ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,598, issued on Sept. 2.
"License plate holder" was invented by Frank Joseph Tortorella Jr. (Park Ridge, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A license plate holder includes a frame defining a central opening to permit display of indicia on at least one license plate display region of a license plate and defining frame display region(s) adjacent the central opening and a transmissive substrate. The transmissive substrate includes snap-fit connectors to connect the transmissive substrate to peripheral portions of the frame to dispose the transmissive substrate over the central opening and the frame display region(s). In an assembled sta...