Patent ID: 8002430

Claim:
A portable article including an illumination system configured to selectively illuminate an interior and/or exterior region, comprising: an encasement member substantially encasing an interior region from an exterior region, wherein the encasement member includes an internal surface adjacent to the interior region and an external surface adjacent to the external region; an illumination system disposed on the encasement member comprising: an enclosure disposed between an interior opening and an exterior opening of the encasement member, wherein the interior opening is within the internal surface, and wherein the exterior opening is within the external surface, and wherein the interior and exterior openings are respectively substantially covered by a first and second transparent member and a first and second opaque member; and wherein the first and second opaque members are selectively passable to optically unobstruct an optical pathway between the enclosure and at least one of the interior region and exterior region via the respective transparent members.