Ceiling fan guard
OwnerRichard K. Hartwiginventor
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Abstract
A fan guard for ceiling fans comprises a circular grill member supported below the blades of the fan on equally spaced support arms extending radially outward from a clamp attached to the pipe extension suspending the motor housing from the ceiling. The fan guard may be provided with a circumferential open skirt portion, or an enclosed skirt portion interposed between the support arms and the grill. The grill member includes arcuate removable portions for adapting the guard to receive a depending portions of a conventional ceiling fan.
Claims30
The combination with a ceiling fan suspended from a ceiling by a pipe attached to the ceiling at one end and attached at the other end to the motor of such fan of a guard comprising;
- a clamp fitting tightly around and releasably connected to the pipe suspending said ceiling fan at a point below the ceiling and above said motor and being the sole support of said guard,
- circumferentially spaced supporting arms with unsupported ends extending radially outward from said clamp and terminating beyond the blades of said fan,
- a circular grill member supported from said support arms below the blades of said fan and extending peripherally outward beyond the ends of said blades, and
- supporting means releasably attached to said supporting arms at one end and at the other end to said grill member.
A guard for a ceiling fan suspended from a ceiling by a pipe attached at one end to the ceiling and at the other end to the fan motor, comprising;
- a clamp adapted to fit tightly around said suspending pipe to releasably connect said guard to said pipe at a point below the ceiling and above said motor and being the sole support of said guard,
- circumferentially spaced supporting arms with unsupported ends extending radially outward from said clamp and terminating beyond the blades of said fan when installed thereon,
- a circular grill member supported from said support arms below the blades of said fan when installed thereon and extending peripherally outward beyond the ends of said blades, and
- supporting means releasably attached to said supporting arms at one end and at the other end to said grill member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.