Various types of devices for displaying flags and flower arrangements on headstones are known in the prior art. Some of the known devices are width adjustable and either support flower arrangements or include holders for decorative objects such as a planter box Other known devices include a flower vase with a base that attaches to a headstone with adhesive tape and a cage with a foam block on a base thereof which employs straps to attach the base width-wise to a headstone. A flower stem receiving block attached to a headstone with bands that extend between hooks in the block and eyelets in the upper edge of the headstone is also known. A combination cemetery vase and flag holder adapter that rotatably attaches to a mounting ring of an invertible type cemetery vase via a lug mechanism is also known. However, what is needed is an L-shaped headstone U-shaped bracket that fits lengthwise over a headstone from a right side to a left side thereof and includes various combinations of flag, flower and wreath holders.
The present invention relates to headstone flag and flower display devices, and more particularly, to a headstone bracket with flag, flower and wreath holders.
The general purpose of the present headstone bracket with flag, flower and wreath holders, described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a headstone bracket with flag, flower and wreath holders which has many novel features that result in a headstone bracket with flag, flower and wreath holders which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by prior art, either alone or in combination thereof.
To accomplish this, the present headstone bracket with flag, flower and wreath holders is device to fit lengthwise over a headstone. The device includes an L-shaped bracket having a center section with parallel upper and lower portions which are slidingly securing engageable, thus permitting the length of the bracket center section to adjust to the length of the headstone upper side. A leg extends at a right angle from a bottom side proximal an outer end of each of the respective upper and lower portions. The center section can alternately be a single static piece.
For the sliding securable engagement of the upper and lower portions, a bolt is disposed on the lower portion proximal the inner end and a slot longitudinally disposed on the upper portion slidingly receives the bolt therethrough in a selected lock position. A securing body, such as a finial, has a lower end which is threadingly engageable to the bolt. A lock washer is removably attachable to the securing body between the bolt in the selected lock position and the lower end. When the bolt is in the selected lock position, the bracket center section has a length substantially the same as a length of the headstone upper side, and each of the legs of the bracket directly abut the respective right and left sides of the headstone.
In addition, at least one of a flag holder, an annular ring configured to support an upper periphery of a flower pot thereon to support the flower pot in an upright position, and an upwardly directed hook configured to support a wreath in an upright position thereon, or a combination thereof is disposed on the outer end of a respective one of the upper portion and the lower portion and an external end of a respective one of the legs, respectively. The flag holder includes a vertical aperture disposed in one of the upper and lower portions between the respective leg and outer end. A housing, disposed on an external end of one of the legs, has a closed lower end, a continuous cavity vertically disposed therein, and an open upper end accessing the cavity. The cavity is in direct vertical alignment with the aperture.
Thus has been broadly outlined the more important features of the present headstone bracket with flag, flower and wreath holders so that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated.
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular
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With respect to the sliding securable engagement of the upper and lower portions 24, 26, a bolt 40 is disposed on the lower portion 26 proximal the inner end 28. A slot 42 is longitudinally disposed on the upper portion 24 from proximal the outer end 30 to proximal the inner end 28. A securing body 44, such as a finial, has a lower end 45 which is threadingly engageable to the bolt 40. The slot 42 slidingly receives the bolt 40 therethrough in a selected lock position. A lock washer 47 is removably attachable to the securing body 44 between the bolt 40 in the selected lock position and the lower end 45. When the bolt 40 is in the selected lock position, the bracket 20 center section 22 has a length slightly longer than a length of the headstone upper side, and each of the legs 36 of the bracket 20 directly abut the respective right and left sides of the headstone.
In addition, at least one of a flag holder 50, an annular ring 52, and an upwardly directed hook 56 or a combination thereof is disposed on the outer end 30 of a respective one of the upper portion 24 and the lower portion 26 and an external end 64 of one of the legs, respectively. The flag holder 50 includes a vertical aperture 60 is disposed in one of the upper portion 24 and the lower portion 26 between the respective leg 36 and outer end 30. A housing 62, which is disposed on the external end 64 of one of the legs 36, has a closed lower end 66, a continuous cavity 68 vertically disposed therein, and an open upper end 70 accessing the cavity 68. The cavity 68 is in direct vertical alignment with the aperture 60.
The flag holder 50 is configured to receive a flagstaff of a flag therein to support a flag in an upright position directly adjacent the respective one of the right side and the left side of the headstone. The annular ring 52 is configured to support an upper periphery of a flower pot thereon to support the flower pot in an upright position. The hook 56 has a length and a bottom hook width configured to support a wreath in an upright position thereon.
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