Patent ID: 8240868

Claim:
A locket with an illumination source in combination with a neck chain, the locket comprising: an upper member comprising an exterior wall; an interior wall opposite the exterior wall; a first cavity disposed between the exterior wall and the interior wall; a battery-operated illumination source having a front side and a rear side, the front side disposed on the interior wall, the illumination source disposed within the first cavity; a locking clip disposed proximal to a top edge of the interior wall; an open button disposed on the exterior wall, the open button in operational communication with the locking clip; a lower member having about the same dimensions as the upper member, the lower member in operational communication with the upper member, the lower member comprising an outside wall; an inside wall opposite the outside wall; a second cavity disposed between the outside wall and the inside wall; a clip receptacle disposed in the inside wall, the clip receptacle removably securing the locking clip; wherein the open button selectively disengages the locking clip from the clip receptacle; a battery compartment having an access door thereto, the battery compartment contained within the second cavity, the access door disposed on the outside wall; a first hinge having a front end, the first hinge comprising a pivotable connection member having a first side and an opposite second side, the first side attached to the front end of the first hinge and to the rear end of the upper member exterior wall, the second side attached to the front end of the first hinge and to the rear end of the lower member exterior wall; an aperture continuously running along a centered longitudinal axis of the first hinge, the aperture removably slidably receiving a neck chain therethrough.