ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,150, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to O&M Halyard Inc. (Glen Allen, Va.).

"Eyewear dispensing assembly" was invented by Jared L. Martin (Cumming, Ga.), Suraj Chivukula (Duluth, Ga.) and Marshall R. Dean (Cumming, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispensing assembly includes a dispenser having a dispensing opening, a shelf, and a retainer. The dispenser includes a front panel, a rear panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, and an attachment panel, altogether defining an internal chamber configured to receive a stack of articles. The retainer is configured to maintain the stack of articles...