Patent ID: 7810794

Claim:
A misting fan device of the type formed by an upper body portion accommodating a motorized fan assembly and a spray misting assembly, and a lower body portion accommodating a fluid reservoir and a fill port for the fluid reservoir, the improvement comprising in combination, the lower body portion having an upwardly contoured configuration terminating in an upper neck portion having a non-circular configuration and a relatively flat top wall, an aperture formed in said top wall of said neck portion, said aperture providing an access port for the spray misting assembly to establish fluid communication as between the fluid reservoir and the spray misting assembly, said upper body portion formed by a first half body portion and a second half body portion, each of said first and second half body portions terminating in a first collar body and a second collar body respectively, one of said neck portion and said first collar body and said second collar bodies having a least one elongate groove formed therein, and the other of said neck portion and first and second collar bodies having at least one rail formed therein, said first and second collar bodies being formed and contoured to overlie and capture said neck portion therebetween and said rail being slidedly engaged within said groove when said first and second half body portions are assembled onto said neck portion to form said upper body portion, and lock means for locking said first and second body portions together when assembled on said neck portion thereby to form a break resistant joint as between said lower body portion and said upper body portion when said misting fan device is assembled.