| 摘要 |
The invention provides a memorial plaque adapted for detachable mounting to a forward surface of a base, such as a cover slab of a crypt, a headstone or grave marker. The plaque includes a marker block having an exposed face adapted to recei ve memorial indicia and a hollow back frame having a front wall with peripheral rearwardly extending side walls. The peripheral side walls have a back edge with profile mating the forward surface of the base thus defining a rearwardly op en cavity between the base and front wall laterally bounded by the side walls. The clo se fitting of the frame protects the marker block from weather damage and vandalism. Th e marker block is releasably secured to the frame within the cavity with its exposed face adjacent a window in the front wall of the frame. Mounting brackets can be housed entirely within the cavity or hidden from view under removable ornaments to releasably mount the frame to the base. This enables the rapid removal of th e blank marker block and replacement after memorial indicia have been applied. Preferably the marker block is a stone slab with a polished exposed face that can be quickly marked with conventional sandblast methods. Alternatively, the blank marker block can be replaced with a previously completed block including any desired type of indicia. Mounting brackets for example can include a top bracket mounted adjacent an upper frame side wall, with a plate with connecting fasteners for securin g the plate to the base. The plate may have an upper edge adapted to suspend the frame o n the bracket. A locking device disposed on a lower frame side wall and on the low er end of the plate, releasably locks the plate and frame together. Optionally an externally mounted ornament can be secured to an outer surface of a wall of the frame with a fastener extending through said wall from the cavity, and for visual effect and secure mounting the outer surface of said wall includes a mating socket in which th e ornament is disposed. Also optionally the plaque may include an auxiliary block having an exposed face adapted to receive memorial indicia, with the auxilia ry block releasably secured to the frame within the cavity with its exposed face adjacent an auxiliary window in the front wall of the frame.
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