Lighted beverage glass

Claim 1

A lighted beverage glass comprising: a stem means having a base portion and a stem portion fastened to the base portion, said stem means having a central bore extending therethrough, said stem portion having a cup-shaped glass mounting portion at the upper end thereof, said cupshaped glass mounting portion including a planar bottom wall, an upstanding, annular side wall made of a flexible material and extending substantially perpendicularly from said bottom wall, and a plurality of gripping ribs projecting laterally inwardly from the inner face of said side wall closely adjacent the top edge thereof, said ribs adapted to make tight contact with the outer surface of a glass adjacent the bottom thereof and thereby securely retain the glass in said cup-shaped glass mounting portion; a glass removably mounted in said cup-shaped glass mounting portion; a light assembly mounted in said central bore of said stem means for directing light through the bottom of said glass, said light assembly including an electric incandescent bulb, a dry cell battery, a spring mounted between said bulb and said battery, and means for selectively establishing electrical contact between said bulb and said battery to thereby establish an electrical current path for energizing said bulb; and an annular shoulder formed in said stem means at the top portion of said central bore to serve as a seat for said bulb with the top portion of said bulb projecting slightly past said shoulder, said spring biasing said bulb against said seat to thereby reduce the possibility of bulb breakage.