2022 - Volume #46, Issue #4, Page #30
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Battery-Powered Portable Fan
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After learning from a patent attorney that there were no U.S. patented hanging battery outdoor fans, he found a source in China for the fans and worked with University of Memphis engineers to create hooks to hang the fan on the canopy frame.
“The hooks are steel and curved with rubber grip over the tips for not scratching a canopy frame and having a better hold,” Oppenheim says. “The fan fits on most common 10 and 12-ft. canopies that don’t have a center pole, and there’s a hoop in the middle so it can hang on a hook in a pergola or patio umbrella.”
The lithium-ion battery lasts 6 hrs., or the fan can be plugged in. The battery is built into the unit and is good for 400-500 cycles.
At $139, the fans have been popular with youth sports families as well as campers and people with tented canopies in their backyards. They also work well for vendors at farmer’s markets and craft fairs.
“Box fans on the ground are usually in the way. When the fan is overhead, it’s out of the way and the downward flow of air circulates over everyone,” Oppenheim says, noting it compares to about a 10-mph breeze. It’s operated with remote control.
The Canopy Breeze fan comes in a handy case and can be found at some retail businesses and Amazon, as well as ordered directly from Oppenheim’s company, Meko Outdoors Inc.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Meko Outdoors Inc., P.O. Box 131, Collierville, Tenn. 38027 (ph 901-661-9979; service@mekooutdoors.com; www.mekooutdoors.com).
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