Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – License plates
Utility Patent
1998-06-26
2001-01-02
Melius, Terry Lee (Department: 3628)
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
License plates
C040S209000, C040S643000, C040S591000, C293S115000
Utility Patent
active
06167645
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates in general to brackets for mounting license plates to vehicles and in particular to a bracket adapted to be at least partially clipped to a front grille or fascia of an automobile.
2. Description of Prior Developments
License plate brackets have been in use in many forms to secure a license plate to the body of a vehicle. Generally, screws or bolts are used to mount such brackets to a vehicle bumper to provide a planar mounting surface for holding a license plate. Although such brackets generally function adequately, new vehicle designs have created a problem with respect to the anchoring of such brackets to a bumper.
In particular, new vehicle designs have covered the front bumper area with a plastic grille. In this case, there is insufficient support or available surface area to attach a license plate bracket to the thin plastic grille bars using conventional fasteners such as bolts and screws. Trying to thread screws into the thin grille can break the grille bars and result in little or no support for the license plate bracket.
Accordingly, a need exists for a license plate bracket adapted to mount a license plate to the grille of a vehicle, particularly where the grille extends in front of and covers the front bumper.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been developed to fulfill the needs noted above and, therefore, has as an object the provision of a license plate bracket which is adapted to be securely retained on the grille of an automobile without the use of a traditional hardware mounting arrangement.
Another object is to provide a license plate bracket which can be quickly and easily attached to a thin rib or bar of a vehicle front grille so that the use of screws or bolts is at least partially obviated.
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Fisher Michael N.
Gasko David J.
Martin Paul A.
Chop Andrea
Chrysler Corporation
Melius Terry Lee
Shurupoff Lawrence J.
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