Abstract: A securing device for securing a connecting arm to a ceiling fan blade. The blade includes a hole through which a male member of the arm is inserted. The securing device includes a plate having an aperture through which the engagement end subsequently extends with the neck staying within the aperture. The aperture includes a smaller part having a rim portion such that the plate is slidable in a first direction along the blade surface until the rim portion engages behind the engagement end. The rim portion is enlarged for receiving and engaging with the engagement end in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The plate includes a resilient finger deformable upon engaging the blade surface, resiliently maintaining the engagement of the enlarged rim portion with the engagement end in the second direction. The finger engages the blade surface by friction, thereby holding the plate against sliding relative to the blade in the second direction.

Abstract: A structure is provided for retaining one or more fasteners in a corresponding one or more apertures of a first fan element so that, as the first fan element is attached to a second fan element by engaging the fasteners with the second fan element, the fasteners cannot inadvertently fall out of the apertures. The first fan element can thus be attached to the second fan element without the installer having to insert fasteners through apertures in the first fan element while maintaining registration between the first fan element and the second fan element. According to one aspect, the first fan element is a fan blade arm and the second fan element is a fan center hub. According to another aspect, one or more of the fasteners are machine screws.