system comprising: one or more rectangular burial spaces, each confined by grave walls generated by cutting with a filament from a block of foamed polystyrene or other expanded polystyrene substance, thereby enabling reducing weight of burial elements of the burial system by at least 90% in comparison to concrete burial elements (the prior art), and providing ease of construction effort in comparison to concrete burial systems. The innovative saturated burial system is supposed to sustain for hundreds of years. The saturated burial system may be applied on a single burial arrangement, as well as on a double burial arrangement, and a multi-story crypt burial arrangement.

Various embodiments of a monument cap device are disclosed. The monument cap comprises a circular lid and an adhering structure for securing the device to a hole or receiving structure to protect the hole or receiving structure and to prevent lateral movement of the device. The adhering structure can comprise one or more circular sidewalls and/or a plurality of legs extending from the circular lid.

An improvised memorial stone for a grave, the memorial stone having computer-readable memory accessible through a port protected from the elements by a cantilevering table stone. In various embodiments, skeletal remains of the deceased further comprise an RFID tag encased in a non-biodegradable polymeric material. The computer-readable memory and RFID tag are adapted to transmit a unique identifier exclusively associated with the deceased and personal data about the deceased, including, by way of example, photographs, life stories, journal entries, and genealogical information.

The present invention relates to a composition that comprises clay and ashes originating from the cremation of dead persons, animals or vegetables and the purpose whereof is to create an emotional bond between the piece created with said composition and the user who acquires it.

Various embodiments of a monument cap device are disclosed. The monument cap comprises a circular lid and an adhering structure for securing the device to a hole or receiving structure to protect the hole or receiving structure and to prevent lateral movement of the device. The adhering structure can comprise one or more circular sidewalls and/or a plurality of legs extending from the circular lid.

A support apparatus for supporting a headstone, the apparatus comprising: a pile having a top end and a bottom end; a helical member secured to the bottom end of the pile; and a pile head secured to the top end of the pile, the pile head having a mounting portion engaging the top end of the pile and a holding portion extending away from the mounting portion for engaging a bottom end portion of the headstone to maintain the headstone in a vertical orientation.