US 12,403,848 B2
License plate holder
Frank Joseph Tortorella, Jr., Park Ridge, IL (US)
Filed by Frank Joseph Tortorella, Jr., Park Ridge, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/765,277.
Application 18/765,277 is a continuation of application No. 17/630,945, granted, now 12,030,438, previously published as PCT/US2020/043185, filed on Jul. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/880,056, filed on Jul. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0359640 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 13/10 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01); G09F 7/18 (2006.01); G09F 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 13/105 (2013.01) [G09F 9/30 (2013.01); G09F 2007/1895 (2013.01); G09F 21/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A license plate holder, comprising:
a frame defining a central opening to permit display of indicia on at least one license plate display region of a license plate and further defining at least one frame display region adjacent the central opening; and
a transmissive substrate comprising a plurality of salients disposed and sized to overlay one or more connectors attaching a license plate base to a vehicle to partially or fully obscure the one or more connectors attaching the license plate base to the vehicle;
wherein, in an assembled state with the transmissive substrate removably connected to the frame and the frame interposed between the transmissive substrate and the license plate base, a central region of the transmissive substrate is positioned in front of the central opening of the frame and the at least one license plate display region and a peripheral region of the transmissive substrate is positioned in front of the at least one frame display region of the frame.