Patent ID: 6896395

Claim:
A console lighting assembly comprising: a housing assembly mounted in an interior of a vehicle passenger compartment; a plurality of pulleys positioned in said housing assembly, each said plurality of pulleys being individually rotatable; a plurality of illumination units each including a respective cable and a light generator at a distal end of said cable, each cable spooled on a respective one of said plurality of pulleys, said illumination units being movable between a retracted position and an extended position; a plurality of switch pads located on said housing assembly and positioned around said plurality of illumination units for activating and deactivating a respective illumination unit; and a retractor coupled to said pulleys for retracting said plurality of illumination units from said extended position to said retracted position; wherein each of said plurality of illumination units is pliable so as to maintain a selected orientation of illumination as determined by said user.