ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,379, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).
"Fan device" was invented by Richard Mathias (Wellesley, Mass.), Stephan James Godden (Woking, Great Britain) and Steven Bailey (Needham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan device having a first pedestal configuration and a second table-top configuration is provided. In one embodiment, the fan device includes a head assembly having a fan and a motor operatively coupled to the fan. The head assembly can also include an articulation mechanism and a plurality of legs coupled to the articulation mechanism. The fan device can further include a base ...