Illuminated utility box

Claim 1

An illuminated utility box comprising: a main body having a bottom wall, a front wall spaced from a rear wall, and a pair of opposed sidewalls which project orthogonally from said bottom wall to define a main body interior within said main body; a lid pivotally mounted to said rear wall of said main body, said lid including a lid front wall spaced from a lid rear wall and a pair of opposed lid sidewalls which project from a lid top wall; a lid light pivotally mounted to an interior of said lid, wherein said lid light comprises a bracket mounted to said sidewall of said lid with a length of flexible tubing having an inner and outer distal end, said inner distal end pivotally mounted to said bracket; a bulb receptacle interconnected to said outer distal end of said flexible tubing; a light bulb engaged to said bulb receptacle; a switch coupled to said bulb receptacle and operable to effect selective energization of said light bulb; a shade extending around and mounted to said bulb receptacle; and a tray having a plurality of compartments, said tray being pivotally mounted to said lid by a plurality of levers which cooperate to maintain said tray in a substantially horizontal position during opening and closing of said lid relative to said main body, said tray comprises a plurality of compartment lights, each of said lights separately illuminates each of said compartments, and said tray further comprises a main body interior light which mainly illuminates said main body interior.