Combined electric ceiling fan and light

- Encon Industries, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom and side perspective view of a combined electric ceiling fan and light, showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposite side being a mirror image of that shown;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom and right side perspective view of a combined electric ceiling fan and light showing a second embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of FIG. 4, the opposite side being a mirror image of that shown;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a bottom and side perspective view of a combined electric ceiling fan and light showing a third embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of FIG. 7, the opposite side being a mirror image of that shown;

FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a bottom and side perspective view of a combined electric ceiling fan and light showing a fourth embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 11 is side elevation view of FIG. 10, the opposite side being a mirror image of that shown;

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is a bottom and side perspective view of a combined electric ceiling fan and light showing a fifth embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 14 is a side elevation view of FIG. 13, the opposite side being a mirror image of that shown;

FIG. 15 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 13;

FIG. 16 is a bottom and side perspective view of a combined electric ceiling fan and light showing a sixth embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 17 is a side elevation view of FIG. 16, the opposite side being a mirror image of that shown;

FIG. 18 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 16; and,

FIG. 19 is a top plan view of the first through sixth embodiments of the invention shown in FIGS. 1-18; the ceiling fan canopy, constituting the top most portion of the fan which is illustrated, mounts flush against the ceiling when the fan is in use, and only when the fan is detached is it possible to view the fan from the top as shown in FIG. 19.

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Patent History
Patent number: D328785
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 14, 1991
Date of Patent: Aug 18, 1992
Assignee: Encon Industries, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Inventor: Michael A. Markwardt (Forth Worth, TX)
Primary Examiner: Wallace R. Burke
Assistant Examiner: Lisa Lichtenstein
Law Firm: Laney, Dougherty, Hessin & Beavers
Application Number: 7/715,219