abstract a method and apparatus include attaching a lighted cup holder to a seating arrangement the lighted cup holder includes a cup holder body and a light producing light source with the cup holder body being attached to the seating arrangement and having a cup receptacle therein the light producing source being disposed within the cup receptacle for illuminating the receptacle a light sensitive element operatively connected to the light source selectively controls production of light by the light source in such a manner that illumination of the cup holder is provided only under conditions where visibility is reduced to the point that it becomes difficult to locate the cup holder the light sensitive element is mounted on a master lighted cup holder and controls illumination of the master lighted cup holder and one or more slave lighted cup holders operatively connected to the master lighted cup holder application_number US 201715421115 A description fig1 shows a first exemplary embodiment of a lighted cup holder apparatus 100 according to the invention including a seating arrangement 102 and a lighted cup holder circuit 104 including a master lighted cup holder 106 three slave lighted cup holders 108 and a transformer 110 electrical interconnection between the master lighted cup holder the three slave lighted cup holders 108 and the transformer 110 are illustrated schematically in fig2 construction of the master and slave lighted cup holders 106 108 is described in greater detail below as shown in fig1 the seating arrangement 102 of the first exemplary embodiment of the lighted cup holder apparatus 100 according to the invention includes.