Illuminable container

• US 6,964,492 B1
• Filed: 09/02/2003
• Issued: 11/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Nicklowitz
• Original Assignee: Robert Nicklowitz
• Inventors: Nicklowitz, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Shea, Sandra
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Guiyoung
• Application Number:
  US10/653,571
• Time in Patent Office: 805 Days
• Field of Search: 362/375, 362/34, 362/96, 362/101, 362/377, 362/457, 362/156
• US Class Current: 362/101
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 6/00 Lighting devices intended to be free-standing F21S9/00, F21S10/00, F21S13/12 take precedence lighting devices specially adapted to be transported from place to place, e.g. lighting devices carried on wheeled supports F21L; details of supports for lighting devices F21V21/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 6/004 with a lamp housing in direct contact with the floor or ground
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/00 Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for

Abstract

An illuminable container for providing illumination has a body with a base. The body is able to retain liquid therein. A recess extends through the base and a retention channel aligned with recess in the base and extends upward into the body. The retention channel is able to receive a light source, which upon activation, illuminates the container.

Claims

1. An illuminable container for providing illumination comprising:

a) a body having a base, said body being able to retain liquid therein;

b) an recess extending through said base;

c) a retention channel aligned with said recess in said base and extending upward into said body; and

d) a light source received within said retention channel for providing illumination, wherein said recess is beveled for aiding in retaining said light source therein; and

e) a cap, having a shape corresponding to a shape of said base, wherein said cap is selectively connected to said base via said beveled recess.

2. The illuminable container as recited in claim 1, wherein said retention channel further includes a docking port positioned at an end of said retention channel opposite said recess for retaining said light source within said retention channel.

3. The illuminable container as recited in claim 1, wherein said cap has a reflective coating on a side facing said base of said container for reflecting light from said light source thereby increasing the intensity of the light.

4. The illuminable container as recited in claim 1, wherein said retention channel has a shape which corresponds to a shape of said light source.

5. The illuminable container as recited in claim 1, wherein said retention channel is integrally formed with said body.

6. The illuminable container as recited in claim 5, wherein said retention channel has a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of said light source.

7. The illuminable container as recited in claim 1, wherein said body is formed from at least one of glass and plastic thereby allowing the light from said light source to be refracted and reflected easily therethrough.

8. The illuminable container as recited in claim 1, wherein said body is at least one of transparent and translucent thereby allowing the light from said light source to be refracted and reflected easily therethrough.

9. The illuminable container as recited in claim 1, wherein said light source is a chemilluminescent light source that is selectively activated by a user.

10. An illuminable container for providing light to a dark area comprising:

a) a body having a base, said body being able to retain liquid therein;

b) an recess extending through said base;

c) a retention channel aligned with said recess in said base and extending upward into said body;

d) a docking port positioned at an end of said retention channel opposite said recess; and

e) a light source received within said docking port of said retention channel for illuminating said container, wherein said retention channel further includes a docking port positioned at an end of said retention channel opposite said recess for retaining said light source within said retention channel, said recess is beveled for aiding in retaining said light source therein; and

f) a cap, having a shape corresponding to a shape of said base, wherein said cap is selectively connected to said base via said beveled recess.

11. The illuminable container as recited in claim 10, wherein said cap has a reflective coating on a side facing said base of said container for reflecting light from said light source thereby increasing the intensity of the light.

12. The illuminable container as recited in claim 10, wherein said retention channel has a shape which corresponds to a shape of said light source.

13. The illuminable container as recited in claim 10, wherein said retention channel is integrally formed with said body.