ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,893, issued on March 18.
"Grave footstone drawer" was invented by Deborah Eisenberg (Astoria, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The footstone drawer may comprise a footstone and a drawer. The footstone may be a marker that may be placed at the foot of a grave. The drawer may slide into a drawer aperture located in the footstone. The drawer may be operable to hold mementos. As non-limiting examples, the mementos may comprise decorative stones, shells, coins, photographs, flowers, religious medals, toys, and handwritten notes. Some cemeteries may restrict the placement of the mementos on the graves because the mementos may be consid...