Patent ID: 8171660

Claim:
A decal plate assembly for a vehicle, comprising: a base plate configured for mounting to the vehicle; a transparent cover plate at least partially covering at least a portion of the base plate; and a decal having indicia thereon, the decal interposed between the base plate and the transparent cover plate; wherein the decal is an adhesive label adhesively attached to the base plate; wherein the base plate and the transparent cover plate are molded plastic plates sharing a common contoured shape such that contours on the base plate and cover plate cause the plates to mate in substantially complete surface-to-surface contact, the contoured shape sized and configured to cover a portion of a motocross motorcycle; wherein the base plate is a side number plate for the motocross motorcycle, the decal having numerical indicia thereon indicative of a rider of the motocross motorcycle, the side number plate having a top end, a rear end, a bottom end and a front end; the front end being located in a high wear area proximate a foot rest area and subject to wear from a boot of the rider, the transparent cover plate at least covering the front end preventing wear to the decal from the boot of the rider; wherein the cover plate only partially covers the side number plate.