MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647126458 A) filed by Yama To Mizu, LLC on October 23, 2026, for Foundation Part Of Tombstone.

Inventors include Ogawa Masahiro; and Ogawa Kouhei.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a foundation part of a tombstone in which, by providing a water-pooling means in the foundation part of the tombstone, a gravesite of more elegant design can be achieved by utilizing the reflection of light, without requiring a special tombstone. [Solution] A foundation part 1 of a tombstone comprises a wall section 11 surrounding a plot and a foundation base section 12 covering the plot surrounded by the wall section 11 and located on the plot. Included is a water-pooling space comprising a water-pooling means 13 for pooling water W in a space, said space being within the space bounded by an inner lateral surface 111 of the wall section and the upper surface 121 of the foundation base section. The water-pooling space is located at least in front of a tombstone T and is for reflecting substantially the entirety of at least the tombstone on the upper surface of the pooled water. The foundation base section 12 further comprises a pedestal section 14 located on the upper surface 121 of the foundation base section to serve as a pedestal for the tombstone T, and the upper-surface area of the pedestal section 14 is not greater than the area of the lowermost bottom surface of the tombstone.

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