Abstract: Markers particularly adapted for golf courses have a base with numerical indicia formed thereon. The indicia are preferably raised above the base and have a color that contrasts with the color of the base. In one embodiment the base and the numerical indicia both have upstanding fibril members which resemble the grass surface surrounding the yardage marker. The markers are formed in a mold wherein a fusible material, which may be a vinyl plastisol, having the color desired for the numerical indicia is introduced into the indicia-forming cavities in the mold and gelled. The fusible material having the color desired for the base is then poured into the base-forming cavity. An anchoring fitting is inserted into the base-forming cavity so that a portion thereof will be encapsulated in the material forming the base. After all the components of the marker are received within the mold, it is heated to fuse the fusible material within the mold into an integral whole.

Abstract: The device is an improved base support for securing yardage indicating number inserts or a flag holder insert and an attached flag to a sprinkler unit installed on a golf course. The improved base support is secured to the sprinkler unit by means of a base. The flag insert and attached flag are installed on the base during construction of the golf course to prevent operators of heavy equipment from hitting or running over the sprinkler unit. Once the golf course is completed, the flag holder insert is removed from the base and replaced with the yardage indicating number inserts. The flag holder insert and the number inserts are provided with beveled sides and ends. The beveled sides of the flag holder insert and the beveled ends of the number inserts slide between base tracks provided on the base in order to secure the inserts to the base.

Abstract: A marker post and the like comprises a base to be placed on or in the ground. A threaded hole or other fastening mechanism is located at the top of the base. A post is attached to the base by a spring. At the other end of the spring is a screw or other fastening mechanism which will operate with the fastening mechanism at the top of the base. When impacted by an external force, the marker post flexes.

Abstract: A sleeve is provided for a driven-type survey monument having a penetrating point and cylindrical rod sections to stabilize the monument in the ground. The sleeve has an elongated body having a hollow bore, which receives a first portion of the survey monument, and a plurality of fins formed integrally with and extending outwardly from the elongated body of the sleeve.

Abstract: A visual distance marker for a golf course fairway which provides viewable indicia of distance along the fairway such as from a tee. The device includes an elongated resilient maker strip having its lower end secured inside a tubular anchor portion. When the anchor portion is embedded or buried in the ground, the marker strip is supported in an upright orientation extending above the ground but is loosely secured inside the tubular anchor portion so that the marker strip can be rotated about its longitudinal axis through a small acute angle. The marker strip is thin and sufficiently resilient in one plane so as to be deflected and bent over against the ground as a reel-type lawn mower approaches and passes thereover, thus eliminating the need for removing and replacing the device during normal mowing operations.

Abstract: A visual distance marker for a golf course fairway which provides viewable indicia of distance along the fairway such as from a tee. The device includes an elongated resilient marker strip having an enlarged anchor portion at its lower end. When the anchor portion is embedded or buried in the ground, the marker strip is supported in an upright orientation extending above the ground. The marker strip is thin and sufficiently resilient in one plane so as to be deflected and bent over against the ground as a reel-type lawn mower approaches and passes thereover, thus eliminating the need for removing and replacing the device during normal mowing operations.

Abstract: An all purpose lawn and garden marker which is molded of a plastic material and therefore can be inexpensively manufactured. In addition, the marker is adapted to hold the required notice that a lawn has been chemically treated as well as other advertising material. The marker also functions as a water gauge so that the homeowner can determine the extent to which the lawn has been watered. Further still, the marker has a mowing height gauge to aid the homeowner in cutting the grass to the proper level. The homeowner can also utilize the marker in his garden to post a notice as to what is planted in the garden and to indicate the extent to which his garden has been watered.

Abstract: A tombstone intended to be anchored upright in or on a foundation includes an inscription plate (13) attached as front side in a casing (1) and a foot (7) connected to the casing (1). It is intended to achieve a tombstone having a long life and a low weight. It will be possible to provide the tombstone with an inscription even after it has been erected. It can also be used as a storage space.

Abstract: A surveyor's marker includes an elongated body portion tapered in an axial direction from a head portion to a generally pointed tip. The head portion has a cruxiform configuration enabling it to be used in a cross-hair's sense and seen at a substantial distance. The device is integrally molded such as by injection molding from a brightly colored and relatively stiff and inexpensive plastic.

Abstract: A marker for fire hydrants and other underground utilities fixtures consists of an elongated tube of brightly colored resilient plastics material. It is mounted, for example, on the bottom flange of a fire hydrant by a flat metal bar bolted to the flange and carrying an upright stud that fits into the bottom end of the tube. The stud carries annular ribs with a diameter slightly greater than the inside diameter of the tube so that the tube is not readily removed from the bracket.

Abstract: A marker assembly for permanently locating underground utility elements with a non-removable plastic stake and a tamper-proof marker held in place by the stake.

Abstract: A device for marking out land includes a stake of flexible plastics material including a stem which has a point at its lower end and which is extended in its upper part by a marker head. The stem has an upper region which is less rigid than the lower region which is adapted to be driven into the ground.

Abstract: A boundary marking system comprising cylindrical receptacles having relatively large plates flush with one end and adapted to be installed in the ground with the plate at ground level. A marker stake which is color coded to the top of the plate is placed in the receptacle through a hole in the plate so that the stake extends a foot or so above ground to mark a boundary. Because of the color coding, installation and replacement of the stakes is facilitated. Moreover the particular character of the marked boundary may be perceived not only by the color of the stake, but also by the color of the flush plate even if the stake is missing. A hole maker to facilitate installation of the receptacle is also disclosed.

Abstract: An anti-twist rod section (10) is disclosed which adapts a survey monument (38) at once to resist rotation and to conveniently accept hardware designed to engage cylindrical rods. The method of using the anti-twist rod section (10) in placing a survey monument (38) is also disclosed. The anti-twist rod section includes an elongated body (12) which may have at least one surface channel (18). At least one fin (20) joined to the body (20) at a junction (22) preferably within the channel (18). The junction (22) is adapted to allow the anti-twist rod section (10) to be driven into the ground with the fins (20) in place such that a portion of the fin (20) resists rotation of the anti-twist section. The junction (22) is also adapted to allow the fins (20) to be severed from the body (12) as they are bent tangentially away from the body (12) such that the anti-twist rod section (10) is left unimpeded by fins. The body of the anti-twist rod section (10) may then accept hardware designed to engage cylindrical rods.

Abstract: A street sign adaptor unit and a street sign assembly for allowing use of standard V-notch perforate or cylindrical metal fence or highway sign posts to be used with standard sign panels for intersecting streets in which the adaptor unit has a varied cross-section to accommodate attachment and fixation with standard fasteners and without expensive conversion apparatus to both types of post and to sign panels.

Abstract: A monument for a grave consists of a head and a base both of stainless steel with the head welded to the base and provided with a recess in its front face for an insert engraved with identifying date and clamped in the recess by fastening means exposed on the rear surface of the head. The monument is connected to a concrete anchor by a member or members secured to the undersurface of the base when embedded in the concrete during the installation of the monument. The thickness of both the head and base is not less than five-eighths of an inch and not more than two inches.

Abstract: An above-ground interment arrangement for cremated remains which are contained in respective remains vessels. The arrangement is provided with a foundation which rests upon the ground of the cemetery, or other location. At least one further portion of the arrangement, which may be part of a pre-existing monument, is provided with a repository chamber adapted for receiving a remains vessel. In some embodiments, the portion of the arrangement which rests upon the foundation may be formed of several levels of repository chambers to form a stack which may accommodate a multiplicity of remains vessels. In further embodiments, two such stacks may be arranged side by side to double the capacity of the interment arrangement, and render it suitable for interring the victims of battles or catastrophes. Each such repository chamber is provided with a respective cover which may be affixed to the monument by any of several known means.

Abstract: A sectionalized, driven-type survey monument (10) is disclosed having at least one cylindrical rod section (11), a penetrating point section (14) attached by a threaded connector (28) seated in bores (26, 27) in the adjacent cylindrical rod section (11) and the point section (14), and an anti-twist rod section (19) attached by a threaded connector (34) to a cylindrical rod section (12). The anti-twist rod section (19) includes a substantially cylindrical body (20) and straight fins (21) which extend radially outward from the cylindrical body over part of the length of the body. The monument is driven into the ground a section at a time, with additional cylindrical rod sections being added to allow the monument to be driven as deeply as desired. Rotation of the penetrating point section as it is driven into the ground, caused by the action of biased turning surfaces (16) on the point section (14), causes the connections between each of the sections in the series to be tightened during driving.

Abstract: A marker comprises an elastic visible element connected to a base. The visible element extends upwardly from the base so that it may be seen from a distance. The visible element is elastically deformable to allow a machine, such as a mower, to pass over the marker without causing damage. The marker may be illuminated to be visible at night.

Abstract: A memorial for a grave or a multigrave cemetery plot has a polyhedral rectangular parallelepipedal body composed of sheet metal, e.g. aluminum, mounted upon a base and having a removable cover by which access can be afforded to the interior of the body for storing grave-maintenance equipment or plant-supplying water therein.

Abstract: A sectionalized attachable rod survey monument of the type which is driven into the ground has a lower anchor pilot rod section and an upper rod section made of a solid aluminum alloy. An axial hole is drilled in the upper end of the pilot rod section and the lower end of the upper rod section to accept a stainless steel roll pin, and the two rods are separated by a stainless steel spacer washer. The spring pin becomes compressed when it is inserted into the holes in the ends of the rods and holds them together. The rods cannot physically be pulled apart under normal use; but when the upper rod is mechanically disturbed, such as when it is hit by road equipment or vandalized, the rods separate from one another. A permanent magnet is carried in the bottom of the hole in the lower pilot rod to permit detection of the marker location whenever the upper rod does become separated from the lower pilot rod.

Abstract: A flexible surveyor's marker constructed of an elongated strip of stiff, yet flexible, foldable material such as Mylar plastic including an elongated body portion creased along a longitudinal centerline thereof and a pair of tabs connected to a transverse fold line along one end of the body portion and containing a nail hole in each tab is disclosed. The tabs are slidable one across and over the other to a position wherein the nail holes register with one another. The body portion is tiltable out of a plane containing the tabs toward a direction perpendicular to the plane containing the tabs as the tabs are slid one across and over the other toward registry of the nail holes.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for installing a benchmark in an arctic region to provide an accurate, reliable reference point even after prolonged periods of exposure. To install the benchmark, a hole is formed through the active layer and into the underlying layer. An alignment jig mounts a marker element in a casing and both are positioned into the hole. A leveling clamp on the casing is used to plump and adjust the marker element to a known elevation. The marker element extends to the bottom of the hole while the casing terminates at a depth which is above the bottom of the hole but below the bottom of the active layer. A settable material, e.g. sand-water slurry which will freeze at ambient conditions, is poured into the hole to a point just above the lower end of the casing and is allowed to set after which the remainder of the hole around the casing is filled. The annulus within the casing around the marker element is filled with fluidic material which will not freeze under ambient conditions, e.g. grease.

Abstract: A base member having apertures formed therethrough for accommodating a lath and a stake employed for locating lines, grades and distance in construction survey, the base member also having a bore for accommodating a spike for securing the base to hard or frozen ground.

Abstract: A survey monument of the type adapted to be driven into the ground includes at least first and second elongated cylindrical rod sections. The two sections are connected together by a threaded connector turned into threaded bores at the upper end of the first rod section and the lower end of the second rod section. The lower end of the first rod section is terminated by a conical penetrating point and a pair of flukes, formed by stamping them out of the first rod section, are located intermediate this point and the upper end of the first rod section. These flukes are oriented with respect to the axis of the rod sections to cause the sections to rotate about their axis in a direction to tighten the threaded connection of the two rod sections as the sections are driven into the ground.

Abstract: A cemetery monument including a base and a main body section extending upwardly from the base; the body section including an outer shell formed of a plurality of textured corrosion-resistant metal panels, the edges of which are affixed to each other to form a substantially enclosed chamber, the body section having at least one opening in the face portion thereof, the face portion having peripheral flanges around the opening therein extending into the interior of the body section, a text display member disposed within the opening with surfaces thereof adjacent to the perpheral flanges, means for securing the text display member to the peripheral flanges including a plurality of pins disposed through openings in the peripheral flanges and extending into the test display member, and the chamber of the body section being substantially filled with concrete.

Abstract: A new surveyor's monument characterized by its permanent connection with the ground, including an elongated metal stake and a plastic form monument permanently affixed on the upper portion of the stake. The monument member includes a hollow tube with a locking means at the upper end thereof and fixedly attached to said upper end by a plastic cap. The hollow tube is permanently embedded in the said plastic monument, said tube and locking means engaging the upper end of the stake.

Abstract: A stable, multi-component footer is provided for supporting markers, memorials, gravestones and/or monuments in cemeteries and the like. The footer forms a hollow, generally rectangular structure for installation within a grave. It includes a pair of integral vertical side members which are spaced apart sufficiently to accommodate a casket therebetween. An upper horizontal support member extends between and is connected to the upper ends of the two side members, to provide a support plate for the monument. When the footer is assembled, its components are secured detachably by locking means comprising engageable complementary male and female elements. The locking means provides stability to the assembled footer, as well as ease of assembly. In its preferred form, the footer comprises two separate, complemental, interchangeable L-shaped components, one component being in the form of an inverted L and the other being in the form of an upright L.

Abstract: A topographic bench mark unit comprises a case which defines internally a space accessible through a movable lid. The case is mounted on a support. A bench mark member is integral with the case within the space. Provision is made for mounting a topographic member in a predetermined position in relation to the bench mark point, with a view to producing measurements referring to this point, and means for identifying the bench mark point. The unit has application both to immovable altimetric and geodetic bench marks.

Abstract: Means for marking points within the terrain include an anchoring element and a marking element secured thereto, said marking element being a horizontally disposed disc having a plurality of flap-like protrusions extending radially from the axis of said disc, the disc and protrusions having marking indicia thereon.

Abstract: A survey monument having cylindrical rod sections which are assembled in end-to-end relation with threaded connectors as the monument is driven into the ground. The monument has a penetrating point which has generally longitudinal barbs spaced about the periphery of the point. Each of the barbs has a turning surface biased about 5.degree. for rotating the point in a direction to tighten the threaded connections of the monument in response to downward driving of the point into the ground. Each of the barbs has an upwardly facing retention shoulder to prevent removal. A marker cap is tap fit over the top of the uppermost rod section. The parts are metallurgically matched for ultimate natural fusion and to prevent galvanic action or electrolysis after the monument is emplaced in the ground.

Abstract: A wheeled, self-propelled tractor has a percussion tool or hammer mounted on its forward end and an impact transmitting means carried on the tractor below the hammer. The impact transmitting means comprises a metal frame having a strong rigid top plate that is struck by the hammer and a downwardly opening cavity in which wood timbers are mounted to transmit the impact from the plate to a cemetery marker. Repeated blows to the marker applied through the impact transmitting means will drive the marker into the ground until it is flush with the ground surface where it will not interfere with mowing. The frame is fastened on the vehicle by a suspension system that includes tension springs which keep the wood timbers in a horizontal plane but permit the frame to move downwardly each time it is struck by the hammer.

Abstract: An elongated, small diameter metal rod, sufficiently stiff to be driven into the ground, has an indicia receiving member fixed at one end. The indicia member consists of two pliable sheets, each having adhesive on one side, bonded to each other and to the rod to provide a laminated fairly firm indicia receiving member. In an alternative version, an additional identifying or locating component is an elongated ribbon passing between the laminations of the indicia receiving member and bonded thereto, and extending beyond the edges of the indicia member.

Abstract: The preferred embodiment of the invention disclosed herein relates to arrangements for supporting a marker such as a gravestone above an excavation such as a grave in which a receptacle member is buried. The saddle member is located in the excavation and has a support surface disposed above the receptacle member and below the ground surface surrounding the excavation. On the support surface is carried support means, for example, a plurality of blocks arranged in stacks to form a support base generally level with the ground surface around the excavation for supporting the marker. In one embodiment of the invention, the receptacle member is a vault in which a coffin is carried and the saddle is a generally U-shaped member having support legs seated on the top surface of the vault.

Abstract: The invention relates to a precast monument base which is made from precast concrete, and is capable of being installed during any kind of weather conditions. The idea basically involves the utilization of a resilient layer between the base and the base cap to allow proper leveling, and to prevent the entrance of moisture to create problems under freezing conditions. The base extends below the frost line, and hence is not effected by freezing of the ground or excessive amounts of water or moisture.

Abstract: An improved grave marker comprises an integral molded body of plastic-like material having an upright member carrying identifying indicia and having a generally horizontal apron extending outwardly from the upright member, the apron being provided with a flat upper surface. The outer periphery of the apron has a downwardly angled earth-engaging ramp which is crenellated to define alternating crenels and merlons. The merlons are provided with root channels passing downwardly therethrough. When the apron is imbedded in the earth with the flat upper surface at ground level, the grass roots of sod overlying the ramp grow downwardly through the root channels of the merlons and also grow outwardly over the outer periphery of the ramp, on all sides of the merlons, to solidly anchor the marker to earth and resist tipping thereof. The flat upper surface of the apron, which is positioned at ground level, provides a runway along which a lawnmower may roll to trim the grass growing above the ramp adjacent the runway.