Contact lens container

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED VENTILATED DRY-TYPE CONTACT LENS CASE COMPRISING A BASE PORTION DIVIDED INTO A PAIR OF COMPARTMENTS, EACH OF SAID COMPARTMENTS INCLUDING A CONTACT LENS-RETAINING MEANS HAVING A RAISED GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL RECEPTACLE CONNECTED TO SAID BASE, A CAVITY WITHIN SAID RECEPTACLE DEFINED BY AN INVERTED GENERALLY FRUSTO-CONICAL ANNULAR SURFACE OF THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID RECEPTACLE AND BY GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL LOWER PORTION, A FLOOR POSITIONED IN SAID LOWER PORTION, SAID FLOOR ALSO DEFINING A PORTION OF THE OUTER WALL OF SAID BASE, SAID CAVITY BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A CONTACT LENS WITH THE CONVEX SURFACE OF THE LENS RESTING UPON THE FRUSTO-CONICAL SURFACE OF THE CAVITY AND ABOVE THE SAID FLOOR, SAID FLOOR OF SAID CAVITY BEING PROVIDED WITH AN APERTURE EXTENDING FROM THE CAVITY TO THE ATMOSPHERE OUTSIDE THE CASE SO AS TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CONVEX SURFACE OF THE LENS AND THE ATMOSPHERE, AND A COVER HINGEDLY INTERCONNECTED WITH SAID BASE.