Patent ID: 8337162

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 mounting arms, each mounting arm having an interior end adapted to be attached to the ceiling fan motor and an exterior end extending away from the ceiling fan motor; providing a plurality of bendable fasteners that are each located between each interior end of the mounting arm and the rotating member of the ceiling fan motor; providing a plurality of ceiling fan blades, each ceiling fan blade having a connecting end and an exterior end, each respective connecting end of the ceiling fan blades being attached to respective exterior ends of each respective mounting arm; and snapably attaching each interior end of the mounting arm with the rotating member of the ceiling fan motor by the bendable fasteners, by: inwardly bending tip ends of the bendable fastener into an opening; and hooking edges of the bendable fastener to the opening.