Licence plate adapted for internal illumination

A licence plate assembly comprising:

• (a) a housing comprising a source of light;
• (b) an opaque face plate having outward-facing and inward-facing faces, and comprising cut-out areas corresponding to numerals, letters, symbols or designs, said face plate adapted to be mounted to said housing;
• (c) a translucent, heat-deformable backing plate heat-pressed against the inward-facing face of said face plate to force portions of said backing plate into said cut-out areas;
• such that when the face plate with the backing plate is mounted to the housing, an enclosure is formed and the source of light may illuminate the portions of the backing plate in said cut-out areas for viewing from a point outward of said face plate.