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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2000
Ronald B. Cohen, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Kids Only, Inc., Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
A combined umbrella and fan device wherein the umbrella includes a fabric or vinyl canopy, an umbrella hub, a plurality of splines hingedly attached to the umbrella hub supporting the fabric or vinyl canopy, an umbrella shaft extending from the umbrella hub, and a slide collar on the umbrella shaft including a plurality of support stays hingedly interconnected with the splines. The fan subassembly includes a fan motor housing, a clamp for attaching the motor housing to the umbrella shaft below the slide collar of the umbrella, a fan blade hub assembly rotatably disposed about the umbrella shaft between the slide collar and the clamp and having fan blades extending therefrom, a drive collar about the umbrella shaft and attached to and disposed beneath the fan blade hub assembly, a bushing on the shaft between the clamp and the drive collar for rotatably supporting the drive collar, and a drive wheel extending from the motor housing and engaging the drive collar for rotating the drive collar.