ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,492, issued on Feb. 10.
"Touchless eucharistic dispenser" was invented by Victoria Theresa Crescenzi (Silverdale, Wash.) and James Klein (Silverdale, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for housing and delivery eucharistic wafers is provided. The apparatus can include a housing portion that can be configured to house a plurality of wafers that are individually stacked along a vertical axis of the housing. The apparatus includes a platform such that the housing portion is mounted on a top surface of a platform. A slide also rests on the top surface of the platform and is movable along a horizontal axis of the platform. T...