US 12,406,598 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. 18/765,304.
Application 18/765,304 is a continuation of application No. 18/357,135, filed on Jul. 23, 2023, granted, now 12,033,543.
Application 18/357,135 is a continuation of application No. 17/607,370, granted, now 11,710,426, previously published as PCT/US2019/029789, filed on Apr. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0363035 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 13/10 (2006.01); G09F 7/18 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01); G09F 13/18 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 7/18 (2013.01) [G09F 9/30 (2013.01); G09F 13/18 (2013.01); B60R 13/105 (2013.01); G09F 2007/1895 (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 a license plate display region of a license plate and further defining at least one frame display region adjacent the central opening, the at least one frame display region being disposed adjacent and over one or more connectors attaching a license plate base to a vehicle to obscure the one or more connectors attaching the license plate base to the vehicle; and
a transmissive substrate, the transmissive substrate comprising one or more snap-fit connectors to removably connect the transmissive substrate to a front of the frame to dispose the transmissive substrate over the central opening and the at least one frame display region, the one or more snap-fit connectors configured to correspondingly engage one or more peripheral portions of the frame,
wherein, in an assembled state with the transmissive substrate disposed in front of the frame and connected to the frame, a central region of the transmissive substrate is positioned over the central opening of the frame and the license plate display region and a peripheral region of the transmissive substrate is positioned over the at least one frame display region of the frame to cover the at least one frame display region.