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[11] Patent Number:
5,454,178
Rivard
[45] Date of Patent:
Oct. 3, 1995
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MEDALLION FOR MEMORIALIZING AN
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INDIVIDUAL
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4/1987 Pingel ..................................... .. 40/606
[75] Inventor: Peter A. Rivard, Ja?'rey, N.H.
P"’.”“’Y Examn}er_Kenneth
Assignee: D. D. Bean Co.’ Ja?rey’
Attorney, Agent, or Fim’l-—G€Org€ Dishong [57] ABSTRACT
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Filed:
A plaque or medallion marker which is serially stackable
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and rotatably mountable onto a stake, rod or post for
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insertion into the ground or other base material. A second
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Dormer
Assistant Exammer—Joanne S1lbermann
medallion and subsequently additional medallions may be Stackably mounted onto stacking rods. The additional
medallions may stackably mount at angles such as 30°, 45°, 60° etc_ from the vertical direction as measured from the top
of the medallion. The medallion/markers may be used typically at grave sites or may be used to identify any region or site. The material is of such composition and ?nish so as
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to withstand weathering and to substantially retain the
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original aesthetic. More particularly the medallion is circular
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wlth de?ned regions or zones. There 1s an innermost zone representing the existence within the of the most fundamental interests of the individual during his/her life
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time and
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completely bade“ on the lnnermost Zone but havmg an
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inner boundary distinct from 1116 boundaly defining the
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2/1939
2,840,942 2,940,606
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sweeny _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ _
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slgnifymg such values and interests. An inner zone ‘which
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innermost zone. The inner zone is further de?ned by an outer
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boundary. There is additionally a medallion boundary sepa rate and distinct from the inner zone outer boundary but
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4,631,859 12/1986 Letter et a1. .
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there may be placed appropriate indicia
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Substantially contiguous therewith
thg existence
of a relationship between the individual’s inner attributes
and values and. 31.1 relationships Outside of the Persona ofthe mdlvldual
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