Special receptacle or package – For eyeglass or spectacle – Contact lens
Patent
1992-01-13
1993-07-06
Foster, Jimmy G.
Special receptacle or package
For eyeglass or spectacle
Contact lens
53425, 53428, 53449, 206210, 422300, A45G 1104, B65D 8122, B65D 8538
Patent
active
052245934
ABSTRACT:
A combined shipping container and reusable lens case and system are provided for the storage, shipment, and consumer use of hydrophilic contact lenses. A plurality of bottomless bases, each including a cavity therein for containing a contact lens, is provided with each base including a universal coupling for enabling each base to be interconnected with another to provide a reusable lens case for a pair of contact lenses. Each base includes threads for engaging a lid in a manner for providing tamper indication upon first removal of each lid from each base. Indicia of lens configuration, or prescription, are imprinted or attached to a side of a bottom for the case in order to provide a permanent record of the lens configuration. The bottomless base and bottoms may be formed from material which enables the heat sealing of the bottom to the bottomless base. In addition, the material of construction is preferrable on which enables the autoclaving to sterility of the lens case. Accordingly, a method includes the assembly of a bottomless base and lid with subsequent filling with saline solution and a contact lens. When a bottom is heat sealed to the case, a combined shipping container and reusable lens case is formed.
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Allergan Inc.
Foster Jimmy G.
Hackler Walter A.
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