Patent ID: 7938535

Claim:
A point of sale assembly for eyewear comprising: a pair of glasses having at least one temple; a carrying case having an open upper end sized to receive the pair of glasses and a lower end; hanger-type packaging for retaining the pair of glasses and the carrying case together, the packaging comprising: (i) an upper panel having an aperture for hanging the packaging on a point of sale display, and a tab portion inserted into the open upper end of the retained carrying case; (ii) a middle panel hingedly connected to the upper panel and having an aperture that slidably receives the at least one temple of the retained glasses, the middle panel further comprising a lower portion that is wrapped around the temple received in the middle panel aperture; (iii) a back panel extending from the upper panel and underlying the retained carrying case; and (iv) a lower panel extending from the back panel and having a distal end, the lower panel being folded around the lower end of the carrying case to overlie a portion of the carrying case; and means for securing the distal end of the lower panel to the back panel such that the carrying case is retained between the tab portion of the upper panel and the lower panel; wherein the pair of glasses is retained by the middle panel such that the glasses are movable between an open position and a folded position without removing the glasses from the packaging.