Patent ID: 7810969

Claim:
A floor console assembly for use in a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having a footwell and a main electrical system, the floor console assembly comprising: a console body having a cupholder and storage bin assembly, said cupholder and storage bin assembly including a removable cupholder and a storage bin, said storage bin having a cupholder-receiving opening defined over said storage bin, said removable cup holder being removably positionable on said cupholder-receiving opening of said storage bin; a dual function cupholder ambient lighting element, said ambient lighting element being integrated with said console body, said dual function cupholder ambient lighting element being fitted in said console adjacent said cupholder-receiving opening of said storage bin assembly at a position whereby when said removable cupholder is in its installed position in said opening of said storage bin said dual function cupholder ambient lighting element illuminates said removable cupholder and when said removable cupholder is not in its installed position in said opening of said storage bin said dual function cupholder ambient lighting element illuminates said storage bin; and a console wiring harness integrated with said console body, said ambient lighting element being electrically connected with said console wiring harness, said console wiring harness being electrically attachable with the main electrical system of the motor vehicle.