Lighted check holder device

A lighted check holder device comprising:

• a check support member having a bottom wall, side walls, and a top wall having a recessed portion extending therein and being adapted to receive and support a check or an invoice, said check support member also including a slot extending in said top wall near an end of said check support member and being adapted to receive and support a credit card therein, said bottom wall including a ledge portion extending therefrom and being disposed parallel to said top wall of said check support member, said ledge portion extending along a portion of a longitudinal side edge of said bottom wall, said check support member including a battery compartment disposed inside thereof, and also including an opening extending through said bottom wall into said battery compartment, and further including a second cover member which is removably attached to said check support member for closing said opening in said bottom wall thereof, said check support member being essentially a rectangular box-like structure;
• a first cover member being hingedly attached to one of said side walls of said check support member and being closeable over said recessed portion in said top wall of said check support member, said first cover member including a longitudinal side edge which is hingedly attached along a top edge of said side wall of said check support member;
• a light-emitting means for providing light to a check or invoice removably received in said recessed portion, said light-emitting means including an elongate light support member having a free first end and a second end, the second end of said light support member being pivotally mounted on said bottom wall of said check support member, the free first end of said light support member being adapted to pivot above said check support member, a light-emitting member being removably mounted on the free first end of said light support member for illuminating a check mounted on the check support member, said light support member and said light-emitting member being mounted in a groove formed by saidledge portion of said bottom wall, one of said side walls of said check support member, and said first cover member such that said light support member may be pivoted from said groove when said first cover member is in an open position and when said first cover member is in a closed position;
• and
• a power source removably disposed in said battery compartment, and also including a switch connected to said power source and to said light-emitting member for energizing said light-emitting member, said power source including essentially batteries
• wherein said light support member is mounted for swivel movement with respect to said bottom wall.