Contact lens dispensing system
OwnerPeter Jepsoninventor
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Abstract
A contact lens dispensing unit includes a left upright member and a right upright member. Each upright member has a top end and an opposite bottom end and defines a channel therein that is capable of receiving therein a stacked plurality of prepackaged contact lenses. Each upright member also defines an opening through which a prepackaged contact lens may pass. An attachment device that facilitates securing the dispensing unit to a wall is coupled to the back. In a packaging system for contact lenses, a plurality of sterile sealed contact lens packets, each holding a contact lens, is disposed in a row. Each packet in the row is joined to at least one adjacent packet and is separated by a serration.
Claims12
A contact lens dispensing unit having a top, an opposite bottom, a front and an opposite back, comprising:
- a. a left upright member having a left top end and an opposite left bottom end, the left upright member defining a left channel therein that is capable of receiving therein a stacked plurality of prepackaged contact lenses, the left upright member also defining a left opening, adjacent the front and the left bottom end, through which a prepackaged contact lens may pass;
- b. a right upright member having a right top end and an opposite right bottom end, the right upright member defining a right channel therein that is capable of receiving therein a stacked plurality of prepackaged contact lenses, the right upright member also defining a right opening, adjacent the front and right bottom end, through which a prepackaged contact lens may pass, the right upright member being adjacent to the left upright member so that when viewed from the front, the right upright member is to the right of the left upright member;
- and C. an attachment device, coupled to the back, that is capable of securing the dispensing unit to a wall.
A contact lens dispensing unit having a top, an opposite bottom, a front and an opposite back, comprising:
- a. an elongated container having a front wall and an opposite back wall, defining a chamber therein, the front wall defining a left opening and a spaced-apart right opening, the left opening and the right opening each having a size sufficient to allow a contact lens package to pass therethrough;
- b. an upright divider wall disposed within the chamber so as to divide the chamber into a left channel, opening to the left opening, and a right channel, opening to the right opening;
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- c. a latitudinal floor, disposed adjacent the bottom of the elongated container, that is capable of supporting a plurality of contact lens packages.
A method of dispensing contact lenses, comprising the steps of:
- a. packaging a plurality of left-eye contact lenses in a corresponding plurality of left disposable sealed packets so that each left disposable sealed packet contains a single contact lens that is adapted for use in a user's left eye;
- b. packaging a plurality of right-eye contact lenses in a corresponding plurality of right disposable sealed packets so that each right disposable sealed packet contains a single contact lens that is adapted for use in the user's right eye;
- c. disposing the plurality of left disposable sealed packets in a left channel defined by a container;
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- d. disposing the plurality of right disposable sealed packets in a right channel defined by the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.