Patent ID: 8068035

Claim:
An audio/video display system for playing back a prerecorded electronic file over extended periods of time at a cemetery, said display system comprising: a stainless steel casing directly connected to an existing headstone positioned on a ground surface adjacent to a burial plot in the cemetery, said casing being nested within said headstone such that a front edge of said casing is mounted flush with a front face of said headstone, said casing having a substantially rectangular shape and being provided with a central opening formed therein; a plurality of solar panels directly and permanently mounted on an exterior surface of said headstone, said solar panels being selectively spaced apart and positioned in such a manner that said solar panels face a projected path of daylight sun rays, said solar panels being disposed exterior of said casing; a bullet proof shield directly conjoined to said casing and interfitted within said opening in such a manner that unauthorized access to an interior of said casing is prohibited; a display screen disposed rearward of said shield and facing outwardly towards said front face of said headstone; means for converting a solar energy input to an electrical energy output, said solar energy converting means being electrically coupled to said solar panels and housed within said casing; a 12-volt rechargeable battery electrically coupled directly to said solar energy converting means so that said 12-volt rechargeable battery can be replenished with power during non-operating conditions; means for converting a DC voltage input having a first voltage level to a DC voltage output having a second voltage level, said DC voltage level converting means being electrically coupled to said solar energy converting means and spaced from said 12-volt rechargeable battery such that said DC voltage level converting means is independently operable from said 12-volt rechargeable battery; and a system board electrically and directly coupled to said DC voltage level converting means, said system board including means for contemporaneously emitting an audio output and an associated video output based upon a prerecorded electronic file stored on said system board; wherein said display system is weatherproof and bullet proof for preventing unauthorized access; wherein each of said bullet proof shield and said display screen are located inside said casing; wherein said system board is located exterior of said casing.