License plate frame and method of use

A license plate frame adapted for cooperation with a toy license plate having a front plate surface and an opposing back plate surface, the front and back plate surfaces being connected by a plate terminal edge the front plate surface having a design imprinted thereon, the license plate frame comprising:

• upper and lower horizontally extending sections and vertically disposed end sections extending between and integrally connected to the opposite ends of the horizontally extending sections to form a generally rectangular shape;
• each of the horizontally extending sections and end sections having a frontal wall that is substantially parallel to the plane of the license plate frame, and an outer enclosure wall extending rearwardly from the plane of the license plate frame;
• the frontal walls having a front surface and an opposing rear surface, the front and rear surfaces terminating at an inner edge and an outer edge;
• the inner edges of the frame sections cooperating to form a display aperture;
• the outer enclosure walls extending rearwardly from the outer edges;
• an inner frame wall extending rearwardly from the rear surface of each of the frontal walls between the inner edge and the outer enclosure wall, each of the inner frame walls extending rearwardly from the frontal wall and terminating in an inner frame terminal edge;
• at least two plate retaining flanges, each of the at least two plate retaining flanges extending inwardly from the inner frame terminal edge;
• connector portions extending between the horizontally extending portion and each of the vertically disposed end sections;
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• a screw aperture formed through each of the connector portions.