ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,983, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Dongguan Biyi Electronic Technology Co. Ltd. (Dongguan, China).

"Electric fan with multiple mounting modes" was invented by Song Li (Dongguan, China) and Wentao Hu (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an electric fan with multiple mounting modes, including a fan head, a support frame, and a base. The base includes a clamping assembly and a suction cup assembly, the clamping assembly includes an upper clamping plate, a lower clamping plate, and an elastic component, and the upper clamping plate is elastically connected to the lower clamping plate thr...