Patent ID: 8016270

Claim:
A portable misting fan device of the type formed by a body carrying fan means for creating and moving a stream of air, the body further accommodating a power source for driving the fan means and electrical means for driving the power source, the improvement comprising, in combination, (a) the body further including a separate compartment therein, said separate compartment being sized to receive and store a supply of ice, (b) said separate compartment provided with vent means for establishing an air path therethrough, (c) said fan means being positioned within said body to facilitate the movement of air through said separate compartment, (d) a powered mist generator carried within said body, (e) driving means associated with said mist generator for driving said mist generator, (f) actuator means in communication with said driving means for actuating said driving means and in turn, actuating said mist generator, (g) said mist generator being in fluid communication with a reservoir to be provided with a fluid source, (h) and a mist nozzle to receive a fluid mist from the mist generator and direct the mist into the air stream created by the fan means when said fan means is activated, (i) whereby activation of the fan means will draw air through said separate compartment to provide a stream of cooled air and activation of said mist generator will provide a stream of misted fluid.