Lighting apparatus for a tool carrier

1. A combination of a tool carrier and a lighting apparatus for the tool carrier comprising:

a tool carrier having a floor and a sidewall extending upwardly from the horizontal floor to a carrier mouth;

a conduit made of a translucent or transparent material and defining a conduit path between a first conduit end and a second conduit end, wherein the conduit has a conduit path sized and shaped to extend along an inside perimeter of or across the floor of the tool carrier;

a plurality of light sources disposed in the conduit and distributed along the conduit path; and

a power source retained by the tool carrier and electrically coupled to the plurality of light sources.

2. The combination of claim 1 , further comprising an openable sleeve installed over an end portion of the conduit and defining a compartment sized to retain the power source.

3. The combination of claim 2 , wherein the openable sleeve is connected between the first conduit end and the second conduit end.

4. The combination of claim 1 further comprising:

a sidewall conduit extending upward along the sidewall of the tool carrier and having a lower end portion connected to the conduit, wherein electrical leads extend through the sidewall conduit to the plurality of light sources.

5. The combination of claim 1 further comprising:

a lighting floor member joined to the conduit and extending across the floor of the tool carrier.

6. The combination of claim 5 , wherein the lighting floor member is made of a material sufficiently translucent to diffuse light transverse to the lighting floor member, and wherein at least some of the plurality of light sources direct light into a perimeter edge of the lighting floor member to illuminate the lighting floor member.

7. The lighted tool carrier of claim 6 , wherein the lighting floor member has a reflective bottom floor face.

8. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light sources is a plurality of LEDs on a length of LED strip lighting.

9. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the conduit is made of crosslinked polyethylene tubing with an outer diameter of about ½ inch.

10. The combination of claim 1 further comprising a sensor switch electrically connected between the power source and the plurality of light sources, the sensor switch operable between an off position and an on position in response to a stimulus selected from the group consisting of a vibration, a change in lighting intensity, a detected motion inside the tool carrier, a change in conductance, and a change in resistance.

11. The combination of claim 10 , wherein the sensor switch changes from the off position to the on position for a predefined length of time in response to the stimulus.

12. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the floor shape is circular.

13. The combination of claim 1 further comprising:

a switch operable on tool carrier sidewall and electrically coupled between the plurality of light sources and the power source.

14. The combination of claim 1 , wherein the conduit is removable from the tool carrier.