Patent ID: 7350323

Claim:
A frame for displaying a license plate and for displaying user-configurable indicia thereupon, comprising: a) a frame adapted to receive and substantially surround the perimeter of a license plate while exposing an indicia-bearing face of said license plate for viewing; b) a plurality of individual, substantially planar tiles each having a width, a predetermined, uniform thickness absent a step therein, and a predetermined, substantially identical height, at least some of said plurality of individual tiles being adapted to bear indicia on an outer face thereof; c) a channel disposed on an outer surface of said frame adapted to slidably receive said tiles therein, said channel having an opening compatible with said predetermined thickness and said height of said plurality of tiles, said channel having at least one open end adapted to slidably receive said plurality of tiles thereat; d) at least one substantially planar tile having a unitary locking mechanism and having a thickness substantially identical to said predetermined, uniform thickness of said plurality of individual tiles releasably and slidably disposed in said channel and adapted to maintain a position of at least one of said plurality of individual tiles along said channel; and e) means for locking disposed adjacent said at least one open end of said channel for retaining said plurality of individual tiles and said locking tiles therewithin, said means for locking comprising a locking clip penetrating a rear surface of said channel.