Light bulb storage apparatus

Abstract

A molded-plastic rectangular storage container that holds light bulbs of various wattage and styles including energy-saving fluorescent bulbs. The light bulb holding apparatus consist of a pull out drawer with attached tray. The tray has openings spaced apart in a matrix grid to receive and support bulbs by the globes thereof, housed in a full cover shell that is stackable with other containers.

1 . A light bulb storage device comprising:
 (a) a drawer including:
 (i) an upper shelf having a plurality of openings in a matrix grid configuration for insertion of a light bulb therein, each of the openings being sized and shaped to receive and support a globe of a respective light bulb; and 
 (ii) a bottom spaced sufficiently from the upper shelf so as to allow a stem of a light bulb received in the tray to hang free when the stem is placed through an opening and the light bulb is supported by its globe; and 
   (b) an outer shell sized and shaped to receive the drawer therein.   
   
   
       2 . The device according to  claim 1 , the drawer further including:
 (a) a front panel secured to the front of the upper shelf; and   (b) a bottom attached to the upper shelf.   
   
   
       3 . The device according to  claim 1  wherein the shell includes:
 (a) a top, a bottom and dual side panels sized and shaped to receive the drawer and so as to provide safe housing of bulbs.   
   
   
       4 . The device according to  claim 1 , further including at least two shells, wherein each shell includes:
 (a) a set of indents in each corner of the top panels and a set of feet in each corner of the bottom panel so as to allow stacking of the shells.   
   
   
       5 . A light bulb storage apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
 (a) a drawer having a horizontal upper shelf; and   (b) a plurality of openings located in the upper shelf; each opening being sized and shaped to receive a light bulb and to support each light bulb by a globe thereof.