ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,894, issued on March 18, was assigned to Coral Smart Invex S.L. (Barcelona, Spain).
"Modular columbarium for storing funerary urns" was invented by Manuel Lao Hernandez (Barcelona, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular columbarium for storing funerary urns, comprising a plurality of individual containers able to be coupled together in a matrix arrangement, preferably in rows and columns. Said individual containers are each made up of a part made from injection-mouldable plastic material defined by a base and side walls, such that it defines an inner space provided to house at least one funerary urn, wherein each container i...