Patent ID: 9726191
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: F04D

Claim:
1. A ceiling fan suspended by a down rod, the ceiling fan comprising: a motor that rotates relative to the down rod, the motor includes a first end, an opposed second end, and a side extending between the first end and the opposed second end; a brace releasably attached to the first end of the motor so as to be separable from the first end of the motor; a blade iron releasably attached to the second end of the motor opposite to the brace so as to be separable from the second end of the motor; a fan blade, the fan blade comprises a face plate including opposed first and second side marginal edges extending between opposed first and second end marginal edges, opposed inner and outer faces that extend between the opposed first and second side marginal edges and the opposed first and second end marginal edges, and a bracket formed in the inner face of the face plate; the face plate is juxtaposed along the side of the motor, the inner face of the face plate faces the side of the motor and the outer face of the face plate faces away from the side of the motor, and the bracket of the face plate is releasably attached to the blade iron so as to be separable from the blade iron; and an engagement element formed in the brace mates with a complemental engagement element formed in the second end marginal edge of the face plate so as to connect the brace with respect to the second end marginal edge of the face plate.