Lighted coaster for drinks

• US 4,261,026 A
• Filed: 05/31/1979
• Issued: 04/07/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: David J. Bolha
• Original Assignee: David J. Bolha
• Inventors: Bolha, David J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hix, L. T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tarcza, Thomas H.
• Application Number:
  US06/044,233
• Time in Patent Office: 677 Days
• Field of Search: 362/101, 362/200-201, 362/307-309, 248/346.1, D 7/11, D 7/39, 200/60, 200/155 A
• US Class Current: 362/101
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 2200/08 Illumination
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 23/0309 Illuminated

Abstract

A lighted coaster for drinks provides a base with a light source, a reflector adjacent the light source and a translucent supporting surface upon which a glass can be placed.

Claims

1. A lighted coaster comprising a base having an upstanding annular side wall, a light bulb supporting socket and a power source on said base, conductors and a switch connecting said socket and power source, an annular body member having a depending annular flange rotatably supported on said side wall, a translucent disc on said body member, said switch comprising first and second parts, said first part being positioned on said annular side wall and said second part being positioned on said depending annular flange of said annular body member and arranged for registry with said first part when said annular body member is rotated relative to said annular flange so as to move said first and second parts toward and away from one another, a light bulb in said socket positioned partially in registering openings in the centers of said body member and said transulcent disc, whereby said translucent disc and an object on said coaster are illuminated when said light bulb is lit.