Patent ID: 8069979

Claim:
A reusable holder for a fully enclosed contact lens case comprising: a base; at least one receptacle formed in said base configured to receive a contact lens case; and a time keeping device formed in said base; wherein the time keeping device comprises an indicator for said at least one receptacle that indicates a period of time that has elapsed since the contact lens case currently in the at least one receptacle was placed therein to denote a need to discard said contact lens case and a contact lens associated with said contact lens case; and further comprising at least one fully enclosed contact lens case; wherein the fully enclosed contact lens case includes a bottom member having a fluid retaining well with a generally concave shape and a top sealing member, the top sealing member and the bottom member defining a fluid tight lens reception cavity; wherein said at least one receptacle configured to receive a contact lens case is a contact lens case reception orifice defined by said base configured to receive said contact lens case in said at least one receptacle; and an actuator configured to be triggered to reset said time keeping device when a contact lens case is received in said at least one receptacle.