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Contact lens holder and storage container useful in a method for cleaning contact lenses
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1973-01-22
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Granted: 1974-12-24
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Expires: 1993-01-22
Abstract
Abstract A contact lens holder, useful in a method of cleaning contact lenses, in which the holder has two capped receptacles for receiving and holding the lens, with an opening extending upwardly into the holder from the lower surface thereof for the purpose of receiving the nozzle of a cleaning and storage solution aerosol container so that the lenses may be sprayed with solution while they are in the holder itself. There is provided a storage container that receives the holder during storage which may be filled with storage fluid either before or after placement of the holder with the lenses therein inside the storage container. After storage the holder with the lenses therein may be removed and the lenses washed with them still inside the holder to minimize the likelihood of loss and/or breakage as well as reducing the application of undesirable foreign matter to the lenses themselves, eliminating any handling of the lenses.
Inventors
- 👤 G Sherman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 15:59
CPC Classifications
A; A45; A45C; A45C11/00; A45C11/005; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S134/00; Y10S134/901
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
A METHOD OF TREATING A PAIR OF LINSES INCLUDING THE STEPS OF: HOLDING THE LENSES IN JUXTAPOSED SPACED RELATIONSHIP AT THE OUTER ENDS OF OPPOSITELY DIRECTD PASSAGES; PROVIDING A CONTAINER OF PRESSURIZED LENS TREATING SOLUTION PROVIDED WITH NOZZLE MEANS HAVING OPPOSITELY DIRECTLY SPRAY OUTLETS; DISPOSING SAID NOZZLE BETWEEN THE INNER ENDS OF SAID PASSAGE; AND MANIPULATING THE NOZZLE MEANS TO CONCURRENTLY SPRAY TREATING SOLUTION THRUGH SAID PASSAGES FOR CONCURRENTLY TREATING BOTH LENSES WITH SAID TREATING SOLUTION
Claim 2
Independent Claim
76 words
A METHOD OF TREATING A PAIR OF LINSES INCLUDING THE STEPS OF: HOLDING THE LENSES IN JUXTAPOSED SPACED RELATIONSHIP AT THE OUTER ENDS OF OPPOSITELY DIRECTD PASSAGES; PROVIDING A CONTAINER OF PRESSURIZED LENS TREATING SOLUTION PROVIDED WITH NOZZLE MEANS HAVING OPPOSITELY DIRECTLY SPRAY OUTLETS; DISPOSING SAID NOZZLE BETWEEN THE INNER ENDS OF SAID PASSAGE; AND MANIPULATING THE NOZZLE MEANS TO CONCURRENTLY SPRAY TREATING SOLUTION THRUGH SAID PASSAGES FOR CONCURRENTLY TREATING BOTH LENSES WITH SAID TREATING SOLUTION
Claim 3
Independent Claim
123 words
A method of cleaning and storing contact lenses in a holder and storage container without the normal manipulation of the lenses, wherein the holder has pervious receptacles for securing lenses, and an opening between the receptacles, the storage container being constructed to secure the holder and to contain storage or cleaning solution therein, the method steps comprising; placing the lenses in the receptacles, inserting the nozzle of a cleaning and storage solution container into the opening, depressing the nozzle to direct cleaning and storage solution into the receptacles, placing the holder with the lenses therein in the container, spraying or otherwise filling the container with storage or cleaning solution, removing the holder from the container and washing the lenses, while in the receptacles.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
123 words
A method of cleaning and storing contact lenses in a holder and storage container without the normal manipulation of the lenses, wherein the holder has pervious receptacles for securing lenses, and an opening between the receptacles, the storage container being constructed to secure the holder and to contain storage or cleaning solution therein, the method steps comprising; placing the lenses in the receptacles, inserting the nozzle of a cleaning and storage solution container into the opening, depressing the nozzle to direct cleaning and storage solution into the receptacles, placing the holder with the lenses therein in the container, spraying or otherwise filling the container with storage or cleaning solution, removing the holder from the container and washing the lenses, while in the receptacles.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
118 words
A holder for contact lenses, comprising: housing means defining first and second spaced receptacles with each of the receptacles being adapted to hold a lens; means providing access to each of said receptacles for insertion and removal of a lens; means on said housing defining a recess for receiving and aligning a nozzle adapted to spray pressurized lens cleaning solution laterally from the nozzle as an incident of depression of the nozzle; and means on the housing defining flow passages extending between said recess and each of the receptacles, said passages being disposed to direct spray from said recess into each of the receptacles and against lenses held therein when the nozzle is aligned by said recess means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
118 words
A holder for contact lenses, comprising: housing means defining first and second spaced receptacles with each of the receptacles being adapted to hold a lens; means providing access to each of said receptacles for insertion and removal of a lens; means on said housing defining a recess for receiving and aligning a nozzle adapted to spray pressurized lens cleaning solution laterally from the nozzle as an incident of depression of the nozzle; and means on the housing defining flow passages extending between said recess and each of the receptacles, said passages being disposed to direct spray from said recess into each of the receptacles and against lenses held therein when the nozzle is aligned by said recess means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The holder of claim 3 wherein said recess is in the bottom of the housing between the receptacles.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
138 words
A contact lens treating structure comprising: housing means defining first and second spaced receptacles with each of the receptacles being adapted to hold a lens; means providing access to each of said receptacles for insertion and removal of a lens; means on said housing defining a recess for receiving and aligning a nozzle adapted to spray pressurized lens cleaning solution laterally from the nozzle as an incident of Depression of the nozzle; means on the housing defining flow passages extending between said recess and each of the receptacles, said passages being disposed to direct spray from said recess into each of the receptacles and against lenses held therein when the nozzle is aligned by said recess means; and a container of pressurized lens treating solution having an upwardly projecting pushbutton nozzle, said nozzle being received in said recess.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
138 words
A contact lens treating structure comprising: housing means defining first and second spaced receptacles with each of the receptacles being adapted to hold a lens; means providing access to each of said receptacles for insertion and removal of a lens; means on said housing defining a recess for receiving and aligning a nozzle adapted to spray pressurized lens cleaning solution laterally from the nozzle as an incident of Depression of the nozzle; means on the housing defining flow passages extending between said recess and each of the receptacles, said passages being disposed to direct spray from said recess into each of the receptacles and against lenses held therein when the nozzle is aligned by said recess means; and a container of pressurized lens treating solution having an upwardly projecting pushbutton nozzle, said nozzle being received in said recess.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
42 words
The contact lens treating structure as defined in claim 5 wherein said recess has a projection for aligning the nozzle with respect to each of said flow passages and the receptacles, and said nozzle pushbutton has slot means for receiving the projection.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
47 words
The contact lens treating structure as defined in claim 5 wherein said nozzle has a pair of spray outlets, and including means on said housing for locating the nozzle so that it directs solution simultaneously from said spray outlets into both the first and the second receptacles.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
The contact lens treating structure as defined in claim 7 wherein said locating means includes projections adjacent said opening.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
162 words
A contact lens holder and storage container combination, comprising: a contact lens holder having an intermediate portion and receptacles outwardly of said intermediate portion for separately securing and holding contact lenses, said receptacles being freely pervious to cleaning or storage solutions and the intermediate portion of said contact lens holder having intersecting passages communicating with said receptacles and opening outwardly of said holder, a storage container for said contact lens holder conforming in configuration to said holder and being just enough larger than said holder to receive the same therein with a minimal of clearance so as to reduce to a minimum the space available for solution, said storage container having a lid for closing the same so as to retain cleaning or storing solution therein, said lens holder, when the lid of said container is open, being freely removable from and totally dissociable from said container for further treatment of lenses contained in said holder as by rinsing under a faucet.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
162 words
A contact lens holder and storage container combination, comprising: a contact lens holder having an intermediate portion and receptacles outwardly of said intermediate portion for separately securing and holding contact lenses, said receptacles being freely pervious to cleaning or storage solutions and the intermediate portion of said contact lens holder having intersecting passages communicating with said receptacles and opening outwardly of said holder, a storage container for said contact lens holder conforming in configuration to said holder and being just enough larger than said holder to receive the same therein with a minimal of clearance so as to reduce to a minimum the space available for solution, said storage container having a lid for closing the same so as to retain cleaning or storing solution therein, said lens holder, when the lid of said container is open, being freely removable from and totally dissociable from said container for further treatment of lenses contained in said holder as by rinsing under a faucet.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
50 words
A contact lens holder and storage container combination as defined in claim 9 wherein one of the intersecting passages in the intermediate portion of said holder is a downwardly opening cylindrical recess, and said storage container has an upwardly projecting cylindrical locator receivable in the cylindrical recess in said holder.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1981-12-23 | 1982-06-24 | 1982-12-24 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1985-12-23 | 1986-06-24 | 1986-12-24 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |