Package for disposable pipette tips

A package of pipette tips comprising a first tray having a plurality of apertures through which pipette tips can project, a first group of tapered pipette tips projecting through the apertures of said first tray, each tip having abutment means projecting outwardly from the outer surface thereof to support the tip on said first tray so that a part of said tip projects through its associated aperture, a second tray having a plurality of apertures through which pipette tips can project, said second tray being supported above said first tray by said first group of pipette tips, a second group of tapered pipette tips projecting through the apertures of said second tray, each tip having abutment means projecting outwardly from the outer surface thereof to support the tip on said second tray so that a part of said tip projects through its associated aperture, the location of said abutment means and the taper of said pipette tips being such that the tips carried by said second tray project into but do not touch the internal walls of the tips carried by said first tray, carton means containing said stacked trays of pipette tips, said carton means having means to accommodate a member for removing pipette tips from frictional engagement with a pipette, and a tip removal member mounted on said carton means, said tip removal member having means mounting said member on said carton means and a rectangularly shaped open-ended slot for receiving the end of a pipette with a removable tip thereon, the thickness of said member at the bottom of said slot being greater than at the top of said slot.