IL300125A - Contact lens package - Google Patents

Description

CONTACT LENS PACKAGE TECHNOLOGICAL FIELD The present disclosure is concerned with a contact lens container. More particularly, the disclosure is directed to a blister type package for storing and dispensing a contact lens.

BACKGROUND ART A wide variety of disclosures directed to contact lens blister packages are known in the art. References considered to be relevant as background to the presently disclosed subject matter are listed below: - US 5,695,0- US 7,086,5- US 8,833,5- US 202002295 BACKGROUND US 5,695,049 discloses a contact lens container comprising an integrally molded one-piece synthetic resin receptacle providing a well having a peripheral wall with a bottom portion, and a flange extending about the periphery of the upper end of the well. The bottom portion has a generally concave inner surface for seating a contact lens thereon and is being relatively rigid. The peripheral wall of the well has an annular, resiliently deflectable inversion portion above the bottom portion, and it is invertible to position the bottom portion of the well above the plane of the flange. Pressing upwardly against the bottom portion of the well inverts the inversion portion of the well and dispose the bottom portion with the lens thereon above the plane of the flange. The receptacle is moved against the eye of the user to place the lens against the cornea and thereby cause the lens to seat thereon. US 7086526 discloses a contact lens package containing a contact lens in a compressed state. In one exemplary embodiment, the overall internal depth of the package is less than the natural sagittal depth of the contact lens. Different single-use contact lens package shapes and configurations may be used. In some embodiments, a spring disc is included in the packages to help present the contact lens to the user when the package is opened. The contact lens packages may be adhered or clipped to a card or other carrier sheet, and may be housed in a number of different secondary packages. US 8,833,548 discloses a contact lens blister package comprises a body. The body has an opening and an inner space where the contact lens is housed. The contact lens has a convex surface that is corresponded to the body opposite from the opening, so that the contact lens is pushed forward to the opening by a finger and the body is turned inside out and transformed to form a protective sheath that is temporarily worn on the finger as the contact lens is placed onto the wearer's eye. US 20200229562 discloses a blister package for a contact lens is provided and has a body and a seal. The body includes a handle and a deformable bowl. The seal seals the deformable bowl at a bowl top opening. The handle includes a lateral portion and an end portion. The end portion curves downwardly to a distal end that terminates at a plane. The bowl is recessed from the top surface of the body and the outer bottom surface of the bowl is arranged substantially on the same plane as the distal end of the handle. The design provides leverage in holding the blister package while a user deforms and inverts the bowl into a dome, presenting a contact lens on top of the dome in position for direct transfer to a person's finger or for application directly on an eye without the need for any finger contact. Acknowledgement of the above references herein is not to be inferred as meaning that these are in any way relevant to the patentability of the presently disclosed subject matter.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION A contact lens package comprising a housing configured with a liquid- impermeable well-like reservoir portion, a removable lid configured for sealing the reservoir portion at a dispensing edge thereof; a concave lens support extending within the reservoir portion; a lens retainer extending from an inside surface of the lid and having a convex shape which at a sealed position of the lid is coaxially disposed with respect to the lens support, with a lens storage gap extending between the lens support and the lens retainer; wherein said reservoir portion is deformable between a storage position at which the lens support extends within the reservoir portion, below said dispensing edge, and a dispensing position at which the reservoir portion is inverted inside out, wherein the lens support at least partially extends above said dispensing edge. The arrangement is such that at the storage position a contact lens is received within the reservoir portion, supported within the lens storage gap and fully immersed in a storage solution, wherein only upon removing the lid from the dispensing edge the reservoir portion can be deformed into the dispensing position by applying pressure thereto from a bottom outside thereof, whereby the contact lens is displayed in a ready-to-apply position. At the storage position said reservoir portion is received within the housing, and at the dispensing position it is inverted and projects at least partially, from the housing. The disclosure thus offers a contact lens storage package, designed for facilitating hands-free contact lens wearing. The contact lens package is configured for storing and readily displaying for dispensing of any type of contact lens, namely hard/soft contact lens. According to particular embodiments of the disclosure, at least a segment of the reservoir portion has a tapering cross section. According to a configuration of the disclosure, the contact lens package is further configured with a liquid drain, wherein inverting the reservoir portion results in liquid accumulating at said liquid drain, thereby avoiding liquid spillage. The arrangement is such that the liquid drain is configured for absorbing the entire amount of liquid initially received within the reservoir portion. Any one or more of the following features, designs and configurations can be associated with any one or more of the aspects of the present disclosure, individually or in various combinations thereof: ● The liquid drain can be any one or more of a reservoir, an absorbent agent, and an absorbing material; ● The liquid drain can have an effective liquid absorbing capacity similar with the volume of a storage solution received within a sealed contact lens package; ● The housing can be configured with a gutter arrangement for directing liquid from the inverted reservoir portion to the liquid drain upon inverting the reservoir portion into the dispensing position; ● The package can be a blister-type pack; ● The reservoir portion can be made of flexible or elastic material; ● The reservoir portion can be configured with a plurality of annular steps or ribs; ● The tapering segment of the reservoir portion can diminish smoothly or in a stepped fashion; ● The tapering segment of the reservoir portion can diminish linearly or curved; ● The tapering segment of the reservoir portion can have a uniform diminishing diameter/length ratio; ● The tapering segment of the reservoir portion can have altering thickness sections; ● A portion of the housing external to the reservoir portion can be rigid; ● The rigid portion of the housing can be configured at a bottom face thereof with a manipulating access portion, for applying pressure to a bottom face of the reservoir portion, to facilitate inverting the reservoir portion into the dispensing position; ● The manipulating access portion can be sized and shape to facilitate manipulating the reservoir portion by an individual’s finger; ● The lens retainer, at the sealed position of the lid, at least partially projects into the lens support; ● The lens storage gap can be configured to follow the contour of a contact lens; ● The diameter of the contact lens DL can be greater than the diameter of the lens support LS (DL > LS); ● The diameter of the contact lens DL can be less than the diameter of the lens retainer LR (DL > LR); ● The height of the lens support HS can be less than the height of the contact lens HL (HL < HS); ● The height of the lens retainer HR can be greater than the height of the contact lens HL (HL < HR); ● The radius of curvature of the lens retainer and of the lens support can be similar, whereby the lens storage gap has a uniform width; ● One or both of the lens retainer and the lens support can be made of, or coated with an anti-adhering coating, to prevent adherence of a contact lens to thereto; ● One or both of the lens support and the lens retainer can be configured with a non-smooth surface, configured to reduce lens adherence thereto; ● Once the contact lens package is opened and the reservoir portion is disposed into its dispensing position, the contact lens can remain supported by the lens support, even when tilted, to facilitate applying the contact lens into a user’s eye; ● One or both of the lens support and the lens retainer can be configured with drain apertures; ● One or both of the lens support and the lens retainer can be formed with a grid portion; ● The lens support can be a perforated base portion of the reservoir portion, integral with the housing, and wherein a sealing layer is applied at a bottom face of the housing; ● The lens support is spaced from the lens retainer such that the lens storage gap is sufficiently wide to avoid distortion or tensioning of a contact lens disposed at the lens storage gap; ● The removable lid can be a peal-away foil; ● The peal-away foil can be laminated at least at an inside face thereof, rendering the lid fluid impermeable; ● The removable lid can be a cap-type closure; ● The lens retainer can be integrally formed, or integrated with an inside face of the removable lid; ● The lens support can integrally extend from a wall of the reservoir portion; ● The reservoir portion can be configured to spontaneously displace into the dispensing position upon removing the lid; ● The contact lens package can be stacked over a like contact lens package; ● A stack of like contact lens packages can be attached with one another by a manipulating band configured for securing the contact lens packages to one another at a detachable manner and facilitating change of orientation of at least a duty contact lens package with respect to next in line contact lens package: ● The housing can be made of a molded thermoplastic polymer; ● The housing is configured with a manipulating access portion sized and shaped to facilitate manipulating the reservoir portion by a user’s finger or by aid of a device configured for that purpose.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to better understand the subject matter that is disclosed herein and to exemplify how it may be carried out in practice, embodiments will now be described, by way of non-limiting example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Fig. 1Ais a perspective view of a contact lens package according to an example of the disclosure, the package at a closed, storage position; Fig. 1Bis a schematic perspective sectioned view of the contact lens package of Fig. 1A; Fig. 1C is a planar view of Fig. 1B; Fig. 2Ais a perspective view of the contact lens package of Fig. 1A, at an open position, prior to a dispensing position; Fig. 2Bis a perspective view of the contact lens package of Fig. 2A, at a dispensing position; Fig. 3Ais a schematic illustration of Fig. 2B; Fig. 3B is an enlargement of Fig. 3A; Fig. 4A is a top perspective view of a lens support according to an example of the disclosure, at a collapsed, storage position; Fig. 4B illustrates the lens support of Fig. 4B at a dispensing position, supporting a contact lens; Fig. 5Ais a schematic sectioned side view of a contact lens package according to an embodiment of the disclosure, configured with a liquid drain, the package at its storage position; Fig. 5Billustrates the contact lens package of Fig. 5A, at the dispensing position; Fig. 5C schematically illustrates contact lens package at a dispensing position, configured with a liquid drain according to a different embodiment; Figs. 6Ato 6Fare schematic images illustrating modifications of a contact lens container according to the present disclosure; Fig. 7A schematically illustrates a contact lens packages according to yet an embodiment of the disclosure, at a storage position; Fig. 7B is an exploded view of Fig. 7A; Fig. 7C is a schematic side, sectioned view of the lens support according to the example of Figs. 7A and 7B, at a dispensing position; Fig. 8A is an example of a reusable contact lens package; Fig. 8B is an example of a reusable case type contact lens container; and Fig. 9 illustrates how a contact lens is applied to a user’s eye directly from a contact lens package according to an example of the disclosure; Fig. 10 illustrates a stack of contact lens packages according to the disclosure; DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Attention is first directed to Figs. 1A to 3 of the drawings illustrating a contact lens package generally designated 10 , which according to the illustrated example is a disposable blister package configured for accommodating and dispensing a single contact lens. It is however appreciated that embodiments of the present disclosure can be directed to a case type contact lens container, for holding one or two contact lenses, and said case can be disposable or not, however following the principals of the disclosure as discussed herein. Examples of such contact lens packages 180 and 200 are illustrated in Figs. 8A and 8B, to be discussed hereinafter. Reverting to Figs. 1A to 3, the contact lens package 10 comprises a housing 12 configured with a liquid - impermeable well-like reservoir portion 14 . The housing 12 is made of a substantially rigid material, typically an injection molded thermoplastic polymer (e.g., Polypropylene, PET, etc. The housing 10 comprises support legs s , for supporting the package 10 over a surface and configured for stackable over like containers 10i – 10n as illustrated in Fig. 11, wherein the containers are detachably attached to one another by a band B adhesively attached to side walls of the containers 10 . The reservoir portion 14 is deformable between a storage position, at which it is substantially received within the housing (e.g., Figs. 1A, 1B, 1C and 2A), and a dispensing position at which the reservoir portion is inverted inside out and projects from the housing (e.g., Figs. 2B and 3).

Flexibility of the reservoir portion 14 is imparted by manufacturing same from of flexible or elastic material. Alternatively, or in combination, deformability of the reservoir portion 14 can be imparted thereto by applying mechanical properties as will be discussed hereinafter with reference to Figs. 6A to 6F. Integrally configured, at a bottom of an inside of the reservoir portion 14 , there is a concave lens support 20 . It is however appreciated, that rather than being integral with the reservoir portion 14 , the lens holder can be integrated therewith, for example by articulating a lens holder of the type illustrated in Figs. 4A and 4B, as will be discussed hereinafter. Hence, at the storage position the lens support 20 extends within the reservoir portion 14 and below a dispensing edge 26 of the reservoir portion 14 , and at the dispensing position the lens support 20 at least partially extends above said dispensing edge 26 . The reservoir portion 14 (as well as the entire housing according to the illustrated example) is liquid impermeable, and a removable lid 24 is detachably applied over the dispensing edge 26 of the reservoir portion 14 . In the particular example the lid 24 is a laminated foil adhesively applied over the dispensing edge 26 , with a lifting tab s for easy peeling thereof. A convex lens retainer 30 is configured at an inside (bottom) face of the lid 24 . The lens retainer 30 is a bulging member, whereby when the lid is sealingly attached over the dispensing edge 26 of the reservoir portion 14 , lens retainer 30 is coaxially disposed with respect to the lens support 20 , and there extends a lens storage gap G between the concave lens support 20 and the lens retainer 30 . At the sealed position, the lens retainer at least partially projects into the lens support, and wherein the lens storage gap Gis configured such that it loosely accommodates a contact lens Creceived therein, and wherein said gap is configured to follow the contour of a contact lens C . Furthermore, according to a particular configuration of the disclosure, the following ratios apply (Fig. 3B): the diameter of the contact lens DL is greater than the diameter of the lens support LS ( DL > LS ); the diameter of the contact lens DL is less than the diameter of the lens retainer LR ( DL > LR ); the height of the lens support HS is less than the height of the contact lens HL ( HL < HS ); the height of the lens retainer HR is greater than the height of the contact lens HL ( HL < HR ); and the radius of curvature R of the lens retainer and of the lens support are similar, whereby the lens storage gap G has a uniform width.

In use, when the contact lens package 10 is at storage position, the reservoir portion 14 is at its undeformed position (at a well-like shape), and a contact lens C is received in the gap G extending between the lens retainer 30 and the lens support 20 , with a storage solution filling the reservoir portion 14 . When the lens is to be worn, the lid 24 is pealed by lifting tab 25 (at least partially, so as to expose the reservoir portion 14 ), with the contact lens C remaining over the lens support 20(owing to surface tension forces therebetween) and then, by applying force to a bottom face of the reservoir portion 14 in direction of arrow F (Fig. 3A) the reservoir portion 14 is inverted into the dispensing position, at which the contact lens C is disposed above the dispensing edge 26 of the housing 12 , (e.g. Fig. 3A) ready for applying to a user’s eye E , as presented for example in Fig. 10, in a hands-free manner. Further attention is now directed to Figs. 5A to 5C. As mentioned above, the contact lens C is preserved in a storage solution occupying the volume of the reservoir portion 14 . It is thus desired that upon opening the lid 24 and inverting the reservoir portion 14 into the dispensing position, said storage solution be drained to avoid spillage thereof. For this purpose, the contact lens package 10 is further configured with a liquid drain, for absorbing said liquid. The arrangement is such that the liquid drain is configured for absorbing the entire amount of liquid initially received within the reservoir portion. In the example of Fig. 5A the contact lens package 10 is at the storage/sealed/closed position, and a liquid drain 60 in the form of an absorbing agent (e.g., hygroscopic material) or sponge like absorbing member is sealed form the liquid 62 within the reservoir portion 14 by a film 64 , which ruptures upon deforming the reservoir portion 14 into the dispensing position (Fig. 5B). A plurality of gutter-like channels 68 extend along the reservoir portion 14,for directing liquid from the inverted reservoir portion to the liquid drain 60 upon inverting the reservoir portion. Once deformed, the liquid drains 60 extends at a bottom of the inverted reservoir portion 14 (near the dispensing edge 26 ), whereby the liquids flow to said absorbing member 60 and accumulate there without spilling from the contact lens package 10 . Yet an example of a drain arrangement is illustrated in Fig. 5C, showing a contact lens package 10 at the dispensing position, and wherein a plurality of gutter-like channels 74 extend along the reservoir portion 14 towards a peripheric liquid trap 76 . Turning now to Figures 6A to 6F, several modifications of the disclosure are illustrated.

The contact lens package 70 seen in Fig. 6A has a hemispheric well-like reservoir portion 72 with a smooth side wall, in Fig. 6C the contact lens package 78 has a frustoconical cross sectioned well-like reservoir portion 80 with a smooth side wall, and in Fig. 6E the contact lens package 84 has a tapering cross section with annular ribs 88 . The arrangement for all illustrated reservoir portions is similar, namely they invert inside out once external force F is applied from bellow, into the dispensing position, as discussed hereinbefore, wherein applying pressure is applied through a manipulating access portion 17 (Fig. 1B) at a bottom face of the reservoir portion, to facilitate inverting the reservoir portion into the dispensing position. It is appreciated that the manipulating access portion 17is sized and shaped to facilitate manipulating the reservoir portion 14by a user’s finger or by aid of a device configured for that purpose. Fig. 6B illustrates the contact lens package 70 of Fig. 6A at an open, dispensing position, wherein the gutter-like channels 68 are noted over the inverted a hemispheric reservoir portion 72 . It is further noted that the lens retainer 90 is configured with a plurality of depressions or apertures 92 . Fig. 6D illustrates the contact lens package 78 of Fig. 6C at an open, dispensing position, wherein the gutter-like channels 92 are noted over the inverted a frustoconical reservoir portion 80 . It is further noted that the lens retainer 98 is configured with a plurality of ribs or slots 100 . Fig. 6F illustrates the contact lens package 84 of Fig. 6E at an open, dispensing position, wherein the gutter-like channels 104 are noted over the inverted reservoir portion 86 . It is further noted that the lens retainer 106 is configured with a plurality of bulges 108 . In Figs. 4A and 4B there is illustrated a different embodiment of a lens support member generally designated 110 , formed as a resilient wire-frame structure made for example of metal or plastic material. The lens support member 110 comprises an annular base portion 112 from which there integrally extends a wired lens support 114 (with a contact lens C positioned over the inverted lens support of Fig. 4B). The base portion 112 can be inserted and secured at the base of the reservoir portion. In Fig. 2B the contact lens blister package 10 of Fig. 1A is illustrated at the dispensing position, with the contact lens C at a ready to apply position. With further refence to Figs. 8A and 8B of the drawings, yet an embodiment of the disclosure is illustrated. The contact lens package 120 comprises a housing 122 with an integrally formed resilient inverted dome-shaped well-like reservoir portion 124 . reservoir portion 124 comprises a plurality of apertures 128 , with a seal layer 132 configured below said reservoir portion 124 . The contact lens package 120 further comprises a lid 140 with a lens retainer 142 at an inside face thereof. The arrangement is similar with previously discussed configurations, however wherein upon inverting the reservoir portion 124 a liquid drain space 150 extends between the bottom face of the inverted reservoir portion 124 and the seal layer 132 , where liquid flows into the space 150 through apertures 128 . As mentioned hereinabove, a contact lens package according to the present disclosure can be a blister or a hard pack, disposable or not. In Fig. 8A there is illustrated a contact lens case 180 with two lens compartments 182A and 182B , the former illustrated at an open dispensing position. Each of the lens compartments 182A and 182B is configured with a re-closable cap 184 having a lens retention element 186 , with an invertible lens support 188 within the reservoir portion 192 . Operation of the lens compartments 182A and 182B is similar with the disclosure of embodiments hereinbefore, with reference made thereto. Yet a modification of the disclosure is illustrated in Fig. 8B directed to a contact lens case 200 with two lens compartments 202A and 202B , the former illustrated at an open dispensing position. Each of the lens compartments 202A and 202B is configured with a re-closable cap 204 having a lens retention element 206 , screw-coupled for sealing a reservoir portion 208. Thereservoir portion 208is configured with an invertible lens support 208 as discussed herein above. Operation of the lens compartments 182A and 182B is similar with the disclosure of embodiments hereinbefore, with reference made thereto.

Claims (39)

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1. A contact lens package comprising a housing configured with a liquid- impermeable well-like reservoir portion, a removable lid configured for sealing the reservoir portion at a dispensing edge thereof; a concave lens support extending within the reservoir portion; a lens retainer extending from an inside surface of the lid and having a convex shape which at a sealed position of the lid is coaxially disposed with respect to the lens support, with a lens storage gap extending between the lens support and the lens retainer; wherein said reservoir portion is deformable between a storage position at which the lens support extends within the reservoir portion, below said dispensing edge, and a dispensing position at which the reservoir portion is inverted inside out, wherein the lens support at least partially extends above said dispensing edge.

2. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein at the storage position a contact lens is receivable within the reservoir portion, supported within the lens storage gap and fully immersed in a storage solution, wherein only upon removing the lid from the dispensing edge the reservoir portion can be deformed into the dispensing position by applying pressure thereto from a bottom outside thereof, whereby the contact lens is displayed in a ready-to-apply position.

3. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein at the storage position the reservoir portion is received within the housing, and at the dispensing position it is inverted and projects at least partially, from the housing.

4. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein at least a segment of the reservoir portion has a tapering cross section.

5. The contact lens package of claim 1, further configured with a liquid drain, wherein inverting the reservoir portion results in liquid accumulating at said liquid drain, thereby avoiding liquid spillage.

6. The contact lens package of claim 5, wherein the liquid drain is configured for absorbing the entire amount of liquid initially received within the reservoir portion.

7. The contact lens package of claim 5, wherein the liquid drain is any one or more of a reservoir, an absorbent agent, and an absorbing material.

8. The contact lens package of claim 5, wherein the liquid drain has an effective liquid absorbing capacity similar with the volume of a storage solution received within a sealed contact lens package. - 13 -

9. The contact lens package of claim 5, wherein the housing is configured with a gutter arrangement for directing liquid from the inverted reservoir portion to the liquid drain upon inverting the reservoir portion into the dispensing position.

10. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the package is a blister-type pack.

11. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the reservoir portion is made of flexible or elastic material.

12. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the reservoir portion is configured with a plurality of annular steps or ribs.

13. The contact lens package of claim 4, wherein the tapering segment of the reservoir portion diminishes smoothly or in a stepped fashion.

14. The contact lens package of claim 4, wherein the tapering segment of the reservoir portion diminishes linearly or curved.

15. The contact lens package of claim 4, wherein the tapering segment of the reservoir portion has a uniform diminishing diameter/length ratio.

16. The contact lens package of claim 4, wherein the tapering segment of the reservoir portion has altering thickness sections.

17. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein a portion of the housing external to the reservoir portion is rigid.

18. The contact lens package of claim 17, wherein the rigid portion of the housing is configured at a bottom face thereof with a manipulating access portion, for applying pressure to a bottom face of the reservoir portion, to facilitate inverting the reservoir portion into the dispensing position.

19. The contact lens package of claim 18, wherein the manipulating access portion can be sized and shape to facilitate manipulating the reservoir portion by an individual’s finger.

20. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the lens retainer, at the sealed position of the lid, at least partially projects into the lens support.

21. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the lens storage gap is configured to follow the contour of a contact lens.

22. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the diameter of the contact lens DL can be greater than the diameter of the lens support LS (DL > LS).

23. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the diameter of the contact lens DL can be less than the diameter of the lens retainer LR (DL > LR). - 14 -

24. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the height of the lens support HS can be less than the height of the contact lens HL (HL < HS).

25. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the height of the lens retainer HR can be greater than the height of the contact lens HL (HL < HR).

26. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the radius of curvature of the lens retainer and of the lens support can be similar, whereby the lens storage gap has a uniform width.

27. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the one or both of the lens retainer and the lens support can be made of, or coated with an anti-adhering coating, to prevent adherence of a contact lens to thereto .

28. The contact lens package of claim 27, wherein the one or both of the lens support and the lens retainer can be configured with a non-smooth surface, configured to reduce lens adherence thereto.

29. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein once the contact lens package is opened and the reservoir portion is disposed into its dispensing position, the contact lens remains supported by the lens support by surface tension forces, even when tilted, to facilitate applying the contact lens into a user’s eye.

30. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein one or both of the lens support and the lens retainer are configured with drain apertures.

31. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein one or both of the lens support and the lens retainer are formed with a grid portion.

32. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the lens support is a perforated base portion of the reservoir portion, integral with the housing, and wherein a sealing layer is applied at a bottom face of the housing.

33. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the lens support is spaced from the lens retainer such that the lens storage gap is sufficiently wide to avoid distortion or tensioning of a contact lens disposed at the lens storage gap.

34. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the removable lid is a peal-away foil.

35. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the lens retainer is integrally formed, or integrated with an inside face of the removable lid.

36. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the lens support integrally extends from a wall of the reservoir portion. - 15 -

37. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the reservoir portion is configured to spontaneously displace into the dispensing position upon removing the lid.

38. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein the contact lens package is stackable over a like contact lens package.

39. The contact lens package of claim 1, wherein a stack of like contact lens packages can be attached with one another by a manipulating band configured for securing the contact lens packages to one another at a detachable manner and facilitating change of orientation of at least a duty contact lens package with respect to next in line contact lens package.