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US 5,016,749 AGranted
Eyeglass and contact lens holder
OwnerKenneth Kaye, Barbara Kayeinventors
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Abstract
A device for simultaneously carrying spectacles and contact lenses which includes a hollow open base for containing the spectacles, the base further containing a contact lens case secured to an interior surface thereof for containing a pair of contact lenses. A lid is hingedly connected to the base for covering the opening therein and may support a mirror affixed thereto to assist in installing or removing the contact lenses.
Claims12
A carrying case for spectacles and contact lenses which comprises:
- (a) a hollow open base for containing said spectacles;
- (b) a partial partition affixed to the interior of said hollow base which divides said base into an open anterior and an open posterior compartment, said posterior compartment receiving the lens frame portion of said spectacles and said anterior compartment accommodating the earhorns of said spectacles;
- (c) a pair of contact lens cups affixed to the surface of said partition facing said anterior compartment, said lens cups for holding at least a pair of contact lenses in a liquid solution;
- (d) a lid hingedly connected to said base for covering said open base.
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A carrying case for spectacles and contact lenses which comprises:
- (a) a hollow open base for containing said spectacles;
- (b) a contact lens case secured to an interior surface of said base for containing said contact lenses;
- (c) a plinth interposed between said base and said lens case for spacing said lens case away from said base a distance approximating the thickness of the lens frame portion of said spectacles whereby said lens frame portion is captured between said base and said lens case when said spectacles are stored in said case and wherein said plinth has a cross-sectional shape substantially complimentary to the shape of the nose bridge portion of said glasses whereby said nose bridge fits snugly over said plinth when said spectacles are stored in said case.
A carrying case for spectacles and contact lenses which comprises:
- (a) a hollow open base for containing said spectacles;
- (b) a contact lens case secured to an interior surface of said base for containing said contact lenses;
- (c) a plinth interposed between said base and said lens case for spacing said lens case away form said base a distance approximating the thickness of the lens frame portion of said spectacles whereby said lens frame portion is captured between said base and said lens case when said spectacles are stored in said case and wherein said lens case is removably affixed to said base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.