ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,983, issued on April 22.
"Bottle opening phone case device" was invented by Terry Peeples (Vaiden, Miss.) and Mercedes Peeples (Vaiden, Miss.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottle opening phone case device capable of opening capped and corked bottles includes a shell, which defines an interior space and which has a front that is open. A phone is insertable into the shell to couple the shell to the phone. A plurality of apertures is positioned in the shell, with each aperture aligning with an associated operative element of the phone. A corked bottle opener, which is hingedly attached to the shell, is selectively positionable in a st...