Patent ID: 6729078
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A combination of a frame affixed to a tombstone wherein the frame has sufficient strength and rigidity to repair and extend indefinitely the life of a broken or intact tombstone sitting on a base comprising;(1) a tombstone and a base to which the frame is bonded both the tombstone and the base having box-like substantially rectangular shapes with six substantially rectangular sides further comprising, (a) a top, a bottom, a front, a back, a right and a left side when facing the front side of the tombstone with the bottom side of the tombstone sitting on the top side of the base, (b) twelve corresponding edges where the six sides connect to each other further comprising a front top, a front bottom, a right front, a left front, a top back, a bottom back, a right back, a left back, a top right, a bottom right, a top left and a bottom left edge and (c) a portion of the top and bottom sides and the front and back sides of the base extend beyond the right, left, front and back sides of the tombstone and (2) a frame (a) sized to fit over and enclose all but the bottom edges of the tombstone, (b) including a plate covering enough of the back of the tombstone to reproduce any inscription found on the front of the tombstone, (c) open enough on the front side of the tombstone to expose the original inscription on the front side of the tombstone and (d) extending beyond the right and left sides of the tombstone and wrapping around the portions of the base that extend beyond the right and left sides of the tombstone.