Patent ID: 7581943

Claim:
A contact lens mold section, comprising: a single, unitary mold section body comprising a first optical quality surface structured as a negative of an optical quality anterior surface of a contact lens, a substantially opposing second optical quality surface structured as a negative of an optical quality posterior surface of a contact lens, a flange region circumscribing the first and second optical quality surfaces, and an elongated region extending substantially radially outwardly from the flange region, the elongated region includes a first portion having a substantially uniform width and a second portion having a diverging width, the second portion being adjacent the flange region and being thinner than the first portion of the elongated region, the single, unitary mold section body being structured to be operatively coupled to an additional contact lens mold section body to form a contact lens mold assembly defining a contact lens shaped cavity between the single, unitary mold section body and the additional contact lens mold section body.