Abstract: A ceiling fan (10) is provided having a motor (12), a motor housing (13), fan blades (14), and blade irons (16) coupled to the motor and blades. Each blade iron includes a mounting arm (18), a mounting plate (19) and a decorative medallion (20). The mounting arm has a blade attachment portion (23) which has a decorative end (24) with mounting holes (25) therein. The blade iron mounting plate has a middle portion (31) straddled by a first end portion (32) and a second end portion (33). The middle portion and blade each have mounting holes (34) and (36), respectively, therein configured to conform with the mounting holes of the decorative end. The decorative medallion includes a cover plate (37) having a cavity (38) therein partially defined by an interior end wall (40) configured to mate with the first end portion (32) of the mounting plate.

Abstract: A ceiling fan (10) is provided having a motor (12), a motor housing (13), fan blades (14), and blade irons (16) coupled to the motor and blades. Each blade iron includes a mounting arm (18), a mounting plate (19) and a decorative medallion (20). The mounting arm has a blade attachment portion (23) which includes has a decorative end (24) with mounting holes (25) therein. The blade iron mounting plate has a middle portion (31) straddled by a first end portion (32) and a second end portion (33). The middle portion and blade each have mounting holes (34) and (36), respectively, therein configured to conform with the mounting holes of decorative end. The decorative medallion includes a cover plate (37) having a cavity (38) therein partially defined by an interior end wall (40) configured to mate with the first end portion (32) of said mounting plate.

Abstract: A light fixture is provided which is mountable to an overhead structure, such as a switch housing of a ceiling fan. The light fixture includes a base which may be attached to the switch housing and a globe which is removably secured to the base. The base includes a plate and an annular flange extending downwardly from the plate, with a plurality of circumferentially spaced and radially inwardly extending protuberances formed on the flange. A plurality of circumferentially spaced resilient members are attached to the plate proximate the flange. The globe includes a neck and a light-emitting enclosure integral with one another, with the neck having a substantially cylindrical portion and a plurality of circumferentially extending ridges, spaced apart by gaps, which protrude radially outwardly from an outer surface of the substantially cylindrical portion of the neck.