Contact lens dispensing apparatus
AssigneeBrigham Young University
InventorsLarry L. Howell, Spencer P. Magleby, Holly C. Greenberg, Samuel E. Wilding
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Abstract
In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a container for storing a contact lens where the container comprises a sealed removable lid configured to retain liquid within the container previous to unsealing and opening the sealed removable lid. The apparatus can also include a contact lens cradle configured to cradle a contact lens placed thereon and a lifting mechanism connected to the contact lens cradle and the sealed removable lid that lifts the contact lens cradle from a storage position within the container to a dispensing position above the container in response to opening the sealed removable lid of the container.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a container for storing a contact lens, the container comprising a sealed removable lid configured to retain liquid within the container previous to unsealing and opening the sealed removable lid;
- a contact lens cradle configured to cradle a contact lens placed thereon;
- a lifting mechanism connected to the contact lens cradle and the sealed removable lid that lifts the contact lens cradle from a storage position within the container to a dispensing position above the container in response to opening the sealed removable lid of the container;
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- wherein the lifting mechanism and the contact lens cradle are integrally formed from a planar sheet of material and the contact lens cradle comprises a void that enables a user to contact the contact lens with an upward facing index finger placed below the cradle and slide the contact lens off of the cradle when the cradle is in the dispensing position.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for storing a contact lens, the means for storing comprising a sealed removable lid;
- means for cradling a contact lens placed thereon;
- means for lifting connected to the means for cradling and the sealed removable lid, the means for lifting configured to lift the means for cradling from a storage position within the means for storing to a dispensing position above the means for storing in response to opening the sealed removable lid;
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- wherein the means for lifting and the means for cradling are integrally formed from a planar sheet of material and the means for cradling comprises a void that enables a user to contact the contact lens with an upward facing index finger placed below the means for cradling and slide the contact lens off the means for cradling when the means for cradling is in the dispensing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.