Patent ID: 8235686

Claim:
A battery-powered personal cooling fan comprising: an elongate bottle-shaped body of molded plastic having an axis of symmetry which is vertical in use; a battery compartment within the body; a DC motor within the body; a switch circuit for connecting a battery in said compartment to said motor; an impeller mounted external to the top of the body and having blades that are substantially larger in diameter than the diameter of said body and that are rotatable about an axis of rotation which intersects said axis of symmetry at an angle; said body having an integral tapered base of such size and shape as to fit into a conventional golf cart cup holder whereby said cooling fan may be carried by a conventional golf cart while directing air toward at least one occupant of the golf cart along an axis which is angled relative to vertical wherein the vertical dimension of the tapered base is about 2.5 inches and the diameter at the top of the tapered base is about 2.5 inches; a shroud around said impeller and mounted to said body wherein said shroud and impeller are pivotally mounted to said body so that the angle between the axis of rotation and said axis of symmetry can be selectively varied wherein said body has an annular shoulder formed therein between the rest of said body and said integral tapered base.