Patent ID: 7857592

Claim:
A method of assembling a ceiling fan, comprising the steps of: providing a ceiling fan motor with a rotating member; providing a plurality of keyhole shaped slots adjacent to the motor, each keyhole shaped slot having a wide opening and a narrow opening; providing a plurality of mounting arms, each mounting arm having an interior end adapted to be attached to the rotating member and an exterior end extending away from the rotating member, the interior end of each mounting arm having upwardly protruding members each with an enlarged head; providing a plurality of ceiling fan blades, each ceiling fan blade having a connecting end and an exterior end, a respective connecting end being attached to a respective exterior end of a respective mounting arm; inserting the protruding members into the wider openings of the keyhole shaped slots; sliding the ceiling fan blades radially away from the ceiling fan motor so that portions of the protruding members slide into the narrow openings of the keyhole shaped slots.