Contact lens package and storage case, holder, and system and method of making and using

US8069979B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• 1-800 Contacts, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Stephen D. Newman · Singapore, SG
• Jonathan Coon · Austin, US
• Kevin K. McCallum · Draper, US
• Bruce V. Christy, III · Draper, US
• Desmond C. S. Cheon · Singapore, SG
• Joanne Oliver · San Francisco, US
• Mark A. Zeh · Munich, DE
• Lynda Deakin · Oakland, US
• Rachel Wong · Chandler, US
• Jonah L. Houston · Sunnyvale, US
• Anthony J. Rossetti · San Jose, US
• John Ravitch · Oakland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 6, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S134/901
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A reusable holder for contact lens cases includes a base, at least one receptacle formed in the base configured to receive a contact lens case, and a time keeping device formed in the base. The time keeping device may include an indicator for the at least one receptacle that indicates a period of time that has lapsed since the contact lens case currently in the at least one receptacle was placed therein to denote a need to discard the contact lens case and a contact lens associated with the contact lens case.