Bracket assembly with detachable body for mounting a front license plate to an automotive vehicle
OwnerCarl Alfred Zanderinventor
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A bracket for mounting a front license plate to an automotive vehicle that does not have an integrally designed and designated front license plate mounting location embodied as part of the front exterior of the vehicle that includes an associated integral license plate mounting mechanism, but does have existing, integral apertures in the body of the vehicle located behind and below the front grille of the vehicle which are used to secure a body panel to the vehicle. The bracket has a detachable body having a mounting surface adapted to receive a license plate, two arms that attach to the body and extend from the rear of the body. The two arms can attach to the body in either of two distinct positions, either with the top of the body facing up or with the top of the body facing down. The arms attach to the front of the vehicle body, without any modifications to the vehicle or drilling any holes into the vehicle, by means of fasteners that pass through apertures in the arms and are received by the existing, integral apertures located in the body of the vehicle behind and below the front grille of the vehicle.
A bracket assembly for mounting a front license plate to an automotive vehicle, where said vehicle does not have an integrally designed and designated front license plate mounting location embodied in the front exterior of said vehicle that includes an integral means for mounting said license plate, where said vehicle does have existing, integral apertures in the body of said vehicle that are located behind and below the front grille of said vehicle, said bracket assembly comprising a detachable body having a front and a rear extending between a pair of sides, said front having a planar portion adapted for mounting said license plate thereto, said body having two attached arms that have a specific, uniquely configured physical structure so as to allow said arms to extend rearward from said rear of said body, passing through the front grille of said vehicle, to engage the existing, integral apertures in the body of said vehicle that are located behind and below the front grille of said vehicle, where said arms are secured by means of fasteners which pass through apertures in said arms to be received into said existing, integral apertures in the body of said vehicle that are located behind and below the front grille of said vehicle;
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