ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,139, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Crimson Trace Corp. (Columbia, Mo.).

"Weapon sight packaging" was invented by Trevor Payne (Columbia, Mo.), William A. Planck (Columbia, Mo.), Tim Meissen (Columbia, Mo.), Michael Cottrell (Ashland, Mo.), James Tayon (Moberly, Mo.), Ryan Donahue (Columbia, Mo.), John Oller (Columbia, Mo.) and Curtis Smith (Columbia, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Packaging for a weapon sight and associated components and methods. The weapon sight may comprise a telescopic sight or scope and include a sighting axis along which a user looks to use the optical sighting device. The packaging comprises a package...