Patent ID: 7938255

Claim:
A contact lens package, comprising: a container member, said container member defining a cavity; a flexible top sheet member coupled to a top surface of said container member to seal said cavity; an unused soft contact lens disposed in said cavity, said contact lens having a convex front surface and a concave back surface; and an internal member disposed in said cavity such that said front surface of said contact lens is oriented toward and adjacent to said top sheet and said back surface of said contact lens is adjacent to said internal member; wherein said internal member includes one of a sponge member and a foam member, said internal member being sized to be compressed in said cavity when said top sheet member is sealed to said container member and is configured to expand and engage said rear surface of said contact lens to translate at least a portion of said contact lens above said top surface of said container member when said top sheet member is at least partially removed from said top surface of said container member.