Contact lens package and set of same

Abstract

A contact lens package A including: housing portion housing contact lens; and support portion supporting housing portion, the housing portion being depressed when viewed from support portion, a depression direction referred to as downward, and direction opposite to the direction referred to as upward, and support portion including protruding portion formed downward, and penetration portion being at least one of cutout and through hole in support portion, the contact lens package having configuration such that when the protruding portion engaged so as to fit inside a virtual penetration portion of a virtual contact lens package B is placed on a horizontal table, a tip of a virtual protruding portion is engaged so as to fit inside the penetration portion, the virtual contact lens package B having the same shape as the contact lens package A and being rotated 180 degrees from top to bottom and placed on the horizontal table.

1 . A contact lens package comprising:
 a housing portion housing a contact lens; and   a support portion supporting the housing portion,
 the housing portion being depressed when viewed from the support portion, 
 a depression direction being referred to as downward, and a direction opposite to the direction being referred to as upward, and 
 the support portion comprising
 a protruding portion formed downward, and 
 a penetration portion being at least one of a cutout and a through hole in the support portion, 
 
   the contact lens package having a configuration such that when the protruding portion engaged so as to fit inside a virtual penetration portion of a virtual contact lens package is placed on a horizontal table, a tip of a virtual protruding portion is engaged so as to fit inside the penetration portion,
 the virtual contact lens package having the same shape as the contact lens package and being rotated 180 degrees from top to bottom and placed on the horizontal table. 
   
     
     
         2 . The contact lens package according to  claim 1 , wherein
 a posture of the contact lens package when the protruding portion is placed on the horizontal table while being engaged so as to fit inside the virtual penetration portion of the virtual contact lens package rotated 180 degrees from top to bottom and placed on the horizontal table coincides with a posture of the contact lens package as a single body placed on the horizontal table.   
     
     
         3 . The contact lens package according to  claim 1 , wherein
 when the contact lens package is viewed from the top, an opening is formed in a position and in a shape such that when the protruding portion is engaged with a virtual penetration portion, a bottom of a lower surface of a depression of the virtual housing portion can be engaged so as to fit.   
     
     
         4 . The contact lens package according to  claim 1 , wherein
 a vertical width of the protruding portion is equal to a vertical width of the housing portion.   
     
     
         5 . The contact lens package according to  claim 1 , wherein
 when the contact lens package is viewed from the top, the protruding portion and the penetration portion are formed on the same side in the support portion.   
     
     
         6 . The contact lens package according to  claim 5 , wherein
 when the contact lens package is viewed from the top, in the support portion, a corner of the support portion is cut out, the corner being on a side away from the housing portion and on the same side where the protruding portion and the penetration portion are formed.   
     
     
         7 . The contact lens package according to  claim 6 , wherein
 in the support portion, a corner on the side away from the housing portion and opposing the cutout corner is a bent portion which bends downward and whose vertical width is equal to at least the vertical width of the protruding portion.   
     
     
         8 . A contact lens package set combining contact lens packages A, B,
 the contact lens package A being according to  claim 1 ,   the contact lens package B having the same shape as the contact lens package A and being rotated 180 degrees from top to bottom,   a vertical width of the contact lens package set being equal to a vertical width of each of the contact lens packages A, B when the protruding portion of the contact lens package A is engaged with the penetration portion of the contact lens package B, and the penetration portion of the contact lens package A is engaged with the protruding portion of the contact lens package B.   
     
     
         9 . A contact lens package, comprising:
 a housing portion housing a contact lens; and   a support portion supporting the housing portion,
 the housing portion being depressed when viewed from the support portion, 
 a depression direction being referred to as downward, and a direction opposite to the direction being referred to as upward, and 
 the support portion comprising:
 a protruding portion formed downward, and 
 a penetration portion being at least one of a cutout and a through hole in the support portion, 
 
   the contact lens package having at least one of the following configurations i) and ii):   i) a configuration such that a bottom of a lower surface of a virtual housing portion is engaged so as to fit inside the penetration portion, when the housing portion engaged so as to fit inside a virtual penetration portion of a virtual contact lens package is placed on a horizontal table,
 the virtual contact lens package having the same shape as the contact lens package and being rotated 180 degrees from top to bottom and placed on the horizontal table; and 
   ii) a configuration such that a tip of a virtual protruding portion is engaged so as to fit inside the penetration portion, when the protruding portion engaged so as to fit inside a virtual penetration portion of a virtual contact lens package is placed on a horizontal table,
 the virtual contact lens package having the same shape as the contact lens package, and being rotated 180 degrees from top to bottom and placed on the horizontal table. 
   
     
     
         10 . A contact lens package set combining contact lens packages A, B,
 the contact lens package A being according to  claim 9 ,   the contact lens package B having the same shape as the contact lens package A and being rotated 180 degrees from top to bottom,   a vertical width of the contact lens package set being equal to a vertical width of each of the contact lens packages A, B, when the housing portion of the contact lens package A is engaged with the penetration portion of the contact lens package B, and the penetration portion of the contact lens package A is engaged with the housing portion of the contact lens package B.