Patent ID: 6408499
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
An assembly platform system for ceiling fans comprising:a round, cylinder shaped, open-ended, support tube; a fan part support shelf; and a number of insert structures; said round, cylinder shaped, open-ended, support tube having an exterior cylinder diameter, three telescoping leg assemblies extending from an exterior cylinder bottom surface, a ring shaped shelf support flange extending around said circumference of said exterior side surface of said support tube and extending outward a first extension distance from an exterior side surface of said support tube, and a fan portion receiving cavity formed within said support tube and accessible through a round opening having an interior opening diameter; said fan part support shelf having a round cylinder passage opening having a shelf aperture diameter greater than said exterior cylinder diameter but less than the sum of said exterior cylinder diameter and twice said first extension distance such that said ring shaped shelf support supports said fan part support shelf when said support tube is inserted through said round cylinder passage opening; said number of insert structures each including an insertion flange sized to friction fit into said round opening of said support tube and a fan portion passage opening having a diameter less than said interior opening diameter of said round opening.