Patent ID: 7080934

Claim:
A holder for a container having a cap, said can comprising: a light source contained within the cap; and a pair of conductors adapted to be in contact with a source of current exterior to the cap, the conductors being disposed so as to conduct current to illuminate the light source when they are in contact with the source of current exterior to the cap; said holder comprising means for detachably contacting the cap, and conductors providing a source of current to the pair of conductors in the cap when the cap is in contact with the holder, said holder having multiple portions for use with at least a multiplicity of containers having such caps, wherein a) there are a plurality of similar means for detachably contacting the cap, and each means has a cross section substantially in the form of a pair of parentheses, and wherein b) the means for detachably contacting the cap are so disposed that each container including its cap can slide from one portion of the holder to the next and fall into place at predetermined intervals, whereby a group of containers would be lit and as one container is removed, another container would fall into place and remain lit.