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US 12,753,775 B2Granted
Ceiling fan with a quick connect assembly
AssigneeHunter Fan Company
InventorsRickey Thomas Jones, James Caleb McMillen
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Abstract
A quick connect mounting assembly for a ceiling fan. The quick connect mounting assembly includes two releasably attachable mounts that are easily interconnected to mechanically couple elements of a ceiling fan. The quick connect mounting assembly can be used to mount at least two elements of the ceiling fan, such as any two of a mounting bracket, a canopy, a switch housing, a motor housing, a motor with a motor shaft, or a light fixture.
Claims20
A ceiling fan comprising:
- a plurality of ceiling fan elements comprising at least two of the following elements:
- a mounting bracket,
- a canopy,
- a switch housing,
- a motor housing,
- a motor with a motor shaft, or
- a light fixture;
- and
- a quick connect assembly, having a locked position and an unlocked position, securing one of the at least two ceiling fan elements to the other of the at least two ceiling fan elements, the quick connect assembly comprising:
- a first mount, configured to secure to the one of the at least two ceiling fan elements, including a first plate having a first outer wall extending from the first plate, and with a fastener hole,
- a second mount having a pin hole, configured to secure to the other of the at least two ceiling fan elements, including a second plate having a second outer wall extending from the second plate, and
- a fastener carried by the second mount and resiliently biased into the fastener hole;
- wherein in the locked position, the pin hole is aligned with the fastener hole and in the locked position and the pin passes through both the fastener hole and pin hole.
10 more elements
A ceiling fan comprising:
- a plurality of ceiling fan elements comprising at least two of the following elements:
- a mounting bracket,
- a canopy,
- a switch housing,
- a motor housing,
- a motor with a motor shaft, or
- a light fixture;
- and
- a quick connect assembly, having an unlocked position and a locked position, securing one of the at least two ceiling fan elements to the other of the at least two ceiling fan elements, the quick connect assembly comprising:
- a first mount, configured to secure to the one of the at least two ceiling fan elements, including a first plate having a first outer wall extending from the first plate, and with a fastener hole,
- a second mount, configured to secure to the other of the at least two ceiling fan elements, including a second plate having a second outer wall extending from the second plate, and
- a fastener comprising a spring finger carried by the second outer wall and resiliently biased into the fastener hole;
- wherein in the locked position, the fastener is biased into the fastener hole.
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A ceiling fan comprising:
- a plurality of ceiling fan elements comprising at least two of the following elements:
- a mounting bracket,
- a canopy,
- a switch housing,
- a motor housing,
- a motor with a motor shaft, or
- a light fixture;
- and
- a quick connect assembly, having an unlocked position and a locked position, securing one of the at least two ceiling fan elements to the other of the at least two ceiling fan elements, the quick connect assembly comprising:
- a first mount, configured to secure to the one of the at least two ceiling fan elements, including a first plate having a first outer wall extending from the first plate, and with a fastener hole,
- a second mount, configured to secure to the other of the at least two ceiling fan elements, including a second plate having a second outer wall extending from the second plate, and
- a fastener carried by the second mount and resiliently biased into the fastener hole;
- wherein in the locked position, the fastener is biased into the fastener hole, and the second outer wall is nested within the first outer wall.
10 more elements
A ceiling fan comprising:
- a plurality of ceiling fan elements comprising at least two of the following elements:
- a mounting bracket,
- a canopy,
- a switch housing,
- a motor housing,
- a motor with a motor shaft, or
- a light fixture;
- and
- a quick connect assembly, having an unlocked position and a locked position, securing one of the at least two ceiling fan elements to the other of the at least two ceiling fan elements, the quick connect assembly comprising:
- a first mount, configured to secure to the one of the at least two ceiling fan elements, including a first plate having a first outer wall extending from the first plate, and with a fastener hole,
- a second mount, configured to secure to the other of the at least two ceiling fan elements, including a second plate having a second outer wall extending from the second plate, and
- a fastener carried by the second mount and resiliently biased into the fastener hole;
- wherein in the locked position, the fastener is biased into the fastener hole;
- wherein the second outer wall is formed of discrete sections corresponding to the intervening spaces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.