Patent ID: 11920891
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  A | IPC A  F

Claim 0:
1. A paddle for corporal discipline, the paddle comprising:
a handle;
a paddle portion comprising
a base, and
an elongate flat member extending from the base, the elongate flat member to be used for striking a subject to be disciplined in the corporal discipline; and

at least one hinge device comprising
a first arm coupled to the handle,
a second arm coupled to the base,
a pivoting hinge coupled between the first arm and the second arm and having a tongue and catch feature, one of the first arm and the second arm comprising a catch end, the other one of the first arm and the second arm comprising a tongue end, the pivoting hinge configured to switch the paddle portion from a locked state where the paddle portion and the handle are substantially parallel to a folded state where the paddle portion and the handle freely move when a threshold pivoting force is exceeded, and
a settable feature selectively changing the threshold pivoting force of the pivoting hinge for causing the paddle portion to switch from the locked state to the folded state.