U.S. patent application number 12/705488 was filed with the patent office on 2010-08-19 for tomb top.
Invention is credited to Cheryl A. Leyden.
Application Number | 20100205872 12/705488 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 42558664 |
Filed Date | 2010-08-19 |
United States Patent
Application |
20100205872 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Leyden; Cheryl A. |
August 19, 2010 |
Tomb top
Abstract
A memorial burial structure for a grave consists of a polyvinyl
chloride (PVC) article with earth mounting supports and
personalized digital print that is constructed as a gravestone,
burial monument, tomb, burial headstone or marker placed on the
memorial site or desired site of the user.
Inventors: |
Leyden; Cheryl A.; (Dudley,
MA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Cheryl A Leyden
21 Lawerence Rd
Dudley
MA
01571
US
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Family ID: |
42558664 |
Appl. No.: |
12/705488 |
Filed: |
May 1, 2010 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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61152309 |
Feb 13, 2009 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
52/103 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E04H 13/003
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
52/103 |
International
Class: |
E04H 13/00 20060101
E04H013/00 |
Claims
1. A memorial burial structure comprised of a polyvinyl chloride
headstone, polyvinyl chloride headstone base, perpendicularly
joined to each other with two or more anchoring rod bars inserted
with setting compound into at least, if not more than seven inches
of the height of the headstone and headstone base and joined at the
bottom of the memorial monument to the foundation base, using the
protruding anchoring rod bars without any setting compound. The
memorial burial structure will cover the perimeter of the
foundation base. The foundation base will be pre-drilled to at
least half of its depth to accommodate the size and number of
anchoring rod bars. Stop washers secure or lock every anchoring rod
bars inside the headstone and the headstone base.
2. The gauged width size of the memorial burial structure recited
in claim 1 is determined by the user.
3. The height and shape of the memorial burial structure recited in
claim 1 is determined by the user.
4. The anchoring rod bars recited in claim 1 are classified as
stainless steal, galvanized or epoxy-coated rebar.
5. The stop washers of the memorial monument recited in claim 1 are
classified as stainless steel, galvanized or epoxy-coated
washers.
6. The anchoring rod bar size is determined by the gauged width
size of the memorial monument recited in claim 2.
7. The length of the anchoring rod bar is determined by the height
of the memorial monument cited in claim 3 and the depth of the
foundation recited in claim 1.
8. The stop washers recited in claim 1 are fitted to any and every
anchoring rod bar, according to size, used for reinforcement of the
memorial burial structure headstone to the headstone base.
9. Easy removal of the memorial burial structure from the
foundation is due to the non-use of setting compound recited in
claim 1, within the pre-drilled foundation holes for the anchoring
rod bars.
10. A personalized computer graphic display is transferred to a
self adhesive vinyl laminated digital print onto the polyvinyl
chloride headstone and headstone base recited in claim 1.
11. The personalized computer graphic display recited in claim 6
may cover some or all of the exposed exterior headstone and
headstone base.
12. The vinyl laminated digital print recited in claim 6 provides
UV protection.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This application emanates from a previously filed
provisional application 61/152,322, Feb. 13, 2009
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The general objective of the present invention is to provide
a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) article with earth mounting supports and
personalized digital print that is constructed as a memorial burial
structure such as a gravestone, burial monument, tomb, burial
headstone or marker placed on the memorial site of the deceased or
a site determined by the user.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] Monuments for graves have traditionally been of stone and
over the years have varied greatly as to sizes and shapes but, at
the present time, most monuments are relatively uniform as to their
overall dimensions.
[0004] There are objections to stone monuments such as their costs,
weight and their limited graphical nature, in addition, vandalism,
while varying from one locale to another, is unfortunately
sufficiently widespread to be of concern
[0005] Of the cited patents, both U.S. Pat. No. 2,521,091 and No.
2,084,521 were made of stainless steel, an alteration from
traditional stone. Each disclosed head sections and base sections
in the form of stainless steel sheets with the base section partly
filled with concrete and partly embedded in the ground. In the
first named patent, the two shells were bolted together while in
the second, the sections were joined by a weld. In both instances,
the constructions were open to the objection that warping would
unavoidably result in the fabrication.
[0006] The U.S. Pat. No. 2,095,290 is cited as illustrating
anchorage of a marker in the form of a metal plaque substantially
flush with the ground. A large concrete body had drain passageways
through which the anchors extended with the anchors caught by the
bottom ends thereof. While the plaque was securely anchored, it was
not removable or unlimited in graphical images or color.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0007] The invention is a memorial burial structure such as a
gravestone, burial monument, tomb, burial headstone or marker.
[0008] The structure consists of two separate, manufactured,
polyvinyl chloride (PVC) flat sheets; one is the headstone and the
other sheet is the base of the headstone of the article. The sheets
are perpendicularly joined to each other by two or more anchoring
rod bars such as stainless steel rebar forming the commonly used
upright design of a gravestone, burial monument, tomb, burial
headstone or marker used in present day cemeteries. The anchoring
rod bars protrude from the memorial burial structure bottom or
underside of the memorial burial structure in order to attach to
the foundation base. The gauged width size of the PVC flat sheet to
be used for the device is one and one quarter inches in
thickness/or greater. The PVC headstone sheet is cut to the desired
height and shape determined by the user. The PVC base sheet is cut
to cover/conform to the exposed area of the foundation If desired,
two or more sheets can be joined together to increase the width of
the headstone and/or the height size of the headstone base.
[0009] Foundation base material used for the memorial site is
determined by the user and/or any governing body of a public or
private burial place/cemetery.
[0010] Computerized graphics are then transferred to a vinyl
laminated digital print adhered by heat onto the polyvinyl chloride
(PVC sheet) to complete the finished product. The computerized
graphics chosen and the area of decorative graphic design to be
displayed is determined by the user and may cover the entire
surface of the PVC headstone sheet and/or the PVC base sheet.
Engraved names, dates or designs may be added onto the PVC
headstone or headstone base if the user chooses to do so.
[0011] It is thus an object of the invention to provide a
graphically designed article to mark a grave made of all weather
durable materials and earth mounting attachments.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0012] FIG. 1. FIG. 1 depicts the front and side views of the
article as it attaches to the foundation. Each structure is
equipped with anchoring rod bars (4) inside the headstone (1)
extending through the headstone base (2) and into the foundation
base (3) for secure mounting. Stop washers (5) are used on the
anchoring rod bars as additional support for the structure
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0013] Referring to the drawing in FIG. 1, the monument structure
is equipped with two or more anchoring rod bars (4) classified as
stainless steal, or galvanized or epoxy-coated rebar and two or
more stop washers (5) classified as stainless steal, or galvanized,
or epoxy-coated washers. The anchoring rod bars (4) are inserted
into pre-drilled holes of the headstone (1) and headstone base (2).
A setting compound such as but not limited to PVC cement is used to
bond the anchoring rods (4) to the headstone (1) and headstone base
(2). The stop washers (5) will further secure or lock the anchoring
rod bars (4) inside the headstone (1) and the headstone base (2).
Anchoring rod bars (4) will extend into pre-formed holes in the
foundation base (3) to a depth of at least half of the foundation
base (3). In order to easily remove the monument from the
foundation, no setting compound will be used to secure the
headstone and headstone base to the foundation. Omitting setting
compound in the foundation allows for easy on-site movement of the
monument structure when necessary.
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