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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
TOOLS AND UTILITIES RECENTLY PATENTED 
Grave Brace. 
A grave brace to prevent the cav- 
ing in of the earth adjacent an exca- 
vation, has been patented as No. 991,- 
981, by Albert H. Havard, of Urbana, 
111. 
Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 
2 a side view. Fig. 3 a side vew of 
the device in folded position, and Fig. 
4 as a partial sectional view showing 
the means whereby . the side wall 
members are held in position on the 
legs. The device includes a pair of 
diverging arms 1, 1', preferably made 
of a single piece of sheet metal which 
is bent about the central portion 2, 
the parts 4, 4', adjacent the portion 2 
being extended parallel to each other 
for some distance and then made di- 
vergent at the point 3. 
Each of the legs 5, 5' is provided 
with a rearwardly extending portion 
11, 11', which portions extend at right 
angles to the legs proper and are pro- 
vided with openings engaging the 
rivets 9 and 9' about which each of 
the legs may be rotated into the posi- 
tion shown in Fig. 3. 
In order to maintain the relation 
between the legs proper and the arms 
1 and 1' when the device is in use, 
as shown in Fig. 1, the inner member 
6, 6' of each of the arms is provided 
SOD CUTTER AND LAWN 
EDGER. 
with recesses 12, and 12', into which 
the pin 13, 13', carried by each of the 
portions 11, 11', is adapted to engage 
thereb} r limiting the movement of the 
legs about the pivots 9 and 9'. 
The remaining portion of the de- 
vice includes any desired number of 
GRAVE BRACE. 
wall retaining members 15 provided 
with a suitable number of openings 
16, these openings being engaged by 
headed lugs 17 carried on the inner 
side portion of each of the arms 5, 
5' when the parts are in position for 
use. It will be noted that each of the 
openings 16 in the members 15 is sub- 
stantially of the same length as the 
headed portion of the lugs 17, where- 
by the members 15 may be hung in 
position on the legs and will be pre- 
vented from movement relatively 
thereto. 
Sod Cutter and Lawn Edger. 
Under the title of a “Gardening 
Implement,” Sterling E. Norman, of 
Attleboro, Mass., has patented a com- 
bined sod cutter, lawn edger and 
pole. 
The blade A is made from a blank 
shown in Fig. 3 and is bent on the 
line 8 to form the two portions a and 
b. The edge of the portion a is 
straight, as at 9, and the ends of the 
blade are cut away, as at 10, so as 
to form angular cutting edges upon 
the ends of the upwardly and out- 
wardly extending portions a and b. 
The side edge of the portion b is ar- 
cuate, as at 11, this arcuate margin 
projecting beneath the extended end 
of the clamp plate 4 and being adapt- 
ed to be clamped when the plate is 
forced downward by means of a nut 
and bolt 5 and 6. The arcuate edge 
11 is located intermediate of the ends 
of the portion b, and thus two wings 
12 are formed, which act as stops for 
limiting the angular relation of the 
handle to the blade. The cutting 
edges extend across the ends of both 
the portions a and b, and thus it will 
be seen that the angular blade has a 
cutting edge 9 along one side and a 
cutting edge at both ends. Because 
of the cutaway portion 10, the cutting 
edges at the junction of the two por- 
tions of the blade are diagonal and 
give a sheer cut. 
This implement is designed to be 
used in trimming the borders of 
lawns, around drives, walks and beds. 
The handle is adapted to be set in 
opposed angular positions against 
either wing 12, and by placing the 
handle in either of these angular po- 
sitions and pulling or pushing the 
tool along the border, as much of the 
sod can be cut away by the edges 10 
as is needed to trim up the edge of 
COMBINED CREMATORY AND 
COLUMBARIUM. 
