Abstract: A method and a device for regulating the temperature inside a building having walls that include an inner microporous wall separated from a thermally insulating outer wall by a sheet of air, the device having a data processor configured to drive and control the circulation of outside air between the double walls of the building so as to act as a function of climatic conditions to regulate the temperature and the hygrometry inside the building by evaporating and condensing a fraction of the humidity of the microporous inner wall of the double walls of the building.

Abstract: A relocatable concrete armory includes an outer vestibule and an inner vault separated by a dividing wall. A vestibule door provides entry to the concrete vestibule. A steel vault door and a security daygate are mounted to the dividing wall and provide entry to the concrete vault. The interior surface of the armory includes insulation panels embedded in concrete. The armory can be integrally lifted via removable lifting cams attached to concrete side walls. The concrete has a compressive strength of at least 15,000 psi.

Abstract: An improved burial crypt for cremains designed to be placed below grade within a standard cemetery burial plot, suitable for containing a plurality of burial urns; the crypt comprised of a container, an access means, and a support means, with the container being sealable, substantially water tight, and fabricated of precast concrete walls, the access means being located within the interior of the container and suitably adapted to allow a human to descend into and ascend out of the container, and the support means being located within the interior of the container and suitably adapted to support a plurality of burial urns; and a method of fabrication of same.

Abstract: A relocatable concrete armory includes an outer vestibule and an inner vault separated by a dividing wall. A vestibule door provides entry to the concrete vestibule. A steel vault door and a security daygate are mounted to the dividing wall and provide entry to the concrete vault. The interior surface of the armory includes insulation panels embedded in concrete. The armory can be integrally lifted via removable lifting cams attached to concrete side walls. The concrete has a compressive strength of at least 15,000 psi.

Abstract: A modular columbarium has side panels joined to front uprights by bolts on bent front tabs on the front panels and, respectively, the panels are joined to the rear uprights by L-shaped tabs that can be housed in slot in the rear uprights. The bottoms of the front uprights are extended by height-adjustable legs to adapt to any unevenness of the ground, a lower base panel being fastened between the legs. The front uprights are connected to each other by font crossbars, the crossbars comprising a longitudinal guide, whereon blocking elements are positioned that can move laterally along them. The longitudinal guide has slots for the projecting tabs of the front covers to pass through. The guide has central openings wherethrough the blocking elements can be actuated to block or release the front covers.

Abstract: A casket and burial system for human remains includes a casket fabricated from plastics and polymer composites, such as glass-fiber reinforced plastic. The casket includes a base member, a cover member fitting atop the base, and top and bottom closure panels having one or more ports for use in replacing the ambient atmosphere within the sealed casket with a selected gas or fluid such as nitrogen, or to inject a plastic foam into the free space remaining in the casket. The casket is preferably interred in a vertical attitude as that arrangement allows up to four caskets to fit within a standard grave plot.

Abstract: A modular columbarium has side panels joined to front uprights by bolts on bent front tabs on the front panels and, respectively, the panels are joined to the rear uprights by L-shaped tabs that can be housed in slot in the rear uprights. The bottoms of the front uprights are extended by height-adjustable legs to adapt to any unevenness of the ground, a lower base panel being fastened between the legs. The front uprights are connected to each other by font crossbars, the crossbars comprising a longitudinal guide, whereon blocking elements are positioned that can move laterally along them. The longitudinal guide has slots for the projecting tabs of the front covers to pass through. The guide has central openings wherethrough the blocking elements can be actuated to block or release the front covers.

Abstract: A columbarium for cremation remains constructed of at least one unit which includes a generally planar bottom surface and at least five vertical outer sides with each side having a corner. A cover supported by a plurality of walls which, along with said outer sides and said bottom, form compartments. An opening in each outer side providing access to a compartment for receiving cremation remains.

Abstract: A mausoleum, formed of stone pieces having a plurality of crypts. The mausoleum is formed of a plurality of vertical walls each formed of a stone piece engaged at selected ends to form vertically extending seams. A roof, comprising a plurality of elongated stone pieces arranged in pyramid fashion longitudinally of the mausoleum, is supported by upper edges of certain of the vertical walls. A header extends transversely of the front of the mausoleum. The header is supported by the upper edges of other of the vertical walls and the forward end of the roof pieces. This arrangement provides that the roof and the header cover upper portions of all vertically extending seams while the header provides a homogeneous, pleasing face to the structure.

Abstract: A columbarium for cremation remains constructed of at least one unit which includes a generally planar bottom surface and at least five vertical outer sides with each side having a corner. A cover supported by a plurality of walls which, along with said outer sides and said bottom, form compartments. An opening in each outer side providing access to a compartment for receiving cremation remains.

Abstract: An assembleable repository tower for holding individual quantities of burial remains including a platform base and a first plurality of four upwardly extending and elongate members. Each of the first members further includes a webbed configuration defining an axially extending and substantially hollowed interior. A second plurality of elongate members are second to selected faces of first and second of the first plurality of members. Each of the second members are assembled with the first members so that the tower is of a specified height and establishes four upwardly extending sides. A plurality of niche members are engageable with each of the upwardly extending sides, each of the niche members including a plurality of receptacle portions recessed inwardly from the associated side and which are suitable for holding a quantity of burial remains.

Abstract: An exercise bench assembly having at least one leg block and a platform. The leg block has a pair of opposing laterally directed projections and the platform has a pair of projection receiving slots for respectively receiving the projections so that the platform can be supported by the leg block. The projections and the projection receiving slots have cooperating arcuate shapes to allow rotation of the platform with respect to the leg block.

Abstract: A dual-purpose exercise machine, adapted to alternately condition two different sets of muscles, one device mode being for the legs and buttocks muscle sets (the foot stepper mode), and the other device position being for the pectoral/chest muscles and the upper arm muscles (biceps/triceps) in the bench press and ring extension modes. In the stepper mode, the device resembles a conventional stepping machine, having an upstanding vertical mast, conveniently formed by parallel elongate rigid members, set with a transverse span. A planar platform is securely mounted within the frame of the mast. An opposing pair of manual exertion resistance means, conveniently of hydraulic dampers, are disposed substantially horizontal, linked to the lever arms. They are mechanically linked to provide the variable resistance in opposition to alternating depression by user exerted upon foot-step platforms.

Abstract: A mausoleum and method of constructing a mausoleum. The mausoleum may include plurality of vertically extending walls supportable on a surface, wherein at least one vertically extending wall has a plurality of cells integrally formed therein. At least one cell is substantially filled with a filler material. A roof is supported on the vertically extending walls and cooperates with those walls to define at least one crypt niche having at least one open end. A closure panel corresponding to each open end of each crypt niche is provided. One or more cells within the walls may be unfilled to serve as drain and/or vent passages for each niche. Shelf assemblies may be supported within each niche to form chambers for receiving caskets therein. Each shelf may have open cells formed therein which can communicate with open cells within the walls. A lawn crypt manufactured from similar materials is also disclosed.

Abstract: A hybrid grave marker and cremains container includes a plurality of side walls, a transparent top cover, and a base, bonded to each other by ultraviolet glue so as to form a hermetic receiving envelope for containing ashes or memorabilia of a deceased person. The container is partially interred into the ground with the top portion of the container extending above the ground. Friends and relatives of the deceased may have the possibility of viewing the cremains contained in the container through the transparent top cover and/or side walls. The grave marker and cremains container may be used singly or may be combined with other cremains containers to form a memorial group.

Abstract: A burial container assembly with a lid constructed of a top and a plurality of sides extending from the top and which defines a first shell having a hollowed interior and a downwardly facing perimeter edge. A base is likewise provided with a bottom and both side walls and end walls which extend from the bottom to establish an open interior and an upwardly facing perimeter edge and which in combination define a second shell with a likewise hollowed interior. The base is preferably provided as a rectangular shaped body with an outwardly extending ledge projecting around a perimeter of the body and around which are assembled a plurality of individual side/end pieces and corner pieces to establish the hollowed shell of the base.

Abstract: A free-standing cremation memorial for holding cremated remains has a plurality of chambers in a vertical portion of the structure as well as a number of chambers in the base unit. A base member prefabricated of aluminum framework with at least about 10 underground chambers is provided. An upright framework supported on said base in which a large number of niches is provided. A base member, which is supported on concrete footings, is a three-dimensional framework which provides support for the upright portion of the cremation memorial, which is also prefabricated framework.

Abstract: A cremation niche for holding the cremated remains of a deceased living being. The cremation niche includes a precast concrete block preferably having a size and consistency of a conventional cast building block. A cavity within the concrete block with access thereinto through an opening in the front upright surface of the concrete block provides access into the cavity for placing the cremated remains therein. A front face block matches the dimensions of the front surface of the concrete block and is connectable thereto by fasteners. A seal between the face block and the front face of the concrete block seals the cavity and protects the cremated remains. A separate molded plastic liner fitted into the cavity further enhances a hermetic seal within the cavity. Spacer tabs formed into one horizontal surface and one end surface of the concrete block enhance ease of building a wall of the filled and sealed niches with precise spacing between niches.

Abstract: A burial vault (1) designed to hold a standard casket (10), having a dome-like cover unit (2) and a generally rectangular base unit (3), each unit being of the same size so as to mate together around the edges (19,20) at a joint section. The cover unit has a plurality of interconnecting reinforcing ribs (15) running lengthwise along side walls (13) and end walls (11), across a top wall (14) and vertically down the side and end walls of the cover unit. The vertical ribs (16, 12) on the end of the side walls are sufficiently open and wide enough on a bottom end to fit over and interlock with ribs (6) on side walls (21) of the base unit. The joint section around the edges of the units consists of concave flange (9) in the cover unit which is received by a concave flange (5) in the base unit when the units are mated to form a burial vault.

Abstract: A lawn crypt is fabricated from molded unitary plastic structural members. The structural members are attached to one another so as to inhibit lateral movement therebetween by pins inserted through interengaging protuberances extending outward from the sides of the structural members. The protuberances resemble half-circles or partially open knuckles. Every adjacent protuberance of each structural member opens in the opposite direction. The lawn crypt allows burial chamber lids to be cast in place by the use of a unitary plastic molded lid form that becomes part of the lid after casting. The lid form includes molded-in sockets for restraining concrete reinforcing bars placed therein.

Abstract: This panel is outstanding in that each panel is made up of a plate (1) of insulating material inserted during moulding between two layers of cement (2) and (3) of different density and thickness, the transversal faces of the end of each panel being fitted in combination in order to enable their axial alignment positioning or angular positioning at 90.degree. while being fitted with fixing components apt to provide their assembly into position, the said panels being also designed in order to cooperate and be centered with a bottom plate and/or plate acting as a cover.

Abstract: An alignment bracket used in combination with an extendible pole having a hooked end provides lateral and rotational alignment for the interengagement of precast concrete sections of underground concrete structures during their construction, eliminating the need for workmen to enter an excavation for this purpose. The bracket is moved by the pole after each section is positioned to provide alignment for the next section. During alignment the sections can be moved both rotationally and laterally by workmen applying force on the bracket with the pole.