License plate mounting bracket for a vehicle with a winch
AssigneeChristopher W. Lieziert
InventorChristopher W. Lieziert
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Abstract
A license plate mounting bracket for mounting a license plate or other decorative plate to the vertical guide rollers on a winch includes a frame, a back plate, eight nut and bolt assemblies, and two clips. The frame is shaped and dimensioned for receiving a standard license plate. The back plate, which is flat and the size of a standard license plate, is bolted into the frame. The four nut and bolt assemblies bolt the frame, a license plate and the back plate together with the back plate positioned behind the license plate. The two clips extend from the backside of the back plate and are shaped and dimensioned to clip to the vertical guide rollers of a winch.
Claims8
A license plate mounting bracket for a vehicle with a winch, comprising:
- a back plate being substantially flat and having a front side, a back side, two clips extending from said back side, and at least two apertures;
- a rectangular frame shaped and dimensioned for receiving a license plate;
- at least two flanges extending from the inner periphery of said rectangular frame;
- each of said at least two flanges having an aperture for receiving the threaded portion of a bolt;
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- at least two nut and bolt assemblies;
- wherein, when a license plate and said back plate are inserted into said rectangular frame with the license plate in front of said back plate, said apertures in said back plate and said apertures in said flanges align with mounting holes in the license plate;
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- wherein each of said two clips extending from said back side of said back plate is shaped and dimensioned to clip to a vertical roller guide on a winch;
- whereby a license plate is secured to the vertical rollers of a winch by inserting the license plate into said rectangular frame, inserting said back plate into said rectangular frame such that said back plate is positioned behind the license plate, bolting the license plate, said back plate and said rectangular frame together with said nut and bolt assemblies, and clipping said clips to vertical rollers on a winch.
A license plate mounting bracket for a vehicle with a winch, comprising:
- a rectangular back plate having a front side, a back side, two clips extending from said back side, a retaining rim extending from periphery of said front side, and at least two apertures;
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- at least two nut and bolt assemblies;
- wherein said retaining rim in said rectangular back plate forms a recessed area for receiving a license plate
- wherein, when a license plate is inserted into said recessed area of said rectangular back plate, said apertures in said rectangular back plate align with mounting holes in the license plate;
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- wherein each of said two clips extending from said back side of said back plate is shaped and dimensioned to clip to a vertical roller guide on a winch;
- whereby a license plate is secured to the vertical roller guides of a winch by inserting the license plate into said recessed area of said rectangular back plate, bolting the license plate to said rectangular back plate with said nut and bolt assemblies, and clipping said clips to vertical roller guides on a winch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.