# US 2013/0276337 A1 · Memorial display > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0276337 A1 - Document ID: US20130276337A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/923,224 - Filed: 2013-06-20 - Published: 2013-10-24 - Earliest claimed: 2011-06-17 - Inventors: JAMES H. GORHAM, JR. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130276337A1 ## CPC - A47G 1/0616: {Ornamental frames, e.g. with illumination, speakers or decorative features} - A47G 1/06: Picture frames (making from paper B31D) - E04H 13/003: {Funeral monuments, grave sites curbing or markers not making part of vaults (E04H13/008 takes precedence)} - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) ## Abstract The memorial display is a retainer and display for funereal and memorial related items, such as obituary pages, sympathy cards, funeral flowers and the like. The memorial display includes a page retainer for receiving a display page, such as an obituary page. A transparent holder is provided for receiving the page retainer and securing the display page therein. A face plate, such as a memorial placard, is secured to a front face of the transparent holder. A framing mat, having opposed front and rear faces and a central cutout portion formed therethrough, is positioned against the transparent front face of the transparent holder for bordering the face plate. A frame member receives the page retainer, the transparent holder, the face plate and the framing mat such that the face plate is displayed through the front end of the frame member and the display page is displayed through the rear end. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A memorial display, comprising: a page retainer having opposed front and rear faces, the rear face having a recess formed therein for receiving a display page; a transparent holder receiving the page retainer and securing the display page therein, the transparent holder having transparent front and rear faces, the rear face of the page retainer being aligned with the transparent rear face of the transparent holder; a detachable face plate attached to the transparent front face of the transparent holder; a framing mat having opposed front and rear faces, the mat having a central cutout portion, the rear face of the framing mat being selectively and reversibly positioned against the transparent front face of the transparent holder so that the detachable face plate is bordered thereby, the detachable face plate having a rear face releasably attached to the transparent front face of the transparent holder through the central cutout portion; a frame member having opposed front and rear ends and at least one sidewall, the frame member receiving the page retainer, the transparent holder, the detachable face plate and the framing mat so that the detachable face plate is displayed through a display opening formed through the front end of the frame member and the display page is displayed through the rear end of the frame member; and a box removably received within and releasably covering the rear end of the frame member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The memorial display as recited in claim 1, further comprising means for releasably attaching said detachable face plate to the transparent front face of said transparent holder. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The memorial display as recited in claim 2, wherein said transparent holder is substantially U-shaped along the side. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The memorial display as recited in claim 3, wherein said frame member has a placard recess defined in the at least one sidewall for releasably receiving a placard. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The memorial display as recited in claim 4, wherein the placard recess is formed in the rear end of said frame member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The memorial display as recited in claim 5, further comprising a cross bar secured to said frame member and extending across a lower portion of the placard recess for releasably supporting a rear leg of the placard. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The memorial display as recited in claim 6, wherein said box comprises a box frame having a rear face and a rear wall covering the rear face of the box frame. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The memorial display as recited in claim 7, wherein the box frame has a front face having a front recess defined therein for removably receiving a rear portion of the placard when the box frame is received within the frame member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The memorial display as recited in claim 8, wherein said box frame has sidewalls having inner faces and a pair of grooves defined in the inner faces for slidably receiving a sliding panel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The memorial display as recited in claim 9, wherein the box frame has a lower end having a flange extending therefrom. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The memorial display as recited in claim 1, further comprising at least one decorative panel releasably secured to the rear end of the frame member. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The memorial display as recited in claim 11, wherein at least one decorative recess is formed in the rear end of the frame member, the recess receiving the at least one decorative panel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The memorial display as recited in claim 12, further comprising means for releasably securing the at least one decorative panel within the at least one decorative recess. ### Claim 14 A memorial display, comprising: a page retainer having opposed front and rear faces, the rear face having a recess formed therein for receiving a display page; a transparent holder receiving the page retainer and securing the display page therein, the transparent holder having transparent front and rear faces, the rear face of the page retainer being aligned with the transparent rear face of the transparent holder; a detachable face plate attached to the transparent front face of the transparent holder; a framing mat having opposed front and rear faces, the mat having a central cutout portion, the rear face of the framing mat being selectively and reversibly positioned against the transparent front face of the transparent holder so that the detachable face plate is bordered thereby, the detachable face plate having a rear face releasably attached to the transparent front face of the transparent holder through the central cutout portion; a frame member having opposed front and rear ends and at least one sidewall, the frame member receiving the page retainer, the transparent holder, the detachable face plate, and the framing mat so that the detachable face plate is displayed through a display opening formed through the front end of the frame member and the display page is displayed through the rear end of the frame member; at least one decorative panel releasably secured to the rear end of the frame member; and a box removably received within and releasably covering the rear end of the frame member. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The memorial display as recited in claim 14, further comprising means for releasably attaching said detachable face plate to the transparent front face of said transparent holder. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The memorial display as recited in claim 15, wherein said transparent holder is substantially U-shaped along the side. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The memorial display as recited in claim 16, wherein said frame member has a placard recess defined in the at least one sidewall for releasably receiving a placard. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The memorial display as recited in claim 17, wherein the placard recess is formed in the rear end of said frame member. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The memorial display as recited in claim 18, further comprising a cross bar secured to said frame member and extending across a lower portion of the placard recess for releasably supporting a rear leg of the placard. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The memorial display as recited in claim 19, wherein said box comprises a box frame having: a rear face and a rear wall covering the rear face; and a front face having a front recess defined therein for removably receiving a rear portion of the placard when the box frame is received within the frame member.