Flower or plant holder for tombstone

Claim 1

IN A FLOWER OR PLANT HOLDER FOR A TOMBSTONE, A BASE MEMBER COMPRISING A SHROUD PART, A FOOT PART, A SOCKET PART AND A CONNECTOR PART; AND A CUP MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING AT ONE END AND A FOOT PORTION OF CYLINDRICAL SHAPE AT THE OTHER END; IN WHICH THE SHROUD PART IS A SHEET METAL SLEEVE OPEN AT EACH OPPOSITE END AND HAS AN ANNULAR SHOULDER IN CONCENTRIC RELATION TO THE MAJOR LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE SLEEVE BEARING AN ANNULAR SURFACE OF A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF THE CUP MEMBER OPENING AND MORE PROXIMATE ONE END OF THE SHROUD PART THAN THE OTHER END; THE FOOT PART IS A BODY OF MOLDED RUBBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY SPHERICAL CONCAVE FACE IN REGISTRY WITH AND EXTENDING ENTIRELY ACROSS TO CLOSE THE MENTIONED ONE END OF THE SHROUD PART, AND AN ANNULAR FLEXIBLE LIP INTEGRAL WITH AND PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM THE MENTIONED FACE ADAPTED, WHEN THE FOOT PART IS PRESSED TO DIRECT ITS MENTIONED FACE AGAINST A TOMBSTONE, TO ENGAGE A SURFACE THEREOF AND TO BE ITSELF DISTORTED AND TO DISTORT THE FOOT PART THEREBY ALLOWING AIR BETWEEN THE TOMBSTONE SURFACE AND MENTIONED FACE TO EXPEL SO THAT THE MENTIONED FACE MAY BE BROUGHT TO APPROACH THE TOMBSTONE SURFACE AND, WHEN THE FOOT PART IS RELEASED, SEALING THE INTERSURFACE SPACE THAT AIR BETWEEN THE FOOT PART FACE AND TOMBSTONE SURFACE IS RAREFIED AND AT A LOWER THAN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE WHEREBY THE FOOT PART IS PNEUMATICALLY SECURED TO THE TOMBSTONE; THE SOCKET PART IS A CYLINDRICAL METAL THIMBLE HAVING A BEADED EDGE AND BEING OF AN OUTER DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE INNER DIAMETER OF THE MENTIONED OTHER END OPENING OF THE SHROUD PART AS TO BE TELESCOPICALLY INSERTABLE THEREIN TO A POSITION THAT THE SOCKET PART CLOSES THE MENTIONED OTHER END OPENING AND THE ENGAGES SHROUD PART ABOUT THE MENTIONED OTHER AND OPENING, AND AN INNER DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE OUTER DIAMETER OF THE CUP MEMBER FOOT PORTION AND ADAPTED TO SNUGLY RECEIVE THE SAME WHEN INSERTED; AND THE CONNECTOR PART IS A THREAD BEARING BOLT ELEMENT EMBEDDED IN THE FOOT PART AND A THEREWITH CO-ACTING NUT ELEMENT IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SOCKET PART AND ADAPTED TO DRAW THE SOCKET AND FOOT PARTS TOGETHER TO CLAMP THE SHROUD PART AGAINST RELATIVE MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN WHEREBY THE BASE MEMBER SECURED TO A TOMBSTONE PROVIDES, WHEN THE FOOT PORTION OF THE CUP MEMBER EXTENDS INTO THE SOCKET PART, MEANS FOR REMOVABLY SUPPORTING THE CUP MEMBER IN FLOWER OR PLANT HOLDING RELATION ON A TOMBSTONE AND, WHEN THE CUP MEMBER ENGAGES THE SHOULDER SURFACE IN AN ANNULAR AREA ADJACENT THE CUP MEMBER OPENING, THE CUP MEMBER PROVIDES MEANS FOR GUARDING THE BASE MEMBER BETWEEN USE PERIODS OF THE MEMBERS.