Patent ID: 7347669

Claim:
A remotely operable motorized fan comprising: an elongated and rectilinear support shaft having top and bottom end portions axially registered along a vertical plane; a housing defining a cavity therein and including a monolithically formed tubular lower flange protruding downwardly about said top end portion of said support shaft; sensing means for detecting a mobile target zone remotely located from said housing; and power means for rotating said housing about said support shaft based upon a location of said target zone, said power means being electrically coupled to said sensing means such that said housing automatically pivots about a vertically situated longitudinal axis bifurcating said housing without requiring a user input; wherein said sensing means comprises: a processor for executing preprogrammed software instructions for causing said power means to operate in a selected mode; a central sensor conjoined to said housing and partially extending outwardly therefrom, said central sensor being electrically coupled to said processor and said power means for communicating therewith during operating conditions; and an auxiliary sensor removably positional on a mobile object and including a transmitter generating and sending a beacon signal unique to said auxiliary sensor; wherein said central sensor emits a continuous location signal throughout a predetermined radius surrounding said housing for detecting a real-time location of said auxiliary sensor, said central sensor generating an operating signal corresponding to a location of said beacon signal and sending said operating signal to said processor for rotating said housing toward said beacon signal location.