Patent ID: 8707636

Claim:
A memorial foundation system comprising: a pair of vertical supports, each having a screw thread on at least a portion extending from a bottom end thereof, each of the pair of vertical supports further having a head portion with a first attachment structure at an upper end; a pair of support plates corresponding to the pair of vertical supports, each of the pair of support plates having a second attachment structure configured to mate with the first attachment structure; a first block having a first end supported by one of the pair of support plates and one of the pair of vertical supports and a second opposite end supported by the other of the pair of support plates and the other of the pair of vertical supports, the first block including a plurality of pockets arranged in a row, each of the plurality of pockets being open to an upper side of the first block; and a first plurality of markers, each of which is configured to be received by a corresponding one of the plurality of pockets in the block to arrange the first plurality of markers in an aligned row with even height.