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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347670 | Interchangeable folding hand fan for purses or pockets The present invention is a folding hand fan with decorative handles and removable interchangeable fan inserts that can be inserted into the different fan handles to create a totally different look of the fan to match a woman's clothes. The folding hand fan insert un... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7306431 | Automatic sliding hand fans Methods to make various types of automatically opening hand fans. One embodiment is an automatic sliding hand fan having a first guard and a second guard with a substantially planar material connected between them. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300249 | Automatic double folding hand fans Methods to make various types of automatically opening hand fans. One embodiment is an automatic double folding hand fan having a first guard and a second guard and spring mechanisms to open the fan. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7179055 | Mailable fan A fan equipped with an unfolded fan blade adapted for mailing without requiring carriage in an envelope or packet. The unfolded fan comprises an unfolded fan blade, a handle attached to the unfolded fan blade, and indicia printed on one side of the unfolded fan blad... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7128531 | Automatic hand fans Methods to make various types of automatically opening hand fans. One embodiment is an automatic compact hand fan. A second embodiment is an automatic standard hand fan. A third embodiment is an automatic sliding hand fan. A fourth embodiment is an automatic double ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6830430 | Fan with a separable flying disc A Frisbee™ fan comprises a fan body made from a fabric bordered by a flexible strip on the peripheral rim thereof and a folding plate clamping the fan body for generating a strong air flow. The fan body may be printed with a selected pattern. The fan body may be s... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6793460 | Fan with cross-bar holding arm The present invention is directed to fans having a handle that is disposed in a non-radial manner with respect to the center of the fan portion. In preferred embodiments the handle is substantially parallel to an imaginary circumferential tangent of the fan. In an e... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6776579 | Fan A fan comprises a fan body and a handle secured to the fan body. The fan body is made of a transparent sheet. An LED is provided in the handle for illuminating the fan body. Batteries are mounted in the handle for operating the LED. ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 5980205 | Folding fan A folding fan, more specifically a folding fan used as an advertisement medium. A rectangular shape piece of paper is placed on another paper piece of the same shape, the pieces of paper are opened in such a way that the vertex A at the top right side of ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5975849 | Handle structure for a flexible fan A handle structure for a flexible fan includes two corresponding holding brackets and two corresponding handle members. The holding brackets are provided at their inner sides with a plurality of receiving means and stop means so as to firmly clamp a segme... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5967161 | Foldable umbrella fan A foldable umbrella fan is constructed of a form-retaining pleated shield and a protective support binder. The pleated shield of the umbrella fan may be fanned open 360° into a full circle for use as an umbrella. Alternatively, the pleated shield may be ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5387084 | Flat folding fan with envelope handle A fan device comprising two flat leaves inseparably attached to a flat hollow handle that serves as an envelope wherein the folded leaves can be tucked away when not in use. The fan opens for use by telescoping the leaves out of the envelope/handle part w... | 02/07/1995 |
| 4911611 | Collapsible fan A collapsible fan is disclosed which can be easily stored, include logos and messages, and unfolds into a fan that is about six times its folded size. The fan includes a spring-type frame foldable into itself and unfoldable to its original shape, and a me... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4564538 | Fireplace fan The invention concerns a method of making a decorative fan. Two types of paper are layered together, reinforced and are then pleated. The resulting pleats are gathered and are bound at one end by means of Mylar tape. A decorative disk is mounted at the ga... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4386126 | Article for making a sun visor and fan An article of manufacture includes a piece of paper having rounded corners and an interiorly perforated area to be torn or removed from the paper. Upon such removal of the interior area, the interior area removed can be used as a fan when a stick or handl... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4352630 | Hand fan assembly and kit A hand fan assembly comprises a fan body having an elongate handle socket extending inwardly from one edge of the body, and an elongate handle having a hand-grip portion and an extension stem projecting from the grip portion and adapted to be retainingly ... | 10/05/1982 |
