Columbarium having self-aligning doors

Abstract

A self-aligning columbarium niche door system has an array of viewing niches. Each niche has a vertical slot on one side wall and a vertical notch with a door receiving face at an outer end of the other side wall. The transparent niche door slides on the niche floor to install and remove. One side edge of the door slides into a the vertical notch and the other side edge against the door receiving face. A single fastener removably secures the door to a bracket or threaded insert on the second side wall. The niche door rests on the niche floor to self-align the door.

1 . An easy mount niche door system for a columbarium, the system comprising:
 a niche door for enclosing a columbarium niche, the niche door fabricated of a rectangular sheet of rigid material, the niche door comprising a flat smooth bottom edge face, a smooth flat top edge face, a first side edge comprising a flat smooth vertical first side edge face and a flat smooth adjoining orthogonal vertical first side front surface and a flat smooth adjoining orthogonal vertical first side back surface, a second side edge comprising a flat smooth vertical second side edge face having a flat smooth adjoining orthogonal vertical second side back surface and means for removably securing the niche door to a front of a columbarium niche in the second side edge of the niche door;   a columbarium comprising an array of niches therein for displaying an urn containing ashes, each of the niches defined by a back wall and two vertical side walls contacting the back wall, a ceiling contacting the back wall and two side walls, a floor contacting the back wall and the two side walls, the floor comprising a smooth flat horizontal surface orthogonal to the two side walls, a portion of the floor extending forward beyond a front end of the two side walls to form a smooth flat sliding shelf for receiving the niche door slidably thereon to allow the niche door to slide the niche door into place between the two side walls, and a niche front opening defined by the two side walls, the ceiling and the floor of the niche; a first side wall having a vertical slot in first side wall recessed from the front opening to receive the first side edge slidably inserted within the vertical slot; a second side wall having a vertical door receiving notch therein to receive the second side edge of the niche door in the door receiving notch, the door receiving notch having a flat smooth door receiving face perpendicular to the second side wall and facing outwardly to receive the second side edge back surface of the niche door resting against the door receiving face with the niche door is a closed position; and means for receiving the means for removably securing the niche door on the second side wall, so that the niche door is easily mounted by sliding on the sliding shelf of the niche floor and removably secured to the niche front opening with the first side edge of the niche door in the vertical slot of the first niche wall and the second side edge of the niche door removably secured in the door receiving notch of the second side wall, and the bottom edge face of the niche door resting on the floor of the niche, the niche door being automatically aligned with the niche front opening by resting on the niche floor for a self-aligning fast mounting columbarium niche door system.   
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the means for removably securing the niche door to the front opening of the columbarium niche comprises at least one opening between the second side front surface and the second side back surface spaced apart from the second side edge face to receive a means for fastening the niche door to the niche opening therethrough and at least one removable fastener inserted through the at least one opening, the at least one fastener removably secured to the receiving means on the second side wall. 
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 2  wherein the receiving means comprises at least one L-shaped bracket attached to the second side wall adjacent to the door receiving notch, each L-shaped bracket having a threaded opening therethrough to receive a threaded fastener inserted through the at least one opening in the niche door. 
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 3  wherein the receiving means comprises a single L-shaped bracket attached to the second side wall adjacent to the door receiving notch, the single L-shaped bracket having a threaded opening therethrough to receive a single threaded fastener inserted through a single opening in the niche door. 
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 2  wherein the receiving means comprises at least one threaded insert attached to the second side wall in the door receiving face of the door receiving notch, each threaded insert receiving a threaded fastener inserted through the at least one opening in the niche door. 
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 5  wherein the receiving means comprises a single threaded insert attached to the second side wall in the door receiving face of the door receiving notch, the single threaded insert receiving a single threaded fastener inserted through a single opening in the niche door. 
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the niche door is fabricated of transparent material for viewing a niche interior with the niche door closed. 
   
   
       8 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the niche door is fabricated of stone material.