Blister packages for tinted ophthamlic lenses

Abstract

A package for contact lenses having a transparent molded base and a flexible cover containing an area of color.

1 . A package for storing contact lenses in a solution comprising,
 (a) a transparent molded base comprising
 a cavity formed in said molded base wherein said cavity comprises an inner surface, and 
 a flange extending outwardly from the periphery of said cavity wherein said flange comprises a top surface; 
   (b) a flexible cover sheet having a lens facing surface and an exterior surface where the lens facing surface of said flexible sheet is superimposed over said top surface of said flange and detachably sealed to said flange at about the periphery of said cavity to form an enclosure between said inner surface and said flexible cover,
 wherein said lens facing surface comprises an area of color, 
   (c) a contact lens enclosed between said transparent base and said flexible cover
 wherein when said contact lens is viewed through said transparent base, the contact lens covers a portion of said area of color 
   
     
     
         2 . The package of  claim 1  wherein the contact lens is a tinted contact lens. 
     
     
         3 . The package of  claim 1  wherein the flexible cover is an aluminum laminate. 
     
     
         4 . The package of  claim 1  wherein the flexible cover sheet is a transparent laminate. 
     
     
         5 . The package of  claim 1  further comprising a viewing area. 
     
     
         6 . The package of  claim 5  wherein the area of color occupies about 10 to about 100 percent of the viewing area. 
     
     
         7 . The package of  claim 5  wherein the area of color occupies about 50% percent of the viewing area. 
     
     
         8 . The package of  claim 1  wherein the area of color is selected from the group consisting of brown, deep brown, black and dark grey. 
     
     
         9 . The package of  claim 1  wherein the area of color is selected from the group consisting of brown, deep brown, and black. 
     
     
         10 . The package of  claim 6  wherein the area of color is selected from the group consisting of brown, deep brown, and black.