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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Clarence Byram, Palm Coast, FL (US);
Gregory Scott Duncan, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Marlaine Gail Mills, Jacksonville, FL (US);
James Malcolm Peck, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Kenneth Kurt Pricer, Flemington, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53425 ; 53167 ; 2111261 ; 422297 ; 422302 ;
Abstract
A method and a support for supporting a package in a steam sterilizer, featuring support members configured and positioned to support only at least a portion of at least two opposed side edges, but not a side face, of the package. A diamond shape is particularly preferred for the support members as, when rotated at an angle, its facets provide line contact with appropriate side edges of the package.