Patent ID: 8596782

Claim:
A basket for holding an ophthalmic lens, the basket having a lattice structure, wherein said basket comprises a first and a second mating members, said first and second mating members having an ophthalmic lens contacting side and an ophthalmic lens non-contacting side, said first and second mating members forming a cavity when mated for receiving said ophthalmic lens, said cavity inhibiting inversion or rolling over of said ophthalmic lens when emplaced therein, wherein said ophthalmic lens contacting side of said lattice has sharp edges available for said ophthalmic lens to contact, and further wherein said sharp edges are thin lines radiating from the centers of said first and second mating members, wherein each of the thin lines have a thickness of about 1/10 mm or less, and wherein there are through-holes in the centers of said first and second mating members.