ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,554, issued on June 3.

"Dual-purpose crown cap-removing and jewelry device" was invented by Jade M Brown (Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A serviceable crown cap-removing device to remove a crown cap from a bottle is described. The device includes a first elongated component, a second elongated component, a notch, a first connector removably connecting the first elongated component to the second elongated component, and a second connector movably engaging the first elongated component with the second elongated component, where a user can operate the device by holding the second elongated component thus allowing the fir...