Patent ID: 7624868

Claim:
A holder for a pipette, comprising: an elongated main body portion, said main body portion comprising a closed axial end and an open axial end, said main body portion having an interior space and having a length suitable for housing at least one pipette therein; a reducing insert, said reducing insert comprising a sleeve having an open end and a substantially closed end having a substantially flat inner surface, said sleeve sized and arranged such that said sleeve open end is received in said interior space of said main body portion through said open axial end, said substantially closed end of said sleeve having an aperture extending therethrough and communicating with said interior space, said aperture having a diameter sufficient for passage of only a single pipette therethrough at any one time, wherein said sleeve open end has a smaller diameter and said substantially closed end has a larger diameter such that said substantially closed end is not receivable in said main body portion open axial end; and a cap, said cap comprising a base portion and a seal portion, said base portion engageable with said open axial end of said main body portion, said seal portion being hingedly engaged with said base portion and movable relative to said base portion between an open position wherein said interior space of said main body portion communicates via said aperture with an environment exterior of said holder, and a closed position wherein said seal portion covers said aperture.