Patent ID: 7383649

Claim:
Apparatus for mounting a vehicle license plate, comprising: a frame having a periphery, an outer side, an inner side for disposal adjacent a license plate and an elongated 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, the frame including a transparent central area disposed laterally inwardly of the channel for viewing the license plate from the outer side of the frame; 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 adhere to the bottom and sides of the channel, the gasket forming a flat receiving surface facing the license plate, at least one elongate compression rib formed on the gasket adjacent the flat receiving surface to extend inwardly from the flat receiving surface toward the license plate, the rib laterally surrounding a majority of the central area of the frame, leaving a bottom portion open.