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Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING CONTAINERS ON A GRAVESTONE ABOVE THE BASE, COMPRISING A RIGID STRAP HAVING MEMBERS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BACK, SIDES AND MARGINAL EDGE OF THE FRONT LEAVING THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE SURFACE AREA OF THE FRONT UNOBSTRUCTED, MEANS ADJUSTABLY SECURING THE PARTS TOGETHER IN FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STONE TO SUSTAIN THE STRAP AT A PREDETERMINED HEIGHTWISE POSITION RELATIVE TO THE BASE, AN ARM SECURED TO EACH OF SAID MEMBERS OF THE STRAP ENGAGED WITH THE SIDES SO AS TO EXTEND LATERALLY FROM THE SIDES IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION, EACH ARM BEING COMPRISED OF FLAT STOCK TWISTED INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS SO AS TO HAVE A VERTICALLY DISPOSED PORTION ADJACENT THE SIDE OF THE STONE SITUATED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANE OF THE FRONT FACE AND A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED PORTION OUTWARDLY THEREOF, THE OUTER EXTREMITIES OF WHICH ARE CURLED UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY, A BRACE COMPRISED OF FLAT STOCK HAVING A FLAT PART DISPOSED AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF THE OUTER PORTION OF THE ARM AND SECURED THERETO, SAID PORTION HAVING A DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY CURLED EXTREMITY AND A PART EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY FROM THE ARM INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SIDE OF THE STONE ABOVE THE BASE, THE EXTREMITY OF WHICH IS CURLED DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY RELATIVE TO THE SIDE OF THE STONE SO AS TO PROVIDE A CYLINDRICAL BEARING SURFACE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STONE, AND A RIGID RING SECURED TO THE REAR SIDE OF THE VERTICAL PORTION OF EACH ARM IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION FOR HOLDING A CONTAINER SPACED FROM AND ADJACENT THE SIDE OF THE STONE REARWARDLY OF THE FRONT FACE.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING CONTAINERS ON A GRAVESTONE ABOVE THE BASE, COMPRISING A RIGID STRAP HAVING MEMBERS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BACK, SIDES AND MARGINAL EDGE OF THE FRONT LEAVING THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE SURFACE AREA OF THE FRONT UNOBSTRUCTED, MEANS ADJUSTABLY SECURING THE PARTS TOGETHER IN FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STONE TO SUSTAIN THE STRAP AT A PREDETERMINED HEIGHTWISE POSITION RELATIVE TO THE BASE, AN ARM SECURED TO EACH OF SAID MEMBERS OF THE STRAP ENGAGED WITH THE SIDES SO AS TO EXTEND LATERALLY FROM THE SIDES IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION, EACH ARM BEING COMPRISED OF FLAT STOCK TWISTED INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS SO AS TO HAVE A VERTICALLY DISPOSED PORTION ADJACENT THE SIDE OF THE STONE SITUATED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANE OF THE FRONT FACE AND A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED PORTION OUTWARDLY THEREOF, THE OUTER EXTREMITIES OF WHICH ARE CURLED UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY, A BRACE COMPRISED OF FLAT STOCK HAVING A FLAT PART DISPOSED AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF THE OUTER PORTION OF THE ARM AND SECURED THERETO, SAID PORTION HAVING A DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY CURLED EXTREMITY AND A PART EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY FROM THE ARM INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SIDE OF THE STONE ABOVE THE BASE, THE EXTREMITY OF WHICH IS CURLED DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY RELATIVE TO THE SIDE OF THE STONE SO AS TO PROVIDE A CYLINDRICAL BEARING SURFACE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STONE, AND A RIGID RING SECURED TO THE REAR SIDE OF THE VERTICAL PORTION OF EACH ARM IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION FOR HOLDING A CONTAINER SPACED FROM AND ADJACENT THE SIDE OF THE STONE REARWARDLY OF THE FRONT FACE.