ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,439, issued on Nov. 4.
"Tombstone audio device" was invented by Hershel Adkins (West Liberty, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tombstone audio device for enhancing memorializing a decedent at a tombstone includes a clamp that has a first jaw which is slidably engaged to a second jaw thereby facilitating the clamp to have an adjustable width. In this way the clamp can be attached to a tombstone. An audio unit is provided and the audio unit is integrated into the clamp. The audio unit stores a pre-recorded message comprising a eulogy of the decedent associated with the tombstone. The audio unit emits the pre-recorded message when th...