Patent ID: 7152352

Claim:
A license plate attachment system for attaching to a motor vehicle a license plate selected from at least two license plates having differing mounting hole locations, said license plate attachment system comprising: an attachment panel having a left opening and a right opening, said right opening being spaced a predetermined distance from said left opening; a left main nut body component attached to said attachment panel at said left opening at a first fixed orientation with respect to said attachment panel, said left main nut body component having a first plurality of license plate attachment holes formed therein; and a right main nut body component attached to said attachment panel at said right opening at a second fixed orientation with respect to said attachment panel, said right main nut body component having a second plurality of license plate attachment holes formed therein; wherein said first and second plurality of license plate attachment holes comprise at least two of: a pair of North American license plate attachment holes alignable with mounting holes of a North American license plate, a pair of Japanese license plate attachment holes alignable with mounting holes of a Japanese license plate, a pair of Korean license plate attachment holes alignable with mounting holes of a Korean license plate, and a pair of Persian Gulf States license plate attachment holes alignable with mounting holes of a Persian Gulf States license plate wherein said first fixed orientation of said left main nut body component is independent of said second fixed orientation of said right main nut body component wherein each of said license plate attachment holes comprises a blind bore formed in a closed end casing; and wherein said left main nut body component comprises a left main nut body head and a left entry boss, at least one first guide slot being formed in said left entry boss, wherein said left entry boss is receivable into said first left opening, and wherein rotation of said left main nut body component results in attachment of said left nut body to said attachment panel by a periphery of said first left opening being trapped in said at least one first guide slot; and said right main nut body component comprises a right main nut body head and a right entry boss, at least one second guide slot being formed in said right entry boss, wherein said right entry boss is receivable into said first right opening, and wherein rotation of said right main nut body component results in attachment of said right nut body to said attachment panel by a periphery of said first right opening being trapped in said at least one second guide slot.