ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,825, issued on Aug. 18.

"Light-emitting structure of paddle" was invented by Banglin Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a light-emitting structure of a paddle, including a paddle body, and the paddle body includes a paddle plate assembly and a handle mounted below the paddle plate assembly; a paddle plate is arranged in the middle of the paddle plate assembly, a light-transmitting or light-proof flexible lampshade is arranged on a side of the paddle plate, and the flexible lampshade extends to the bottoms on both sides of the handle; and a mounting groove is formed on an inner side surface of the flexible...