License plate mounting device

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A LICENSE PLATE HOLDER HAVING A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY-SPACED LOWER SLOTS, A LICENSE PLATE PROVIDED WITH A LOWER PAIR OF SLOTS DISPOSED SO THAT IT ABUTS AGAINST SAID HOLDER WITH THE LOWER PAIR OF SLOTS IN REGISTRY WITH THE LOWER PAIR OF SLOTS IN SAID HOLDER, AND A MOUNTING DEVICE FOR SECURING SAID LICENSE PLATE TO SAID HOLDER, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF SEPARATE AND INDIVIDUAL ATTACHING ELEMENTS, EACH ELEMENT EMBODYING A BLOCK AND A TAPERED FLAT TONGUE DISPOSED ON ONE SIDE OF AND LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID BLOCK AND HAVING THE SMALLER END ATTACHED TO SAID BLOCK WITH THE LARGER END SPACED FROM SAID BLOCK, SAID BLOCK BEING PROVIDED WITH A HOLE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THERETHROUGH, THE TONGUES OF SAID ELEMENTS BEING FULLY INSERTED THROUGH THE REGISTERING SLOTS IN SAID LICENSE PLATE AND HOLDER, SAID ELEMENTS AFTER FULL INSERTION OF THEIR TONGUES IN THE REGISTERING SLOTS BEING ROTATED TO POSITIONS WHEREIN THE TONGUES ARE VERTICAL WITH RESPECT TO THE ADJACENT REGISTERING SLOTS, THE HOLES IN THE BLOCKS ARE IN ALIGNMENT, AND THE SMALLER ENDS OF THE TONGUES ARE IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HOLDER, AND A HOLDING MEMBER PROJECTIBLE THROUGH AND RELEASABLY SUPPORTED IN THE ALIGNED HOLES IN THE BLOCKS FOR RETAINING THE ELEMENTS IN POSITION WITHIN THE REGISTERING SLOTS OF THE LICENSE PLATE AND HOLDER.