ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,540, issued on July 21, was assigned to Stroke & Distance LLC (Turnersville, N.J.).

"Reusable bottle cap with golf tee" was invented by Jonathan Ruggiero (Turnersville, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reusable bottle cap includes a panel having a top surface and a bottom surface. A sidewall extends downwardly from a periphery of the panel away from the bottom surface. The sidewall is configured to engage with an outer surface of a bottle neck proximate a rim of the bottle when the reusable bottle cap is coupled to the bottle neck. A peg extends downwardly from the bottom surface of the panel and is spaced from the sidewall. The...