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US 5,332,364 AGranted
Rotatable ceiling fan accessory
OwnerLarry Rodarmerinventor
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Abstract
An accessory (10) mounted for relative rotation with respect to a conventional ceiling fan (100); wherein, the accessory (10) includes a housing unit (13) suspended from the ceiling fan (100) and bearing visual elements (60) whose appearance will change relative to a stationary viewer, in response to the rotation of the housing unit (13) due to air currents generated by the ceiling fan (100) impinging upon a propulsion unit (14) contained within the housing unit.
Claims2
An accessory for ceiling fans having a plurality of fan blades rotating around a stationary ceiling fan hub housing which is suspended from a ceiling wherein the accessory comprises:
- a housing unit including a base member surrounded by raised sidewalls, wherein the exterior surface of the raised sidewalls are provided with visual elements;
- and,
- means for rotatably suspending said housing unit from the ceiling fan hub housing;
- means for rotating said housing unit both independently of, and in cooperation with, the rotation of said fan blades;
- such that the visual elements will present a changeable appearance to a stationary viewer;
- wherein, said means for rotatably suspending said housing unit from the ceiling fan hub housing comprises:
- a hub unit operatively associated with said housing unit;
- and,
- an axle rod member having one end operatively connected to, and disposed in a relatively rotatable relationship with, said hub unit;
- and, having another end that is secured in a stationary fashion relative to said ceiling fan hub housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.