Patent ID: 8578640

Claim:
A license plate frame, comprising: four borders surrounding a license plate opening, the four borders comprising a front side and a rear side opposite the front side; an outer frame lip extending outwardly from the rear side of at least one of the four borders; an inner frame lip extending outwardly from the rear side of at least one of the four borders, the inner frame lip comprising a plurality of equally sized notches adjacent each other within the inner frame lip, each notch sized to fit a pin of a removable element within the notch; and at least one removable element removably coupled to one of the four borders, the removable element comprising: an L-shaped element comprising a base member coupled to a body member to form an outer surface that covers a portion of the front side of the one of the four borders and an inner surface on the L-shaped member; a channel wall coupled to the base member on an end of the base member opposite the body member to form a channel that houses the outer frame lip of the one of the four borders between the channel wall and the base member, the channel proximate the inside surface of the L-shaped member; and a pin element coupled to the inside surface of the body member and located within one of the plurality of notches.