Lighting assembly for storage units

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11047566-B2
Application number	US-201916457388-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2019
Priority date	Jun 28, 2019
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

An illumination assembly adapted to be coupled to a storage unit (such as a top portion or working surface area). The illumination assembly may be coupled to a retrofittable or integrated feature of the storage unit to direct or radiate the light into an interior containment space of a work tray (such as a drawer) of the storage unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An illumination assembly for a storage unit having a drawer with an interior and a body with a flange extending therefrom at a first angle, the illumination assembly comprising:
a housing;
an illumination source disposed in the housing and adapted to emit light; and
a bracket coupled to the housing and extending at a second angle relative to the housing, wherein the bracket is adapted to couple to the flange and the bracket and the flange cooperatively direct light emitted from the illumination source towards the interior of the drawer.

2. The illumination assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bracket and housing are pivotable relative to one another, and the second angle is based on a selected pivotal relationship between the bracket and the housing.

3. The illumination assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bracket includes a groove adapted to receive a head of a fastener to couple the bracket to the flange.

4. The illumination assembly of claim 1 , wherein the illumination source is a light emitting diode.

5. The illumination assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bracket is adapted to receive a fastener to couple the bracket to the flange of the storage unit.

6. The illumination assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a switch electrically coupled to the illumination source and actuatable to selectively cause the illumination source to be in the ON state or an OFF state.

7. The illumination assembly of claim 6 , wherein the switch is a motion sensor adapted to cause the illumination source to be in the ON state when the drawer is opened.

8. The illumination assembly of claim 6 , wherein the switch is adapted to cause the illumination source to change from the ON state to the OFF state when a predetermined amount of time is reached.

9. The illumination assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bracket is integral to the housing.

10. A storage unit having a compartment with an interior, comprising:
a top portion with a body and a flange that extends from the body at a first angle; and
an illumination assembly including:
a housing;
an illumination source disposed in the housing; and
a bracket coupled to the housing and extending at a second angle relative to the housing, wherein the bracket is coupled to the flange and the flange and the bracket cooperatively cause the illumination source to emit light towards the interior of the compartment when the illumination source is in an ON state.

11. The storage unit of claim 10 , wherein the storage unit is a tool storage chest and the compartment is a drawer.

12. The storage unit of claim 10 , wherein the body is a semi-enclosed case.

13. The storage unit of claim 10 , wherein the flange extends at the first angle with respect to a first surface of the body.

14. The storage unit of claim 13 , wherein the flange extends in a direction away from the body.

15. The storage unit of claim 13 , wherein the flange extends in a direction towards an interior of the storage unit.

16. The storage unit of claim 10 , wherein the bracket and housing are pivotable relative to one another, and the second angle is based on a selected pivotal relationship between the bracket and the housing.

17. The storage unit of claim 10 , wherein the bracket includes a groove adapted to receive a head of a fastener to couple the bracket to the flange.

18. The storage unit of claim 10 , further comprising a switch coupled to the top portion and electrically coupled to the illumination source, wherein the switch is actuatable to cause the illumination source to be in the ON state or an OFF state.

19. The storage unit of claim 18 , wherein the switch is a motion sensor adapted to cause the illumination source to be in the ON state when the compartment is opened.

20. The storage unit of claim 18 , wherein the switch is adapted to cause the illumination source to change from the ON state to the OFF state when a predetermined amount of time is reached.

21. An illumination assembly for a storage unit having a drawer with an interior, comprising:
a housing;
an illumination source disposed in the housing; and
a bracket pivotably coupled to the housing and extending at an angle relative to the housing,
wherein the angle is based on a selected pivotal relationship between the bracket and the housing, and
wherein the bracket is adapted to couple to the storage unit and causes the illumination source to emit light towards the interior of the drawer when the illumination source is in an ON state.

22. The illumination assembly of claim 21 , wherein the bracket is adapted to be coupled to a substructure of the storage unit.

Assignees

• Snap On Tools Corp

Inventors

• Doerflinger David A
• Kuter-Arnebeck Ottoleo

Classifications

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• H05B47/16

  by timing means · CPC title

• A47B88/919

  Accessories or additional elements for drawers, e.g. drawer lighting (drawers having organising or sorting means A47B88/969) · CPC title

• F21V15/01

  Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts (F21V15/02 takes precedence {housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04}) · CPC title

• B25H3/02

  Boxes · CPC title