Patent Application
20180344520
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The disclosure and prior art relates to contact lens application devices and more particularly pertains to a new contact lens application device for assisting a person in positioning a contact lens on their eye.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising an applicator comprising a tube that has a top end and a bottom end. The top end is concavely shaped and this shape allows the top end to receive a contact lens. A central portion of the top end has a well therein extending downwardly toward the bottom end.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A peripheral surface 30 of the upper portion 22 may flare outwardly from the top end 16 to the central portion 24. The upper portion 22 may further comprise a resiliently flexible material such as an elastomer including rubbers, synthetic rubbers and silicon materials. If flared, the upper portion 22 extends outwardly from an outer surface 32 of the central portion 24 such that an upper shoulder 34 is defined between the upper 22 and central 24 portions. The upper portion 22 may be removably coupled to the central portion 24 either with threading or by friction fit. This will allow the upper portion 22 to be replaced for cleaning, as it wears or if its size is to be altered. Multiple ones of the upper portions 22 may be provided as shown in
The bottom portion 26 has a greater diameter than the central portion 24 such that a lower shoulder 36 is defined between the central portion 24 and the lower portion 26. The lower 36 and upper 34 shoulders provide better gripping for the user of the applicator 12. The applicator 12 has a length from the bottom end 18 to the top end 16 generally between 2.5 inches and 4.0 inches and the central portion 24 has a diameter that is less than 0.75 inches.
A kit, as generally shown in
Within the container 40 multiple additional components may be provided that may be useful for the user of the applicator 12 and which are removably stored within the container 40. These additional components may include pair of contact lens cases 56, at least one bottle of contact solution 58, and least one contact lens remover 60 used for removing contact lenses from the contact cases 56. Additionally, one or more wipes 62 may be included, which are saturated with a cleaning solution, as well as at least one drying cloth 64. An eye patch 66 may also be positioned in the container 40.
In use, the assembly 10 is used for assisting a person who has difficulty inserting contact lenses 70 into their eyes. The user will place the contact lens 70 on the first end 16 of the applicator 12 and then apply lens solution on top of the contact lens 70. The user then bends over and moves their eye to the contract lens 70 until the contact lens 70 is moved onto the eye. The user will be able to see the well 20 in the first end 16 when the contact lens 70 is properly positioned on the eye.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
