Patent ID: 7261520

Claim:
A hanger assembly for depending a fan from an overheard support member, which support member is integral with a ceiling, said hanger assembly comprising: a mounting bracket securable to said overhead support member and having a peripheral sidewall; a down rod suspended from said mounting bracket and having a lower end engagable with said fan; a canopy having a central opening for receiving said down rod there through and having an upper rim for receiving the sidewall of said mounting bracket therein; a plurality of mounting screws, each of said screws extending through an opening in the rim of said canopy and engaged within the sidewall of said mounting bracket and having a head residing external of the rim of said canopy; and a rim cover for encapsulating the heads of said screws and securable to the rim of said canopy; an element of a detent engagement pair carried by the rim of said canopy; a complemental element of said detent engagement pair carried by said rim cover for detachable engagement with said element of said detent engagement pair; one of said element and said complemental of said detent engagement pair comprising an indentation; the other of said element and said complemental element of said engagement pair comprising a protrusion matingly receivable within said indentation; a finger having a lower end affixed to the rim cover and an opposing upper end, a front face and an opposing rear face; a gap between the rear face of the finger and the rim cover; the finger flexurally resilient in reciprocal directions relative to the rim cover; and one of the indentation and the protrusion carried by the front face of the finger.