Hanger assembly for ceiling fan
AssigneeAir Cool Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorCLIFF WANG
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Abstract
A hanger assembly for depending a ceiling fan from an overhead includes a hanger bracket securable to an overhead support. A down rod suspended from the hanger bracket has a lower end adapted for engagement with the ceiling fan. A canopy has a central opening through which the down rod is received and an upper rim which receives the hanger bracket. The upper rim of the canopy is secured to the hanger bracket by a plurality of screws having heads exposed on the outside of the upper rim of the canopy. A rim cover which fits over and encapsulates the screw heads is engagable with the heads of the screws.
Claims14
A hanger assembly for depending a fan from an overhead support, said hanger assembly comprising:
- a mounting bracket securable to the overhead support;
- a down rod to be suspended from the mounting bracket and having a lower end engagable with the fan;
- a canopy having a central opening for receiving the down rod there through and having an upper rim;
- mounting screws each extending through the rim of the canopy and engaged to the hanger bracket and having a head residing external of the rim of the canopy;
- a rim cover for encapsulating the heads of the screws and securable with respect to the rim of the canopy;
- opposed fingers each having a lower end affixed to the rim cover and an opposing upper end, a notch between the opposed upper and lower ends, and opposed front and rear faces;
- a first gap between the opposed fingers extending from and between the upper ends of the fingers and the lower ends of the fingers;
- a second gap between the rear faces of the fingers and the rim cover;
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- the fingers flexurally resilient in reciprocal directions relative to each other to admit the head of one of the screws into the first gap and into the notches formed in the fingers to embrace and secure the head of the screw.
A hanger assembly for depending a fan from an overhead support, said hanger assembly comprising:
- a mounting bracket securable to the overhead support;
- a down rod to be suspended from the mounting bracket and having a lower end engagable with the fan;
- a canopy having a central opening for receiving the down rod there through and having an upper rim;
- mounting screws each extending through the rim of the canopy and engaged to the hanger bracket and including a head residing external of the rim of the canopy;
- a rim cover for encapsulating the heads of the screws and securable with respect to the rim of the canopy;
- opposed fingers each having a lower end affixed to the rim cover and an opposing upper end, a notch between the opposed upper and lower ends, and opposed front and rear faces;
- a gap between the rear face of each of the fingers and the rim cover;
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- the fingers flexurally resilient to admit the heads of the screws into the notches of the respective fingers to embrace and secure the heads of the screws.
A hanger assembly for depending a fan from an overhead support, said hanger assembly comprising:
- a mounting bracket securable to the overhead support;
- a down rod to be suspended from the mounting bracket and having a lower end engagable with the fan;
- a canopy having a central opening for receiving the down rod there through and having an upper rim;
- opposed mounting screws each extending through the rim of the canopy and engaged to the hanger bracket and including a head residing external of the rim of the canopy, the heads each having a side;
- a rim cover for encapsulating the heads of the screws and securable with respect to the rim of the canopy;
- opposed fingers each having a lower end affixed to the rim cover and an opposing upper end, a notch between the opposed upper and lower ends, and opposed front and rear faces;
- a gap between the rear face of each of the fingers and the rim cover;
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- the fingers flexurally resilient to concurrently admit the sides of the heads of the respective screws into the notches of the respective fingers to embrace and secure the heads of the screws.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.