Patent ID: 7179055

Claim:
A fan suitable for mailing, comprising: an unfolded fan blade, said fan blade having opposite sides, wherein indicia are printed on one side of said fan blade, said indicia define an area to attach or print postage and an area to write or print an address; and an extendable handle attached to said fan blade, wherein said handle provides stiffness to said fan blade, wherein said extendable handle comprises an elongated female receptacle member and an elongated male member, said female member defines an interior bore sized to slidably accommodate said male member, said male and female member each have opposite proximal and distal ends, wherein the distal end of said male member comprises two lateral opposite facing latching arms, further wherein each of said latching arms further comprise a latching tab, and wherein said female member comprises two complementary latch slots to cooperatively hold said latching tabs.