Mounting system for selectively mounting ceiling fans

A ceiling fan adapted for selective mounting flush to the ceiling, or alternatively, suspended upon a down rod comprising:

• a horizontally extending ceiling mounting plate having a downwardly extending flange at the outer periphery thereof, said flange defining a plurality of screw holes therethrough;
• a concavo-convex canopy having screw holes therethrough and including a centrally apertured lower central plate, said lower central plate having a plurality of upper fastener holes formed therethrough in spaced array about the aperture through the center of said central plate;
• a plurality of mounting screws extending through said screw holes in the canopy and into engagement with the screw holes in the downwardly extending flange of the ceiling mounting plate;
• a reverse-turned hook projecting down from the ceiling mounting plate at a location within the downwardly extending flange and having a canopy suspending point thereon facilitating hanging of the canopy therefrom temporarily at a time when electrical connections to the fan are to be established;
• a down rod assembly movably connected to the canopy and projecting downwardly therefrom, said down rod assembly including:
• an elongated tubular down rod having an upper end extending through the central aperture in said lower central plate and having a lower end;
• a ball element within said canopy detachably secured to the upper end of said down rod for pivotally supporting said down rod suspended from said canopy;
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• a down rod sleeve receiving the lower end of said down rod and sized to project through the central aperture in the lower central plate of said canopy when said canopy is mounted in said flush-mounting mode;
• a fan motor housing having a top plate beneath, and secured to, and supporting, said down rod sleeve, said fan motor housing top plate having a plurality of lower fastener holes therethrough vertically aligned with the upper fastener holes in said central plate of said canopy;
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• means for interengaging said lower central plate of said canopy in flatly abutting contact with the top plate of said fan motor housing, with said down rod sleeve projecting into said canopy through the central opening in said lower plate at a time when the down rod and ball element are removed to facilitate flush mounting of the fan, said interengaging means comprising a plurality of fasteners removably carried in said lower fastener holes through said motor housing top plate, and sized to pass through the upper fastener holes in said central plate of said canopy.