Assay kit including an analyte test strip and a color comparator

A test means comprising:

• (a) test strip which includes an inert support and a sample receptive medium comprising a dry chemistry reagent system specific for an analyte of interest which upon interaction with said analyte produces a characteristic color indicative of an assay value of said analyte of interest, said receptive medium being positioned on said test strip so as to be bordered on one or more sides by said inert support;
• (b) a color comparator comprising a folder having a back panel, a closely-spaced front panel, and an adhesive-free space therebetween, said front panel, including a plurality of different color fields representing a range of assay values physically arranged in a predetermined ordered succession for comparison with the color of the sample receptive medium of the test strip, each successive field connoting a different numerical assay value, each of said color fields having an aperture which permits viewing therethrough of at least a portion of a reaction zone of the sample receptive medium after said analyte has reacted to produce a color therein;
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• (c) means for positioning said test strip between said front panel and said back panel and relative to the aperture of each of said color fields so as to mask from view the inert support which borders the reaction zone of the sample receptive medium.

A test means comprising:

• (a) a test strip which includes an inert support and a sample receptive medium comprising a dry chemistry reagent system specific for an analyte of interest which upon interaction with said analyte produces a characteristic color indicative of an assay value of said analyte of interest, said receptive medium being positioned on said test strip so as to be bordered on one or more sides by said inert support;
• (b) a container and a label wrapped around and adhered to the outside surface of said container, said label having a distal panel on one side thereof overlapping a proximal panel on the other side thereof, and an adhesive-free space therebetween,
• (c) a color comparator, comprising said overlapping distal panel and said overlapped proximal panel, said overlapping distal panel including a plurality of different color fields representing a range of assay values physically arranged in a predetermined ordered succession for comparison with the color of the sample receptive medium of the test strip, each successive field connoting a different numerical assay value, each of said color fields having an aperture which permits viewing therethrough of at least a portion of a reaction zone of the sample receptive medium after said analyte has reacted to produce a color therein;
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• (d) means for positioning said test strip between said distal panel and said proximal panel and relative to the aperture of each of said color fields so as to mask from view the inert support which borders the reaction zone of the sample receptive medium.