US 11,980,265 B2
Blister package for contact lens
Sarah Almond, Southampton (GB); Carlos Ortiz, Pittsford, NY (US); Gary Hunt, Bristol (GB); Mike Nelson, Bristol (GB); Russell Beard, Bristol (GB); Hayley Maynard, Bristol (GB); Thomas Harkin, Bristol (GB); and Pauline Gavelle, Toulouse (FR)
Assigned to COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Fareham (GB)
Filed by CooperVision International Limited, Fareham (GB)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/579,622.
Application 17/579,622 is a continuation of application No. 16/737,937, filed on Jan. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,253,035.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/845,358, filed on May 9, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/795,288, filed on Jan. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142316 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A45C 11/04 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01); B65B 25/00 (2006.01); B65D 75/36 (2006.01); B65D 75/58 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 11/005 (2013.01) [B65B 25/008 (2013.01); B65D 75/366 (2013.01); B65D 75/58 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blister package for a contact lens, the blister package comprising:
a body, the body comprising a handle, a well connected to the handle, and a body top surface, the well having a perimeter and an inner sidewall defining a bottom surface;
a flexible top contacting the body top surface around the perimeter of, and closing, the well, the flexible top having a peel tab and being peelable away from the body to open the well; and
a deformable slider comprising a lens support, wherein the deformable slider is a unitary or multi-layer sheet of material and disposed between the body and the flexible top, the deformable slider is in a loose condition and the lens support is disposed in the well and adjacent the bottom surface, and the deformable slider is configured such that, by pulling the deformable slider, the lens support is lifted away from the bottom surface, wherein the blister package is configured such that, by peeling the flexible top away from the body, the deformable slider is pulled taut to a stretched-out position and the lens support is lifted away from the bottom surface.