Wash kit with contact lens storing and placing devices

Claim 1

A KIT FOR CLEANING A SMALL FRAGILE ARTICLE SUCH AS A CONTACT LENS HAVING A PERIPHERY DEFINING A PLANE, SAID KIT COMPRISING RECEPTACLE MEANS PROVIDING SEPARATE CHAMBERS FOR CONTAINING CLEANING AND RINSING LIQUIDS, SAID MEANS HAVING NECKS PROVIDING OPENINGS INTO THE CHAMBERS, A HOLDER FOR CARRYING AN ARTICLE TO BE CLEANSED, SAID HOLDER COMPRISING HANDLE MEANS REMOVABLY MOUNTED ON ONE OF THE NECKS, ELONGATED TONGS FAST TO THE HANDLE MEANS AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE OPENING IN SAID ONE NECK AND INTO ONE OF THE CHAMBERS, SAID TONGS BEING DEFORMABLE TO RECEIVE A LENS AND BEING RESILIENT AND FORMED TO YIELDINGLY GRIP A RECEIVED LENS, AND HOLD THE LENS WITH THE PLANE OF ITS PERIPHERY PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE TONGS, A SCRUBBER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING FRAME MEANS MOUNTED IN ANOTHER OF THE NECKS AND EXTENDING INTO ANOTHER OF THE CHAMBERS, SAID FRAME MEANS DEFINING AN ELONGATED GUIDEWAY AND HAVING AN UPPER END PORTION FORMED WITH AN ENTRY CHAMBER AND A SLOT COMMUNICATING WITH THE GUIDEWAY, SOFT DEFORMABLE WASHING MEANS IN THE GUIDEWAY AND HAVING CONFRONTING SURFACES DEFINING A WASHWAY IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID SLOT, THE TONGS AND A GRIPPED LENS BEING RECEIVABLE THROUGH THE MOUNTED FRAME MEANS TO INSERT THE LENS INTO SAID OTHER CHAMBER SOLELY IN SUCH RELATION THAT THE PLANE OF THE LENS PERIPHERY PARALLELS THE ENTRY SLOT FOR DRAWING SUCH LENS TO AND FRO ACROSS THE WASHING MEANS.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR USE IN PLACING A CONTACT LENS IN THE EYE OF THE WEARER, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A HANDLE TO BE GRASPED IN MANIPULATING THE DEVICE, A DISHED SURFACE LENS RECEIVING ELEMENT, AND, ANCHORED AT ONE OF ITS ENDS TO THE HANDLE AND FAST AT THE OTHER OF ITS ENDS TO THE LENS RECEIVING ELEMENT, A HELICAL COIL COMPRESSION SPRING HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE DISHED SURFACE.