License plate holder

Claim 1

A license plate frame assembly comprising, a one-piece frame member fabricated of a molded polymeric material, said frame member being of a generally rectangular configuration and having a frontal wall arranged parallel to the license plate to be assembled thereto, said frame member also including inner and outer rearwardly projecting enclosure walls integrally connected to said frontal wall and defining therewith spaced apart rearwardly facing retaining clip receiving areas, said areas comprising a pair of spaced parallel slots arranged at generally 90° to the plane of the license plate and located on opposite parallel edges of said frame member, a pair of retaining clips associated one with each of said areas and each including a resilient arm section adapted for engagement with a rearward side of the license plate and a retaining leg section arranged at generally right angles to the associated resilient arm section and adapted to be nestingly received in one of the receiving areas, said retaining leg sections each having an aperture therein, means formed integrally of said retaining clips comprising folded corners of said resilient arm sections of said retaining clips which provide sharp projections extending from the plane of the associated clips and adapted to engage the license plate for resisting relative movement between the license plate and said frame assembly, an inwardly extending blind bore formed in said frame member at each of said receiving areas and adapted to have the aperture of the associated retaining clip aligned therewith upon insertion of the retaining leg into said receiving area, and a pair of threaded fastening elements cooperable with said bores and apertures for removably securing said retaining leg sections of said clips in said receiving areas.