Vehicle emblem and license plate holder
AssigneeParagon Classics, Inc.
InventorsThomas R. Freeman, Jill L. Kemna
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Abstract
A personalized vehicle emblem secured to a vehicle license plate holding structure with mounting hardware. The emblem has a generally circular shield that has inscribed personalized information. A circular body located in a central recess of the shield carries various symbols. The plate holding structure has a rectangular frame having inwardly directed ears. The ears accommodate fasteners for attaching a license plate to the frame. Flat walls of the frame hold the license plate in a recessed location. The mounting hardware has one or more brackets secured to the plate holding structure. The brackets are adapted to support the emblems.
Claims21
An apparatus for holding a vehicle license plate and emblem assembly means comprising:
- a generally rectangular frame having ear means to accommodate fasteners for connecting a vehicle license plate to the ear means, said frame means having top and bottom members extended generally parallel to each other adjacent opposite edges of the license plate, said ear means being joined to and located rearwardly of the top and bottom members and projected inwardly of the top and bottom members toward each other, a generally rectangular mounting plate secured to the ear means with the fasteners for connecting the vehicle license plate to the ear means, said vehicle license plate being located over said plate, emblem assembly means having indicia, and bracket means connecting the emblem assembly means to the mounting plate.
An apparatus for holding a vehicle license plate on a vehicle comprising:
- a frame having a top member having first and second ends, a bottom member having first and second ends extended generally parallel to the top member, a first side member joined to the first ends of the top and bottom members, a second side member joined to the second ends of the top and bottom members, said top, bottom, and first and second side members having a generally rectangular shape surrounding an area generally the size of a vehicle license plate, ear means joined to the top and bottom members adapted to accommodate fasteners for connecting a vehicle license plate to the frame and the frame to a portion of the vehicle, said ear means located rearwardly of the top and bottom members and projected inwardly toward each other whereby the vehicle license plate is recessed within the frame, generally rectangular mounting plate means located between the ear means and vehicle license plate, said plate means being secured to said ear means, and emblem assembly means having indicia, and means attaching the emblem assembly to said mounting plate means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.