Motor vehicle license plate holder of synthetic resin

• US 4,730,404 A
• Filed: 04/03/1986
• Issued: 03/15/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Manfred Utsch
• Original Assignee: Manfred Utsch
• Inventors: Utsch, Manfred
• Primary Examiner(s): Raduazo, Henry E.
• Application Number:
  US06/848,123
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• Field of Search: 40/154, 40/156, 40/611, 40/202, 40/209
• US Class Current: 40/209
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/105 Licence- or registration plates, provided with mounting means, e.g. frames, holders, retainers, brackets

Abstract

The reinforcing construction member of synthetic resin for motor vehicle license plates comprises a marginal bead surrounding the stamped rim of the license plate and a surface in contact with the reverse side of the license plate. It is fashioned as a frame (1) with an angular profile (5, 6) covering the stamped rim of the license plate all-around from the front and from the side. The surface of the reinforcing construction member in contact with the rear side of the license plate consists of several partial surfaces formed, on the one hand, by connecting webs (9) shaped integrally with the angular profile (5, 6) of the frame and bridging respectively two mutually parallel-extending lateral parts thereof and, on the other hand, by holding lugs (10, 11) shaped at the two other lateral parts (4) of the frame, one of these holding lugs (10) being shorter than the other.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle license plate of resilient synthetic resin for automotive vehicles, comprising a closed rectangular frame having two opposite relatively long legs and two opposite relatively short legs, the rear edges of said legs lying in a single plane, said license plate being of one-piece molded construction and having a plurality of spaced webs parallel to and spaced from said vertical legs and from each other and interconnecting said long legs and a pair of tongues extending toward each other from both of said short legs, the rear surfaces of said tongues and webs lying in said plane, one of said tongues being shorter than the other.

2. A license plate holder as claimed in claim 1, at least one of said long legs being recessed along its forward inner edge.

3. A license plate holder as claimed in claim 1, one of said long legs being broader than the other, said broader leg having a rearwardly opening hollow extending lengthwise thereof, and reinforcing ribs bridging said hollow.