Foldable umbrella fan

A foldable umbrella fan, comprising:

• a form-retaining pleated shield having an interior end, an exterior end, a pair of opposing sides, and a plurality of pleats extending from the interior end to the exterior end;
• a support binder comprising a pair of binder arms sized in coextensive alignment with, and attached to, the opposing sides of the pleated shield, each binder arm having an inner surface which faces one of the opposing sides of the pleated shield, an opposing outer surface, an exterior end, and an interior end adjacent the interior end of the pleated shield;
• the support binder further comprising a flexible binder spine, the binder spine pivotally interconnecting the interior end of the pleated shield and the interior end of the binder arms for planar pivotable movement of the pleated shield and the binder arms around the binder spine;
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• a plurality of meshing tips disposed at the interior end of the pleated shield, said meshing tips extending beyond the binder spine at the fan center when the umbrella fan is in an open position;
• wherein the umbrella fan is rotatable between the open position in which the pleats are radially arranged, a closed position in which the pleats are substantially parallel to the opposing sides, and an intermediate position in which the pleats are fanned.