Dispenser for eye shields

A dispenser for eye shields comprising:

• a plurality of panels interconnected via a plurality of fold lines defined in a contiguous blank;
• a body having a U-shaped cross-section, the body formed by folding the plurality of panels together along the plurality of fold lines and securing attachment portions of the plurality of panels to each other or one or more of the plurality of panels;
• an interior of the body defined by the plurality of panels as folded, the interior of the body configured to hold a plurality of eye shields in a stacked configuration;
• and
• a first access panel disposed at least partially within a front panel of the plurality of panels, wherein the first access panel is configured to be removed to grant access to the interior of the body,
• wherein the front panel is contiguous with only a single other one of the plurality of panels along a hinge line of the plurality of fold lines,
• wherein the front panel is configured to hingedly move via the hinge line to expose the interior of the body to enable access thereto for loading the plurality of eye shields within the interior of the body;
• and
• wherein the plurality of panels include a second outer side panel, a second inner side panel, a first outer side panel, a first inner side panel, an inner rear panel, a first outside rear panel, and a second outside rear panel, a top panel, and a bottom panel.

A method for loading a stacked configuration of eye shields into a dispenser, the method comprising:

• providing a dispenser, the dispenser formed by folding a plurality of panels together along a plurality of fold lines and securing attachment portions of the plurality of panels to each other or one or more of the plurality of panels to form a body having a U-shaped cross-section that includes a body region and two temple regions, the plurality of panels being interconnected via the plurality of fold lines as defined in a contiguous blank;
• loading a first stacked configuration of eye shields into an interior of the body through an opening exposed along a height dimension of the interior of the body with temple portions of the eye shields disposed within the temple regions and with the body portion of the eye shield disposed in the body region;
• and
• closing a front panel of the plurality of panels along a hinge line to enclose the first stacked configuration of eye shields within the interior of the body.

A blank for forming an eye shield dispenser, the blank comprising:

• a contiguous sheet;
• and
• a plurality of fold lines formed in the contiguous sheet to define a plurality of panels, the plurality of panels configured to be folded along the plurality of fold lines to form a body of an eye shield dispenser having a U-shaped cross-section, and
• wherein the plurality of panels include a front panel that is contiguous with only a single other one of the plurality of panels along a hinge line of the plurality of fold lines,
• wherein the front panel is configured, when assembled, to hingedly open via the hinge line to expose an interior of the body when the plurality of panels are folded along the plurality of fold lines to form the body;
• and
• wherein the plurality of panels further include a second outer side panel, an second inner side panel, a first outer side panel, an first inner side panel, an inner rear panel, a first outside rear panel, and a second outside rear panel, a top panel, and a bottom panel, and wherein the first outer side panel comprises the single other one of the plurality of panels for which the front panel is contiguous along the hinge line.