Patent ID: 8353604

Claim:
An illuminated cup holder assembly for a vehicle, comprising: at least one side wall and a base wall together defining a cup holder recess recessed within a show surface in an interior of the vehicle, the at least one side wall and the base wall integrally molded together with one another, the base wall having a light transmissive portion; an illumination source secured to an underside of the base wall for illuminating the cup holder recess through the light transmissive portion of the base wall, wherein the illumination source is secured adjacent the underside of the base wall by a molded-in feature on at least one of the at least one side wall, the base wall and the illumination source; and a supporting structure having a support wall for supporting the illumination source and at least one connecting structure extending upward from the supporting structure for connecting to at least one of the at least one side wall and the base wall.