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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1993
Rowland W Kanner, Guntersville, AL (US);
Stephen P Lisak, Arab, AL (US);
Ryder International Corporation, Arab, AL (US);
Abstract
A contact lens case includes a cup adapted to receive a quantity of disinfecting or cleaning solution and a cap removably closing the opening mouth of the cup. A lens support structure is associated with the cap and holds a pair of lenses within the cup. The lens support structure includes a base plate which supports one of a pair of the lenses on each side thereof and basket means pivotally connected to the base plate for enclosing the lenses in overlying position and maintaining the lenses on the base plate. A latch structure releasably maintains the basket means in the overlying position, and includes a flexible, integral extension peripherally formed on each basket means and is releasably retained in the overlying position by snap-fit against a hook member. Preferably, a pair of the flexible extensions are formed as vertically aligned and thinned tabs on opposing edges of each basket, which are snap-fit against a corresponding pair of hooks formed on each side of the lens support structure. The latches for each basket are paired to prevent any slippage of the lens from the correctly centered position on the base plate which could lead to pinching of the lens during snap-fit opening or closing of the respective basket.