# US 10,865,981 B1 · Ceiling fan light attachment apparatus

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- Number: US 10,865,981 B1
- Document ID: US10865981B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 16/866,635
- Filed: 2020-05-05
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2020-05-05
- Applicants: Robert Petrollini
- Inventors: Robert Petrollini
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10865981B1

## CPC

- F21V 33/0096: {Fans, e.g. ceiling fans (forced cooling of lighting devices characterised by the arrangement of fans F21V29/67)}
- F04D 25/088: {Ceiling fans}
- F04D 29/005: {Decorative aspects, i.e. features which have no effect on the functioning of the pump}
- F21V 15/01: Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts (F21V15/02 takes precedence {housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04})
- F21V 23/0435: {activated by remote control means}
- F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED]
- F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)
- F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED

## Abstract

A ceiling fan light attachment apparatus for improved illumination from a ceiling fan includes a light housing having an annular housing bottom side, a housing inner wall perpendicularly extending up from an inner diameter of the housing bottom side, and a housing outer wall perpendicularly extending up from an outer diameter of the housing bottom side defining a housing inside. The housing inner wall attaches to a ceiling fan between a hub and a fan light of the ceiling fan. A plurality of light blades is coupled to the light housing. A plurality of LED lights is coupled to a blade underside of each light blade and is in operational communication with a power supply.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A ceiling fan light attachment comprising:
a light housing having an annular housing bottom side, a housing inner wall perpendicularly extending up from an inner diameter of the housing bottom side, and a housing outer wall perpendicularly extending up from an outer diameter of the housing bottom side defining a housing inside, the housing inner wall being configured to attach to a ceiling fan between a hub and a fan light of the ceiling fan;
a plurality of light blades coupled to the light housing, each light blade radially extending from an outer diameter of the housing bottom side;
a power supply coupled to the light housing within the housing inside;
a control switch coupled to the light housing and being in operational communication with the power supply; and
a plurality of LED lights coupled to the plurality of light blades, the LED lights being coupled to a blade underside of each light blade and being in operational communication with the power supply.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The ceiling fan light attachment of claim 1 further comprising each light blade having an attachment portion and a rectangular extension portion, the attachment portion being selectively engageable with the housing bottom side and the extension portion radially extending from the outer diameter of the housing bottom side.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The ceiling fan light attachment of claim 2 further comprising the attachment portion including a plurality of attachment arms perpendicularly extending up from a blade top side, the plurality of attachment arms selectively engaging the housing inner wall and the housing outer wall to secure the light blade to the light housing.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The ceiling fan light attachment of claim 3 further comprising the plurality of attachment arms comprising a pair of inner arms and a pair of outer arms.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The ceiling fan light attachment of claim 1 further comprising the plurality of LED lights comprising a light strip coupled to the blade underside of each light blade, each light blade having a wire aperture extending from the blade underside to a blade top side adjacent a proximal end of the light strip, a light wire of each light strip extending through the wire aperture to the light housing.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The ceiling fan light attachment of claim 5 further comprising each light strip extending along a medial axis of an extension portion of the light blade.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The ceiling fan light attachment of claim 1 further comprising the power supply including a first battery box; a remote control receiver coupled within the housing inside and in operational communication with the control switch, the remote control receiver including a second battery box; and a counterweight box coupled within the housing inside, the first battery box, the second battery box, and the counterweight box being radially distributed within the housing inside to balance the apparatus.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The ceiling fan light attachment of claim 1 further comprising an annular housing cover, the housing cover being selectively engageable with the housing inner wall and the housing outer wall to seal the housing inside.

### Claim 9

A ceiling fan light attachment comprising:
a light housing having an annular housing bottom side, a housing inner wall perpendicularly extending up from an inner diameter of the housing bottom side, and a housing outer wall perpendicularly extending up from an outer diameter of the housing bottom side defining a housing inside, the housing inner wall being configured to attach to a ceiling fan between a hub and a fan light of the ceiling fan;
an annular housing cover, the housing cover being selectively engageable with the housing inner wall and the housing outer wall to seal the housing inside;
a plurality of light blades coupled to the light housing, each light blade having an attachment portion and a rectangular extension portion, the attachment portion being selectively engageable with the housing bottom side and the extension portion radially extending from the outer diameter of the housing bottom side, the attachment portion including a plurality of attachment arms perpendicularly extending up from a blade top side, the plurality of attachment arms comprising a pair of inner arms and a pair of outer arms selectively engaging the housing inner wall and the housing outer wall, respectively, to secure the light blade to the light housing;
a power supply coupled to the light housing within the housing inside, the power supply including a first battery box;
a control switch coupled to the light housing and being in operational communication with the power supply;
a remote control receiver coupled within the housing inside and in operational communication with the control switch, the remote control receiver including a second battery box;
a counterweight box coupled within the housing inside, the first battery box, the second battery box, and the counterweight box being radially distributed within the housing inside to balance the apparatus; and
a plurality of LED lights coupled to the plurality of light blades, the plurality of LED lights comprising a light strip coupled to a blade underside of each light blade and being in operational communication with the power supply, each light strip extending along a medial axis of the extension portion of the light blade, each light blade having a wire aperture extending from the blade underside to the blade top side adjacent a proximal end of the light strip, a light wire of each light strip extending through the wire aperture to the light housing.

### Claim 10

A ceiling fan light attachment and ceiling fan system comprising:
a ceiling fan having a hub, a plurality of fan blades coupled to the hub, and a fan light coupled to the hub;
a light housing having an annular housing bottom side, a housing inner wall perpendicularly extending up from an inner diameter of the housing bottom side, and a housing outer wall perpendicularly extending up from an outer diameter of the housing bottom side defining a housing inside, the housing inner wall being selectively engageable with the ceiling fan between the hub and the fan light;
an annular housing cover, the housing cover being selectively engageable with the housing inner wall and the housing outer wall to seal the housing inside;
a plurality of light blades coupled to the light housing, each light blade having an attachment portion and a rectangular extension portion, the attachment portion being selectively engageable with the housing bottom side and the extension portion radially extending from the outer diameter of the housing bottom side, the attachment portion including a plurality of attachment arms perpendicularly extending up from a blade top side, the plurality of attachment arms comprising a pair of inner arms and a pair of outer arms selectively engaging the housing inner wall and the housing outer wall, respectively, to secure the light blade to the light housing;
a power supply coupled to the light housing within the housing inside, the power supply including a first battery box;
a control switch coupled to the light housing and being in operational communication with the power supply;
a remote control receiver coupled within the housing inside and in operational communication with the control switch, the remote control receiver including a second battery box;
a counterweight box coupled within the housing inside, the first battery box, the second battery box, and the counterweight box being radially distributed within the housing inside to balance the apparatus; and
a plurality of LED lights coupled to the plurality of light blades, the plurality of LED lights comprising a light strip coupled to a blade underside of each light blade and being in operational communication with the power supply, each light strip extending along a medial axis of the extension portion of the light blade, each light blade having a wire aperture extending from the blade underside to the blade top side adjacent a proximal end of the light strip, a light wire of each light strip extending through the wire aperture to the light housing.