Patent ID: 8092060

Claim:
A cradle comprising: a housing; an indicator configured to display a status by emitting light, the indicator having an inner surface located inside the housing and an outer surface exposed to an outer peripheral surface of the housing, and the inner and outer surfaces extending along a long axis of the indicator; light-emitting means serving as a light source for causing the indicator to emit light; and a weight including reflection means for guiding the light emitted from the light-emitting means to the indicator by reflecting the emitted light to the inner surface of the indicator, the reflection means separate from the indicator, and the indicator emitting the reflected light through the outer surface of the indicator to display the status, wherein the weight is provided under the housing, the reflection means of the weight is exposed at an opening in the housing, and the light emitted from the light-emitting means is guided to the indicator in such a manner that the emitted light is reflected through the opening by the reflection means of the weight.