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Package for contact lens containers

Granted 30 Jun 1998 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Ciba Geigy Corp. · originally Ciba-Geigy Corporation

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Inventors: David Pietrobon, Masahiko Kubo, Sharla Borghorst, Torsten Fritze +3 · Examiner: Ted Shooman · AU 292 · TC 2900

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filed 19 Jan 1996
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US D395600
granted 30 Jun 1998

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a package for contact lens containers, from the front side, one side and above;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the package for contact lens containers;

FIG. 3 is a view of the package for contact lens containers from one side;

FIG. 4 is a view of the package for contact lens containers from the other side;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the package for contact lens containers;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the package for contact lens containers;

FIG. 7 is a back view of the package for contact lens containers;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a package for contact lens containers, from the front side, one side and above, in a handling configuration when opening the package;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the package for contact lens containers, in a handling configuration with the package partially opened;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the package for contact lens containers, in an open position;

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the package for contact lens containers, in a configuration with the body part and the lid of the package separated from each other; and,

FIG. 12 is a top view of the blank of the package for contact lens containers.

The broken lines shown in FIGS. 1, 5, 7-8 and 10-12 represent tear lines.

The broken lines showing the hands in FIGS. 8-9 and the contents of the package in FIGS. 9-10 are for illustrative purposes only and from no part of the claimed design.

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D09/432

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