ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,354, issued on April 14.

"Patio chair fan assembly" was invented by Rocky Butala (Vanier, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patio chair fan assembly for cooling a user who is sitting on patio furniture includes a chair having a plurality of support sections. Each support section has an opening. A fan is removably couplable to the chair. The fan is aligned with the opening in a selectable one of the plurality of support sections to direct air through the opening in the selectable one of the plurality of support sections. The fan includes a housing having a front wall, a rear wall, and an interior space. A rotational motor is po...