ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,656, issued on April 22, was assigned to Guangdong Aoyun Technology Co. Ltd..

"Neck fan" was invented by Xueping Zhu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a neck fan. The neck fan includes a hanging shell and a first fan assembly. The hanging shell includes an inner end portion that is in contact with the neck. A first air guide chamber having a first central axis is arranged on the hanging shell in a protruding manner. The first air guide chamber includes a first air inlet arranged at a lower end portion of the hanging shell and a first air outlet opposite to the first air inlet. The first a...