Storage box with uniform light source
OwnerTodd C Baker, Penny Brooksinventors
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Abstract
A portable box 2 includes a base or bottom bin 10 having a storage area 24 and a hinged lid 40 in which a light source 70, such as a tubular flourescent lamp is located. The lid 40 rotates in one direction to open the box 2, and stacked trays 72, 74, 76, normally stored in the storage area 24, rotate in an opposite direction so that the light source 70 directly illuminates both the storage area and the deployed trays. Hinges 26 and 58 permit the lid 40 to rotate through an angle of slightly more than ninety degrees so that in the open position the lid 40 is positioned so that the fluorescent lamp uniformly and directly illuminates not only all of the contents of the box, but also the immediate surrounding area.
Claims15
A box for storing a plurality of individual devices comprising:
- a base having a storage area open on a top surface of the base;
- a lid hinged relative to the base so that the lid is free to rotate between a closed position in which the lid encloses the storage area and an open position;
- a light source mounted on an interior surface of the lid;
- at least one tray pivoted relative to the base between a stored position in which the tray is located in the storage area and a deployed position in which the tray is deployed at least partially beside the storage area, the deployed position of the tray being on an opposite side of the base from the open position of the lid to position the light source on the lid in opposed relationship to the tray so that the light source illuminates both the tray and the storage area in the base.
A portable storage box comprising a base having an internal storage area and a lid pivotally movable relative to the base between an open and an closed position, a light source mounted on an interior surface of the lid, the lid being connected to the base by a hinge so that the lid pivots between the closed position and an open position, and a stop surface on the base engaged by a companion surface on the lid to prevent rotation of the lid past a position in which the light source shines directly into the storage area in the base the portable storage box including at least one tray pivotally mounted on the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.