Magnetic mounting bracket for ceiling fan canopy

An apparatus for securing a ceiling fan canopy to a ceiling fan, the apparatus comprising:

• a mounting bracket having a support ring and at least two mounting tabs, said mounting tabs spaced apart around said support ring and having apertures for securing said mounting bracket to a ceiling support member, said mounting tabs having outwardly disposed ends which define face portions, each of said face portions having a recess formed therein;
• at least two magnets disposed interiorly within respective ones of said recesses in said face portions of said mounting tabs of said mounting bracket;
• a down rod having an upper end and a lower end, wherein said upper end of said down rod has a boss by which said down rod is suspended from said support ring of said mounting bracket, and said lower end of said down rod is adapted for securing to a motor of ceiling fan;
• a canopy having a hollow body with a lower portion and a rim portion, said hollow body adapted for enclosing said mounting bracket, said lower portion adapted for receiving said down rod, and said rim portion adapted for fitting adjacent to said face portions of said mounting bracket;
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• wherein at least said rim portion of said canopy is formed of ferrous material, such that said canopy is magnetically secured in position around said mounting bracket when said rim portion is disposed adjacent said at least two magnets with said hollow body enclosing said mounting bracket.

An apparatus for securing a ceiling fan canopy to a ceiling fan, the apparatus comprising:

• a mounting bracket having a support ring which is of annular shape, two mounting arms having lower portions which extend from opposite sides of said support ring, and a support arm which extends between upper portions of said two mounting arms, said support ring having two ends which are separated to define an opening in said support ring, wherein said opening in said support ring and said support arm are disposed on one side of said mounting arms, said mounting arms having gusset portions and tab portions, said tab portions defining said upper portions of said two mounting arms and each having a respective mounting aperture extending through said tab portions;
• said tab portions defining two oppositely facing, exteriorly disposed face portions;
• two recesses disposed at said face portions of said tabs, said two recessed defined to interiorly extend within respective ones of said tabs of said two mounting arms, and two magnets disposed interiorly within respective ones of said recesses;
• a down rod having an upper end and a lower end, wherein said upper end of said down rod has a boss by which said down rod is suspended from said support ring of said mounting bracket, and said lower end of said down rod is adapted for securing to a motor of the ceiling fan;
• a ceiling fan canopy having a hollow body for enclosing said mounting bracket, said hollow body having a lower portion and a rim portion, said lower portion adapted for receiving said down rod, and said rim portion adapted for receiving said mounting bracket;
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• said rim portion of said canopy, being formed of ferrous material, such that said canopy is disposed around said mounting bracket with said rim portion disposed adjacent to said two magnets to magnetically secure said canopy in position about said mounting bracket by said two magnets, wherein said rim portion engages with said two magnets to secure said canopy in a fixed position relative to said two mounting arms of said mounting bracket.

An apparatus for securing a ceiling fan canopy to a ceiling fan, the apparatus comprising:

• a mounting bracket having a support ring which is of annular shape, two mounting arms having lower portions which extend from opposite sides of said support ring, and a support arm which extends between upper portions of said two mounting arms, said support ring having two ends which are separated to define an opening in said support ring, wherein said opening in said support ring and said support arm are disposed on one side of said mounting arms, said mounting arms having gusset portions and tab portions, said tab portions defining said upper portions of said two mounting arms and each having a respective mounting aperture extending through said tab portions;
• said tab portions defining two oppositely facing, exteriorly disposed face portions;
• first threads formed on said face portions of said tab portions of said mounting bracket;
• a down rod having an upper end and a lower end, wherein said upper end of said down rod has a boss by which said down rod is suspended from said support ring of said mounting bracket, and said lower end of said down rod is adapted for securing to a motor of the ceiling fan;
• a ceiling fan canopy having a hollow body for enclosing said mounting bracket, said hollow body having a lower portion and a rim portion, said lower portion adapted for receiving said down rod, and said rim portion adapted for receiving said mounting bracket;
• second threads defined by said rim portion of said canopy, wherein said second threads matingly engage with said first threads in said tab portions of said mounting bracket to secure said canopy in a fixed position relative to said two mounting arms of said mounting bracket;
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• wherein said second threads are formed into a ring which is separately formed from said canopy, and said ring is secured to said rim portion of said canopy.

An apparatus for securing a ceiling fan canopy to a ceiling fan, the apparatus comprising:

• a mounting bracket having a support ring which is of annular shape, two mounting arms having lower portions which extend from opposite sides of said support ring, and a support arm which extends between upper portions of said two mounting arms, said support ring having two ends which are separated to define an opening in said support ring, wherein said opening in said support ring and said support arm are disposed on one side of said mounting arms, said mounting arms having gusset portions and tab portions, said tab portions defining said upper portions of said two mounting arms and each having a respective mounting aperture extending through said tab portions;
• said tab portions defining two oppositely facing, exteriorly disposed face portions;
• a down rod having an upper end and a lower end, wherein said upper end of said down rod has a boss by which said down rod is suspended from said support ring of said mounting bracket, and said lower end of said down rod is adapted for securing to a motor of the ceiling fan;
• a ceiling fan canopy having a hollow body for enclosing said mounting bracket, said hollow body having a lower portion and a rim portion, said lower portion adapted for receiving said down rod, and said rim portion adapted for receiving said mounting bracket;
• a flange formed to extend from a terminal end of said rim portion of said canopy, said flange extending inward toward opposite sides of said terminal end of said rim portion of said canopy, and having at least two slots extending into opposite sides of said flange to provide openings for passing said tabs of said mounting arms of said mounting bracket;
• said tab portion of said mounting bracket arms having two recesses, each of said two recesses formed into respective ones of said face portions of said tab portions;
• two leaf springs mounted to opposite sides of said rim portion of said canopy, disposed on at least one interior wall thereof and angularly displaced from said two slots in said flange, said two leaf springs adapted for fitting within respective ones of said two recesses in said end face portions of said tabs, and
• wherein said two leaf springs engage with said two recesses to secure said canopy in a fixed position relative to said two mounting arms of said mounting bracket.