Smart phone fan and LED display
AssigneeThe Original Selfie Fan Company, LLC
InventorRichard Butler
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Abstract
Disclosed is a device that attaches to a smart phone to provide a portable fan and text display. Using either an iOS or OTG (Android) connection, fan blades are powered by the smart phone connection, providing a cooling breeze that can directed toward an individual. In addition, LEDs are mounted on one of the fan blades and are synchronized to illuminate during fan blade rotation to provide persistence of vision, wherein text images are readable by the human eye. Text messages can be preprogrammed or, in an alternative embodiment, entered directly from the smart phone.
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A smart phone fan and LED display comprising:
- a housing having a lower section and an upper section;
- a base pivotably coupled to said lower section, said base having a terminal constructed and arranged to fit within a smart phone terminal receptacle, wherein said base is pivotable from about −90 degrees to about +90 degrees, relative to a longitudinal axis of said housing, adapting said housing to be positionable relative to a smart phone;
- a motor positioned within said housing, said motor electrically coupled to said terminal and constructed to be powered from current received through said terminal when said terminal is connected to said smart phone;
- a fan assembly electrically coupled to said motor, said fan formed from at least two flexible fan blades, each having a leading edge and a trailing edge capable of moving air when rotated;
- a plurality of LEDs attached to at least one fan blade and electrically coupled to a controller;
- a smart phone app for programming said controller with a text message entered by an operator of the smart phone, wherein the smart phone operator is allowed to import, manipulate, store and selectively display an image of the operator's choice as the text image;
- wherein said text image is displayed by persistence of vision from LEDs during rotation of the fan assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.