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US 6,318,548 B1Granted
Easily transported contact lens care kit
OwnerAaron T. Travisinventor
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Abstract
A portable contact lens and fluid storage kit comprising a generally conventional lens case adapted to receive a quick-detachable key ring attachment device so that the case may be carried with a set of keys or similar object worn or carried about a person in a convenient and hard to forget fashion. The key chain attachment device is easily detached so that the case may be separated from the keys and rested on a flat surface during contact lens insertion and removal.
Claims19
A combination contact lens case and connection mechanism comprising:
- two contact lens cups, each cup capable of storing or transporting a contact lens;
- a substantially planar lens case body joining the two cups;
- a connector comprising first and second rigid connector parts adapted to uniquely axially mate with one another, the first rigid connector part being integrated with the lens case so as to form a rigid, substantially planar extension of the lens case body, and the second rigid connector part separate from the lens case and releasably connected to the first connector part so as to form a removable rigid, substantially planar extension of the lens case body and first rigid connector part, wherein the second connector part includes a key chain adapter means for securing the second connector part to a key chain-type attachment on an object worn or carried about a person.
A contact lens case comprising:
- two contact lens cups, each cup capable of storing or transporting a contact lens;
- a lens case body joining the two cups;
- a connector integrated with the lens case, the connector comprising first and second connector parts, the first connector part comprising a part specially adapted to mate only with parts of the second connector part type, and the second connector part comprising a part specially adapted to mate only with parts of the first connector part type, the first and second connector parts being integrated with the lens case, and the second connector part being releasably locked to the first connector part, wherein the first connector part comprises one-half of a finger buckle-type connector and the second connector part comprises the second half of a finger buckle-type connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.