Contact Lens Storage Case

Abstract

Disclosed is a contact lens storage case, in which a contact lens is automatically immersed in preserving solution when a cap is closed and is automatically exposed out of the preserving solution when a cap is opened, so that it is possible to store the contact lens without damage and so that a user can easily hold the contact lens with his/her fingers upon applying the contact lens. The contact lens storage case includes: a storage container shaped like a cylinder, formed on both sides of a body, and filled with preserving solution so as to store contact lenses or soft lenses; a slider moving up and down while being assembled with an inner side of the storage container and holding a lens on an upper surface of the slider; an elastic means for providing elastic force to move the slider in an up direction, the elastic means being formed on a lower surface of the slider; a cap covering the storage container; and a pressing means for pressing the slider and preventing separation of the lens, the pressing means being assembled with an inner side of the cap.

1 . A contact lens storage case for storing contact lenses, comprising:
 a storage container shaped like a cylinder, formed on both sides of a body, and filled with preserving solution so as to store contact lenses or soft lenses   a slider moving up and down while being inserted in an inner side of the storage container and holding a lens on an upper surface of the slider   an elastic means for providing elastic force to move the slider in an up direction,   the elastic means being formed on a lower surface of the slider   a cap covering the storage container; and   a pressing means for pressing the slider and preventing separation of the lens, the pressing means being assembled with an inner side of the cap.   
   
   
       2 . The contact lens storage case as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the storage container comprises a slider groove formed on the inner side of the storage container so as to prevent the slider moving up and down from moving more than a predetermined distance, and a side surface of the storage container is constructed with a dual structure having an inner wall and the outer wall to prevent the preserving solution placed in the storage container from leaking to an outside, so that the preserving solution is introduced into a space formed between the inner wall and the outer wall. 
   
   
       3 . The contact lens storage case as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the slider comprises:
 a slide protrusion engaged with the slider groove formed in the inner side of the storage container;   a lens supporting probe having a convex shape for supporting the lens;   a hole for allowing the preserving solution to easily move when the slider is immersed in the preserving solution for storing; and   a latching projection.   
   
   
       4 . The contact lens storage case as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the cap comprises a water-stop plate and a water-collecting plate formed on the inner side of the cap, in which the water-stop plate prevents the preserving solution from overflowing out of the storage container, and the water-collecting plate collects the preserving solution to the space between the inner wall and the outer wall of the storage container. 
   
   
       5 . The contact lens storage case as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the pressing means includes a pressing protrusion integrally formed with the cap on the inner side of the cap, or a pressing cap easily assembled with the cap. 
   
   
       6 . The contact lens storage case as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the pressing cap comprises a fitting hole to be assembled with the cap, a supporter for supporting the fitting hole, and a stretcher formed between the supporter and surrounding the pressing cap in the up direction, in which a lower surface of the stretcher comprises an anti-moving protrusion downwardly protruding, a latching protrusion positioned between the latching projection of the slider, and a supporting plate. 
   
   
       7 . The contact lens storage case as claimed in one of  claims 1  to  6 , wherein, when the cap is assembled with the storage container, the pressing means assembled with the inner side of the cap presses the slider inserted in the storage container and moves the slider in the down direction of the storage container  20  so that the slider is immersed in the preserving solution, and when the cap is separated from the storage container, the pressure applied to the slider is removed, and the slider receives elastic force by the elastic means and moves in the up direction of the storage container, so that the slider is exposed out of the preserving solution.