ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,711, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Vornado Air LLC (Andover, Kan.).
"Fan base" was invented by Brian Cartwright (Wichita, Kan.), Byron Loibl (Wichita, Kan.), Anthony Fischer (Wichita, Kan.) and Glen Ediger (North Newton, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A removable support base is provided that includes interchangeable decorative disks. In one example, a desk fan is provided that includes a fan supported by a support post that is positioned on the top of the removable support base. The removable support base has an upper plate and lower support member that are removably attached to the support post. The upper plate member i...