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A container for a number of sealed packages for individual contact lenses. The individual lenses are packed in a sealed container in water and must be steam sterilized. Each individual package is stacked in the container of this invention during sterilization and drains are provided in the container

A container for a number of sealed packages for individual contact lenses. The individual lenses are packed in a sealed container in water and must be steam sterilized. Each individual package is stacked in the container of this invention during sterilization and drains are provided in the container for excess water resulting from the sterilization process. When sterilization is completed the container may be closed and sealed. The container has tamper resistant and tamper evident features.

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A container for a plurality of individually packaged contact lenses for holding said individual packages during sterilization and for later acting as a storage and shipping container for said individual packages, comprising: a bottom portion having a bottom, integral left and right side walls extend

A container for a plurality of individually packaged contact lenses for holding said individual packages during sterilization and for later acting as a storage and shipping container for said individual packages, comprising: a bottom portion having a bottom, integral left and right side walls extending upwardly from said bottom and integral front and back walls extending upwardly from said bottom and integrally attached to said left and right side walls; a plurality of projections extending from said bottom and spaced at predetermined intervals along said left and right side walls and integral with the respective side wall along which they extend, each of said projections spaced from the adjacent projection a predetermined distance to provide a slot therebetween for holding said individual package; each of said slots along said right side wall aligned with a corresponding slot along said left side wall; a top portion having a top, having integral left and right side walls extending downwardly from said top and integral front and back walls extending downwardly from said top and integral with said left and right side walls; a hinge disposed along an edge of said top portion back wall and disposed along said bottom portion back wall and integral therewith for hinging said top portion and said bottom portion together to permit said top portion to rotate about said hinge from an open position to a closed position to form a closed container for said individual packages; and, a plurality of steps projecting from said bottom portion bottom and aligned with said slots defined by said projections disposed along said left and right side walls of said bottom portion for providing a means to elevate said individual packages above said bottom portion bottom to facilitate easy circulation of sterilization medium.