IP Library Granted Patent US 12680330
Granted Patent B2
US 12680330 · App. 18/408,758 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Multimedia tombstone device

Inventor: Brandon Baran (Toledo, OH)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12680330
App. No.
18/408,758
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multimedia tombstone device includes a tombstone which is positionable at a gravesite and the tombstone is substantially hollow. A display is integrated into the tombstone wherein the display is configured to be visible to the observers of the gravesite. A multimedia unit is integrated into the tombstone and the multimedia unit stores an obituary of the decedent and digital imagery pertaining to the decedent and a biography of the decedent. The display can display either the obituary or the digital imagery or the biography to facilitate to observer of the gravesite to view the obituary or the digital imagery or the biography. A light is integrated into the tombstone thereby facilitating the observer of the gravesite to locate the tombstone during darkened hours.

Claims (13)

1 . A multimedia tombstone device for displaying video clips and biographical information about a decedent, said device comprising:

a tombstone being positionable at a gravesite wherein said tombstone is configured to be visible to observers of said gravesite, said tombstone being substantially hollow, said tombstone having a front wall, a back wall and a perimeter wall extending between said front wall and said back wall, said perimeter wall having a bottom side and a first lateral side and a second lateral side and a top side, each of said first lateral side and said second lateral side having a first vertical portion extending upwardly from said bottom side and a first horizontal portion being perpendicular to said first vertical portion and a second vertical potion being perpendicular to said first horizontal portion and a second horizontal portion being perpendicular to said second vertical portion, said second vertical portion of a respective one of said first lateral side and said second lateral side being spaced inwardly from and lying on a plane being oriented parallel to said first vertical portion of said respective first lateral side or said second lateral side, said second horizontal portion of a respective one of said first lateral side and said second lateral side being spaced upwardly from and lying on a plane being oriented parallel to said first horizontal portion of said respective first lateral side or said second lateral side, said top side extending between said second horizontal portion of each of said first lateral side and said second lateral side, said top side curving upwardly between said second horizontal portion of each of said first lateral side and said second lateral side, said tombstone having indicia being engraved into said front wall wherein said indicia is configured to be visible to the observer of said gravesite, said indicia comprising letters forming the name of the decedent in said gravesite wherein said indicia are configured to indicate the identity of the decedent to the observers of said gravesite;

a display being integrated into said tombstone wherein said display is configured to be visible to the observers of said gravesite, said display being disposed on said front wall of said tombstone, said display being centrally located on said front wall, said indicia being positioned between said display and said bottom side of said perimeter wall of said tombstone; and

a multimedia unit being integrated into said tombstone, said multimedia unit storing a first database comprising an obituary of the decedent, said multimedia unit storing a second database comprising digital imagery pertaining to the decedent, said multimedia unit storing a third database comprising a biography of the decedent, said multimedia unit being in communication with said display thereby facilitating said display to display either said obituary of the decedent or said digital imagery pertaining to the decedent or said biography of the decedent wherein said multimedia unit is configured to facilitate to observer of said gravesite to view said obituary or said digital imagery or said biography, said multimedia unit comprising:

a processor being positioned within said tombstone, said processor receiving an actuate input and an obituary input and an imagery input and a biography input, said processor being electrically coupled to said display, said display being actuated when said processor receives said actuate input;

an electronic memory being positioned within said tombstone, said electronic memory being electrically coupled to said processor, said electronic memory storing said first database and said second database and said third database;

a power button being movably integrated into said front wall of said tombstone wherein said power button is configured to be manipulated by the observer of said gravesite, said power button being electrically coupled to said processor, said processor receiving said actuate input and said obituary input when said power button is depressed, said display displaying indicia comprising said obituary when said processor receives said obituary input, said display displaying said digital imagery when said processor receives said imagery input, said display displaying indicia comprising said biography when said processor receives said biography input, said power button being positioned above said display;

an imagery button being movably integrated into said front wall of said tombstone wherein said imagery button is configured to be manipulated by the observer of said gravesite, said processor receiving said imagery input when said imagery button is depressed subsequent to said power button being depressed, said imagery button being positioned above said display;

a biography button being movably integrated into said front wall of said tombstone wherein said biography button is configured to be manipulated to the observer of said gravesite, said processor receiving said biography input when said biography button is depressed subsequent to said power button being depressed, said biography button being positioned above said display, each of said biography button and said power button and said imagery button being arranged in a row which extends along a line extending between said first lateral side and said second lateral side of said perimeter wall of said tombstone; and

a power supply being integrated into said tombstone, said power supply being electrically coupled to said processor, said power supply comprising:

a rechargeable battery being positioned within said tombstone, said rechargeable battery being electrically coupled to said processor; and

a solar panel being integrated into an outer surface of said top side of said perimeter wall of said tombstone wherein said solar panel is configured to be exposed to sunlight, said solar panel being electrically coupled to said rechargeable battery for charging said rechargeable battery; and

a light being integrated into said tombstone wherein said light is configured to emit light outwardly from said tombstone thereby facilitating the observer of said gravesite to locate said tombstone during times of day when external sunlight is absent, said light being electrically coupled to said processor, said light being disposed on said front wall of said tombstone, said light being positioned above said power button, said light being continuously actuated such that said light facilitates location of said tombstone at night and is configured to serve as a continual visual reminder of the decedent.