Portable fan device
US6109874A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 7, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF04D25/084
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
There is disclosed an elongate style portable fan device having an elongate body portion including a fan device mounted on the top end of the body portion. The elongate body portion is designed to lay flat on an underlying flat surface in a manner which maintains the fan device portion at an angle of approximately 30 degrees from the central horizontal axis of the elongate body portion such that the fan blades of the fan device are free to rotate above the underlying flat surface when in the fan activated mode. The elongate body portion includes stop means for providing a resting stop position for the elongate body portion in order to permit the fan blades of the fan device to rotate freely when in the resting position and in the fan activation mode while laying on a flat underlying surface. Switch means is provided to the device for alternating between a fan activation and a fan deactivation mode. A scented pad may be added to the device and positioned so that rotating fan blades will disseminate the scent emanating from the scent pad. A further embodiment contemplates that the fan blades may be impregnated with water soluble granules of a scented material such that in use, as the…
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