Light box for shifter assembly

A method for illuminating a vehicle gear shift console comprising:

• providing a gear shift position indicator extending generally longitudinally of said gear shift console and having
• a shift position indicia array extending longitudinally of said console;
• providing an illumination housing positioned to provide illumination of said indicia array;
• providing a light bulb carried by said illumination housing, with
• a light bulb mount being connected with said illumination housing and supporting said light bulb for illumination of said indicia array;
• said light bulb, when illuminated, creating
• shadowing projecting externally from said light bulb;
• said light bulb mount providing
• a support structure operable to position said shadowing displaced from impingement upon said indicia array;
• and
• said illumination housing providing a parabolic light distributing surface having
• a flat-configuration extending generally transversely of said indicia array and
• a parabolically curved configuration extending generally longitudinally of said indicia array and operable to distribute light emanating from said light bulb, substantially longitudinally along said indicia array, substantially free of said shadowing;
• said parabolic light distributing surface and said support structure of said light bulb mount cooperating to produce
• even illumination of said shift position indicia array along the length thereof,
• illumination of said shift position indicia along the length thereof, substantially free of said shadowing cast by and emanating from said light bulb, and
• displacement of said shadowing, cast by and emanating from said light bulb, from impingement upon said shift position indicia array.