Patent ID: 6997680
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: F24H

Abstract:
1. A space saving home comfort device for providing a flow of exhaust air to an upper portion of a user's body at an elevation above a mounting surface comprising: a base for engaging said mounting surface; a support column having a first end connected to said base and extending upward from said base to a second end; an elongate housing connected to said second end of said support column, said housing comprising a bottom, a top, and at least one outer wall extending between said bottom and said top, said housing having a longitudinal length that extends upward from said bottom to said top and having a maximum cross-sectional width taken along a horizontal plane through said housing, wherein said longitudinal length is at least 1.5 times said maximum cross-sectional width; a rise height defined by a distance from said second end of said support column to said mounting surface, wherein said rise height is at least 40% of said longitudinal length of said housing; an air inlet and a substantially vertically oriented elongate air outlet in said housing; and an air generator disposed within said housing and in fluid communication with said air inlet and said air outlet, said air generator comprising an air impeller having a substantially vertical axis of rotation.