Patent ID: 8672571

Claim:
An illuminated marking device comprising: a marker including a transparent or translucent barrel, a colorless marking material stored within the barrel, a marking tip at a first end of the marker, and an endpiece at a second end of the marker, the endpiece including a lens that is tinted in a color similar to a developed color of the marking material; a base including a power source and a plurality of apertures configured to accept at least one of the marker; and a light housing in electrical communication with the power source and including a light source and an aperture configured to removeably couple to the second end of the marker, wherein the second end of the marker is removeably coupled to the aperture of the light housing, and wherein light from the light source is filtered by the lens and illuminates the barrel of the marker in the color similar to the developed color of the marking material, wherein the light housing includes one or more of a switch and a sensor disposed within an interior of the light housing, the one or more of the switch and the sensor being actuated by insertion of the second end of the marker into the interior of the light housing to illuminate the light source.