Patent ID: 11871822
Assignee: COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
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, an inner sidewall defining a bottom surface, a distal side, and a proximal side opposite the distal side, the proximal side being adjacent to the handle;
a flexible top contacting the body top surface around the perimeter of, and closing, the well, the flexible top having a peel tab contacting the body on the proximal side of the well, the flexible top being peelable away from the body by the peel tab to open the well; and
a deformable slider comprising a lens support, wherein the deformable slider is disposed between the body and the flexible top, and the deformable slider has an end that is connected to either the body top surface or the well at the proximal side of the well, adjacent to the handle, 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.