Multi-Use Park for the Living and the Dead

• US 20110161254A1
• Filed: 12/30/2010
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thomas William Van Den Bogart
• Original Assignee: Thomas William Van Den Bogart
• Inventors: Van Den Bogart, Thomas William
• Application Number:
  US12/981,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20110161254A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/500
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 13/003 Funeral monuments, grave sites curbing or markers not making part of vaults E04H13/008 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 13/006 Columbaria, mausoleum with frontal access to vaults
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 13/008 Memorials for cremation ashes E04H13/006 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A multi-use park for the living and the dead, which typically includes a bounded green space; asymmetric columbaria in the form of art objects, such as mosaics or sculptures; and a building for wedding ceremonies or celebrations, baptisms, graduation celebrations, retirement parties, picnics, and other events along the continuum of life. In other words the multi-use park, in one location, melds ongoing activities of the living, with remembering the dead. A method of use typically includes the step of a receiving payment to deploy the ashes of a deceased entity within the bounded green space of the multi-use park, wherein the ashes are deployed in an asymmetric columbarium having the appearance of an art object such as a sculpture or mosaic; and receiving payment to conduct a milestone life-continuum event, such as a graduation celebration, within the bounded green space of the multi-use park.

Claims

1. A bounded green space for the living and the dead, the bounded green space comprising an artaleum-type columbarium, the artaleum-type columbarium comprising an asymmetric structure having niches, wherein each niche is adapted to contain ashes of a deceased entity.

2. The bounded green space of claim 1, the bounded green space further comprising a building for accommodating a milestone life-continuum event.

3. The bounded green space of claim 1 wherein the artaleum-type columbarium is a sculpture.

4. The bounded green space of claim 1, wherein the bounded green space comprises a plurality of artaleum-type columbaria.

5. The bounded green space of claim 1 further comprising a mosaicleum-type columbarium, the mosaicaleum-type columbarium comprising an asymmetric combination of niches, wherein each niche has a different appearance and is adapted to contain ashes of a deceased entity, and wherein the combination of niches cooperate to form a mosaic theme.

6. The bounded green space of claim 1 wherein the number of deceased entities deployed per acre of green space is between 300 and 2000.

7. The bounded green space of claim 1 further comprising narratives of the living, the dead, or both, wherein the narratives are embodied in electronic form.

8. The bounded green space of claim 7 wherein at least some portion of the available narratives are accessible wirelessly.

9. A method of using a bounded green space for the living and the dead, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) deploying ashes of a previously existing entity within the bounded green space;

(b) receiving a fee for said deployment;

(c) accommodating a milestone life-continuum event within the bounded green space different from step (a); and

(d) receiving a fee for said accommodation;

10. The method of claim 9 wherein a portion of the received fees are used to support a community organization.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the milestone life-continuum event is a community event.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the cremated ashes are deployed in an artaleum-type columbarium, the artaleum-type columbarium comprising an asymmetric structure adapted to contain ashes of a deceased entity.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the artaleum-type columbarium is a sculpture.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of providing, within at least some portion of the bounded green space, a narrative about one or more of the previously existing entities.

15. The method of claim 9 wherein the narrative is accessible over a communications network.

16. A columbarium comprising ashes of a previously existing entity, wherein the columbarium is an asymmetric structure comprising niches adapted to contain ashes of a deceased entity.

17. The columbarium of claim 16 wherein the ashes are reduced in mass, volume, or both prior to storage in the columbarium.

18. The columbarium of claim 16 wherein the ashes are reduced in mass, volume, or both prior to incorporation into a material of construction composing the columbarium.

19. The columbarium of claim 16 wherein the columbarium is a sculpture.

20. The columbarium of claim 16 further comprising a narrative that is accessible wirelessly.