Patent ID: 7594347
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: B60R,G09F

Abstract:
1. A license plate holder, comprising: a frame made of flexible plastic that is a single piece having a front surface that is flat and a back surface that is flat, said frame configured for being attached to a vehicle, wherein said front surface is rectangular in shape and has a width greater than a height, wherein said frame has a top edge, a bottom edge, a left side edge and a right side edge; a first retaining member carried by said frame and configured for being shaped by a user so as to be capable of contacting a license plate for retaining the license plate to said frame, and wherein said first retaining member is configured for being shaped by a user so as to be capable of allowing the license plate to be removed from said frame, wherein said frame and said first retaining member have an aperture defined therethrough for receiving a screw for attachment of said frame and said first retaining member to the vehicle; a second retaining member carried by said frame and configured for retaining the license plate to said frame, wherein said top edge between said first and second retaining members is a straight linear edge; and a first holding member made of flexible plastic that extends from said left side edge to said bottom edge of said frame, wherein said first holding member at least partially defines a first pocket and wherein said first holding member is configured for engaging a front surface of the license plate when the license plate is retained to said frame, and wherein said front surface of said frame has a portion that is a flat planar surface that is covered by said first holding member and engages a back surface of the license plate when the license plate is retained to said frame, wherein additional portions of said front surface of said frame that are not covered by said first holding member and are on opposite sides of said portion of said front surface that is covered by said first holding member both engage the back surface of the license plate when the license plate is retained to said frame, wherein the front surface of said license plate beyond opposite sides of said first holding member is uncovered by said first holding member and said frame such that the front surface and edges of a bottom corner of the license plate formed by said left side edge and said bottom edge of the license plate are exposed, wherein said frame from said top edge to said bottom edge and from said left side edge to said right side edge has a flat front surface having the same thickness; wherein said frame has flexible plastic material that extends from said top edge to said bottom edge at a location between said first and said second retaining members, and wherein said frame has flexible plastic material that extends from said left side edge to said right side edge at a location between said first retaining member and first holding member; wherein said front surface of said frame is configured for engaging the back surface of the license plate at a location between said first and said second retaining members when the license plate is retained to said frame and a screw is disposed through said aperture of said frame and said first retaining member to effect attachment to the vehicle, and wherein when said frame is attached to said vehicle said flat back surface of said frame engages the vehicle at a location that is both between said first and second retaining members and between said first retaining member and said first holding member.