A61G17/044

Coffin and method for collecting human bones
12310899 · 2025-05-27 ·

A coffin is provided, and the coffin includes a coffin body with a top opening and a coffin lid for closing the coffin body. The coffin lid is provided with an air intake hole and an exhaust air hole, the air intake hole and the exhaust air hole are respectively connected to an air intake device and an exhaust air device through pipelines to supply the oxygen required for decomposition of a body and exhaust waste gases. The coffin lid is further provided with an exhaust liquid pipe connected to a peristaltic pump. An oxygen or carbon dioxide sensor, and a hydrogen sulfide or ammonia concentration sensor are installed in an exhaust channel. The coffin body includes a plastic waterproof bag, and the coffin lid is pasted with adhesive plastic film. The function of the plastic waterproof bag is to prevent waste liquids from polluting the coffin body.

Biodegradable and incineratable funeral casket with frame covered by natural fabrics
12364638 · 2025-07-22 ·

The present invention relates to a coffin with a lower side and an upper side. Said coffin comprises a structure and an inner lid, where the structure includes a first frame located on the lower side of the coffin, a second frame located on the upper side of the coffin, a plurality of ribs connected to the first frame, protruding towards the upper side, and connecting the second frame with said first frame, and a covering surface connected to the ribs. In turn, the inner lid has an arcuate shape and is arranged on an inner side of the second frame, where the ends of the inner lid arcuate shape lay on the ribs of the structure. Moreover, in some embodiments of the invention the coffin comprises at least one retractable handle arranged on the cover surface. Said handle can comprise a handgrip, a lanyard connected to the handgrip and to the first frame; and an elastic element connected to the cover surface and coupled to the lanyard. The elastic element is set up to exert an elastic force on the lanyard that allows for the handgrip to be drawn towards the cover surface.

Method and apparatus for Islamic burial
12383451 · 2025-08-12 ·

Disclosed herein is an Islamic burial lahd that may include a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, a fourth side wall, and a fifth wall forming a chamber. An Islamic burial lahd may include the chamber having an inner wall surface. The chamber is configured to receive a body of a deceased individual oriented in a supine position. An Islamic burial lahd may include a retaining structure having a track connected to the inner wall surface of the chamber. An Islamic burial lahd may include a removable plate having an outer perimeter edge received by a track of the at least one of the one or more retaining structures. The removable plate is configured to retain the body of a deceased individual when the Islamic burial lahd is rotated to position the body from the supine position to a right lateral recumbent position.

System and method for recomposition of the dead
12404220 · 2025-09-02 · ·

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.

Mechanism for the bed of a casket

A casket comprising a mechanism for changing an elevation of a bed of the casket, the mechanism including a first rod, a second rod, and a planar member, the first rod, the second rod, and the planar member are all made of combustible material.

Environmentally friendly and quickly assembled flat pack coffin

The invention provides a flat-pack coffin made of environmentally friendly materials, the coffin comprising a lid, left- and right-hand side panels, head and foot end panels and a base assembly, wherein each right- and left-hand side panel independently has a top edge, a bottom edge, a head end edge and a foot end edge, each side panel independently being provided with a plurality of downwardly extending locking protrusions on the bottom edge for insertion into the base assembly and a slot on each end edge for accepting a connector from an end panel; wherein each foot and head end panel independently has a top edge, a bottom edge, an interior face and an exterior face, each end panel independently being provided with a plurality of downwardly extending protrusions on the bottom edge for insertion into the base assembly and connectors on the interior face for insertion into the slots in the side panels so as to secure the end panels to the side panels; and wherein the base assembly comprises a layer of base slats, and a padded layer on top of the base slat layer to form a resting surface for a corpse, wherein the resting surface has upstanding edges defining a rim around the perimeter thereof, the rim having a first plurality of apertures for accepting the downwardly extending protrusions of the end panels and a second plurality of apertures for accepting the locking protrusions of the side panels so as to secure the side panels to the base assembly.