Patent ID: 7607248
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for mounting a vehicle license plate, comprising: a frame molded of a transparent plastic material and having a periphery, an outer side, an inner side for disposal adjacent a license plate and an elongated annular channel disposed near the periphery of the frame, the channel having a bottom and sides extending inwardly from the bottom of the channel toward the license plate; and an elongated annular thermoplastic elastomeric gasket injection molded onto the inner side of the frame near the periphery of the frame, to fill the channel and to molecularly adhere to or wet the bottom and sides of the channel, the gasket having a general inwardly-facing receiving surface for contacting a surface of the license plate, the general receiving surface of the gasket being remote from the channel of the frame.