Storage unit with light-emitting components
A device or unit with a lighting component is provided. The device includes coupling components that couple the device to stackable storage unit containers. In one embodiment, the device includes a battery interface to couple to a battery for power tools. In one embodiment, the device includes three lights that are pivotally coupled to the housing between a retracted position in which the lights are disposed against sidewalls of the housing, and an open position in which the lights are pivoted above the top panel of the housing.
1. A stackable lighting unit configured to couple to a stackable storage unit, the stackable lighting unit comprising:
a housing;
a bottom surface defined by the housing, the bottom surface comprising coupling components that couple the bottom surface of the stackable lighting unit to a top surface of the stackable storage unit;
a first light pivotally coupled to the housing, the first light pivotally rotating about a first rotational axis with respect to the housing;
a second light pivotally coupled to the housing and the second light pivots about a second rotational axis with respect to the housing, the second rotational axis is distinct from the first rotational axis; and
a third light pivotally coupled to the housing and the third light pivots about a third rotational axis with respect to the housing, the third rotational axis is distinct from the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis.
2. The stackable lighting unit of claim 1 , wherein the second rotational axis is perpendicular to at least one of the first rotational axis and the third rotational axis.
3. The stackable lighting unit of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of lighting modes in which different combinations of the first light, the second light, and the third light are illuminated when different ones of the plurality of lighting modes are selected.
4. The stackable lighting unit of claim 1 , further comprising:
a top panel coupled to the housing opposite the bottom surface, wherein the first light pivots between an open position in which the first light extends above the top panel and a retracted position in which the first light is adjacent to a sidewall of the stackable lighting unit.
5. The stackable lighting unit of claim 3 , further comprising:
a tab that protrudes from the first light when the first light is in a retracted position, wherein the tab protrudes over a sidewall of the stackable lighting unit.
6. The stackable lighting unit of claim 1 , wherein the first light is rotatable with respect to the housing about a fourth rotational axis that is perpendicular to the first rotational axis.
7. The stackable lighting unit of claim 1 ,
wherein the first light comprises a focused light and the second light is selected from the group consisting of an area light and a flood light.
8. A container assembly comprising:
a lighting unit comprising:
a first housing;
a bottom surface defined by the first housing, the bottom surface comprising a first coupling component;
a first light pivotally coupled to the first housing, the first light pivotally rotating about a first rotational axis with respect to the first housing; and
a storage unit comprising:
a second housing;
a storage space defined within the second housing;
a top surface defined by the second housing, the top surface comprising a second coupling component, wherein the lighting unit and the storage unit are coupled together via first coupling component of the lighting unit interfacing with the second coupling component of the storage unit.
9. The container assembly of claim 8 , further comprising a top surface defined by the first housing, the top surface comprising a third coupling component, the container assembly further comprising:
a second storage unit comprising:
a third housing;
a storage space defined within the third housing;
a bottom surface defined by the third housing, the bottom surface comprising a fourth coupling component, wherein the top surface of the lighting unit and the bottom surface of the storage unit are coupled together via the third coupling component of the lighting unit interfacing with the fourth coupling component of the second storage unit.
10. The container assembly of claim 8 , the container assembly further comprising a handle that projects laterally from a sidewall of the first housing.
11. The container assembly of claim 8 , wherein the first light is rotatable with respect to the first housing of the lighting unit about a second rotational axis that is perpendicular to the first rotational axis.
12. The container assembly of claim 8 , further comprising:
a second light pivotally coupled to the first housing of the lighting unit, the second light pivots about a third rotational axis with respect to the first housing of the lighting unit, wherein the third rotational axis is distinct from the first rotational axis; and
a third light pivotally coupled to the first housing of the lighting unit, the third light pivots about a fourth rotational axis with respect to the first housing of the lighting unit, wherein the fourth rotational axis is distinct from the first rotational axis and the third rotational axis.
13. The container assembly of claim 12 , wherein the first rotational axis of the first light and the fourth rotational axis of the third light are parallel.
14. A stackable lighting unit configured to couple to a stackable storage unit, the stackable lighting unit comprising:
a housing;
a bottom surface defined by the housing, the bottom surface comprising coupling components that couple the bottom surface of the stackable lighting unit to a top surface of a stackable storage unit;
a first light coupled to the housing; and
a battery interface configured to interface to a rechargeable battery for personal power tools.
15. The stackable lighting unit of claim 14 , wherein the first light pivots about a first rotational axis with respect to the housing.
16. The stackable lighting unit of claim 14 , further comprising a USB-compliant electrical outlet.
17. The stackable lighting unit of claim 16 , further comprising a storage compartment defined within the housing, wherein the storage compartment is dimensioned to receive a cellular telephone.
18. The stackable lighting unit of claim 17 , further comprising a door pivotally coupled to the housing, the door actuating between a first position in which the door encloses the USB-compliant electrical outlet and the storage compartment, and a second position in which the USB-compliant electrical outlet and the storage compartment are not enclosed by the door.
19. The stackable lighting unit of claim 15 , further comprising:
a side surface defined by the housing, wherein the side surface defines a recess; and
a plurality of projections extending from the recess, the plurality of projections configured to interface with a power cable being stored within the recess.