Contact lens package with insertion feature

A method for storing and inserting a contact lens into the eye comprising:

• (a) providing a contact lens receptacle comprising an integrally molded one-piece synthetic resin receptacle providing a well having a peripheral wall terminating in a bottom portion, and a flange extending about the periphery of the upper end of said peripheral wall, said bottom portion having a generally concave inner surface for seating a contact lens thereon and being relatively rigid, said peripheral wall of said well having an annular resiliently deflectable annular inversion portion above said bottom portion, said inversion portion being invertible to position said bottom portion of said well above the plane of said flange;
• (b) placing a contact lens on said seating surface of said well and a saline solution in said well;
• (c) placing a closure on said receptacle to seal said well and retain said contact lens and saline solution therein;
• (d) removing said closure;
• (e) pressing upwardly against said bottom portion of said well to invert said inversion portion of said well and dispose said bottom portion with said lens thereon above the plane of said flange;
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• (f) moving said receptacle against the eye of the user to place said lens against the cornea and thereby cause said lens to seat thereon.