# US 10,945,481 B2 · Attachable fan device

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- Number: US 10,945,481 B2
- Document ID: US10945481B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/896,620
- Filed: 2020-06-09
- Published: 2020-09-24
- Granted: 2021-03-16
- Earliest claimed: 2018-04-12
- Applicants: Bobby Joe Kennedy
- Inventors: Bobby Joe Kennedy
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10945481B2

## CPC

- A42B 1/24: with means for attaching articles thereto, e.g. memorandum tablets or mirrors
- A42B 1/008: with means for heating or cooling (ventilating arrangements for head coverings A42C5/04)
- F04D 25/0673: {Battery powered}
- F04D 25/166: {using fans}
- F04D 29/522: {especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- F04D 29/601: {specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps}
- F04D 29/646: {Mounting or removal of fans}
- F05B 2240/91: on a stationary structure
- A42B: HATS; HEAD COVERINGS (headbands A41D20/00; head-scarves A41D23/00)
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)
- F05B: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G

## Abstract

A fan device comprises a main body connected at a first axis and second axis to a first housing and second housing, respectively. The interior of first housing and second housing include a fan assembly. Fan assembly is operated by a switch on main body. Slats along the face of first and second housing allow airflow created by fan assembly to pass out of first and second housing. The direction of airflow can be adjusted by pivoting first housing and second housing downward from the horizontal plane upon which main body lies.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A fan device for attachment to an object, said fan device comprising:
a main housing, having a face, a front edge, a first receiving edge, a second receiving edge and an interior;
a first housing, having an interior, pivotally connected to said first receiving edge of said main housing at a first axis;
a second housing, having an interior, pivotally connected to said second receiving edge of said main housing at a second axis;
wherein said interior of said first housing includes at least one fan assembly;
wherein said interior of said second housing includes at least one fan assembly;
wherein said first housing and said second housing are capable of adjusting downward about said first axis and said second axis; and
at least two clips positioned proximate said front edge of said main housing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The fan device as recited in claim 1, wherein said first housing has a top and said second housing has a top, and wherein said device further comprises a hook and loop fastener attached to said top of said first housing and a hook and loop fastener attached to said top of said second housing.

### Claim 3

A fan device for attachment to an object, said fan device comprising:
a main housing, having a face, a front edge, a first receiving edge, a second receiving edge and an interior;
wherein said main housing is aligned on a horizontal plane;
a first housing, having a face, an interior, pivotally connected to said first receiving edge of said main housing at a first axis;
wherein said first housing is capable of adjusting downward about said first axis from said horizontal plane until said first housing is perpendicular to said horizontal plane;
a second housing, having a face, an interior, pivotally connected to said second receiving edge of said main housing at a second axis;
wherein said second housing is capable of adjusting downward about said second axis from said horizontal plane until said second housing is perpendicular to said horizontal plane;
wherein said interior of said first housing includes at least one fan assembly;
wherein said interior of said second housing includes at least one fan assembly;
wherein said first housing and said second housing include a series of slats to allow airflow to pass; and
at least two clips positioned proximate said front edge of said main housing.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The fan device as recited in claim 3, wherein said first housing has a top and said second housing has a top, and wherein said device further comprises a hook and loop fastener attached to said top of said first housing and a hook and loop fastener attached to said top of said second housing.