Fan with adjustable mount

• US 6,682,308 B1
• Filed: 08/01/2002
• Issued: 01/27/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kaz Incorporated (Helen of Troy Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kaz Incorporated (Helen of Troy Limited)
• Inventors: Birdsell, Walter G., Woo, Cho, Fei, Siu
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Ninh H.
• Application Number:
  US10/210,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20040022637A1
• Time in Patent Office: 544 Days
• Field of Search: 415/126, 415/213.1, 416/205, 416/244.R, 416/246
• US Class Current: 416/246
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/403 especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps

Abstract

An adjustable fan assembly has a fan mount with an arcuate portion and a support member. The support member is moveable along the length of the arcuate portion of the fan mount to position the air flow from a fan mounted on the fan mount. The support member may also retract for compact storage.

Claims

1. A fan assembly, comprising:

a fan; and

a fan mount with

an elongated position-adjusting arcuate portion, the arcuate portion having two opposed ends, and said fan pivotally mounted to said fan mount between said opposed ends thereby defining a rotation axis for the fan; and

at least one support member engaged with said position-adjusting arcuate portion such that the support member is fixedly positionable in at least two locations along a length of the arcuate portion.

2. The fan assembly of claim 1, wherein said support member is selectively movable between a retracted position and an extended position.

3. The fan assembly of claim 2, wherein said support member is selectively movable without the use of tools.

4. The fan assembly of claim 1, wherein said arcuate portion of said fan mount has two substantially diametrically opposed ends, and said fan is mounted to said fan mount between said substantially diametrically opposed ends.

5. The fan assembly of claim 1, wherein said fan is selectively positionable at a plurality of locations about said rotation axis.

6. The fan assembly of claim 5, further comprising means for retaining said support member in a desired location along a length of the arcuate portion of the fan mount.

7. The fan assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one part of said fan mount together with the at least one support member support said fan assembly on a surface.

8. The fan assembly of claim 1, further comprising an adjustment mechanism to hold said support member in place with respect to said arcuate portion of said fan mount.

9. The fan assembly of claim 8, wherein said adjustment mechanism comprises a coupler that interconnects the support member and the arcuate portion.

10. The fan assembly of claim 1, wherein said support member includes at least two legs.

11. The fan assembly of claim 10, wherein said at least two legs together form an arcuate shape.

12. The fan assembly of claim 1, wherein the arcuate portion is pivotally mounted to said fan.

13. A fan mounting assembly, comprising:

a mounting member with an arcuate portion defining a longitudinal direction along said mounting member, wherein said mounting member is configured to mount a fan and the arcuate portion is constructed and arranged to support the assembly by contacting a horizontal surface separate from the fan mounting assembly; and

at least one support connected to said mounting member, constructed and arranged such that said at least one support is moveable along said longitudinal direction of said arcuate portion.

14. A fan assembly, comprising:

an arcuate tube with two ends;

a fan supported by at least one end of said arcuate tube; and

a support member having a tube-shaped collar including an opening that receives said arcuate tube so that said support member is adjustable in position along a length of said arcuate tube, said support member being movable along said arcuate tube relative to the fan.

15. The fan assembly of claim 14, wherein the support member comprises a coupler that includes the opening that receives the arcuate tube.

16. The fan assembly of claim 14, wherein the support member includes a curved bar having opposite ends arranged to contact a surface and support the fan assembly.

17. The fan assembly of claim 14, wherein a portion of the arcuate tube is arranged to contact a surface to support the fan assembly together with the support member.

18. The fan assembly of claim 14, wherein the fan is supported by two ends of said arcuate tube.