Patent ID: 8007233

Claim:
A fan frame for an electric fan, comprising: a housing; a supporting base arranged at one side of the housing; and a plurality of ribs connecting the housing with the supporting base, one of the ribs comprising a bottom wall, and first and second lateral walls extending upwardly from two opposite lateral sides of the bottom wall, respectively, a receiving groove being defined between the bottom wall and the first and second lateral walls, a securing tab extending from an outer end of the first lateral wall towards an outer end of the second lateral wall, an elongated securing finger extending aslant and inwardly from an end of the securing tab towards the second lateral wall, a slot being defined between the securing finger and the second lateral wall with a width of the slot gradually decreased inwardly along a length of the securing finger from a portion of the securing tab from which the securing finger extends to an outmost free end of the securing finger, the securing tab, the securing finger, the bottom wall and the first lateral wall cooperatively defining a gap therebetween adapted for extension of power wires of the fan.