ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,374, issued on April 21.

"Portable mist fan and tank apparatus and method" was invented by Brad Ritter (Pensacola, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved portable mist fan and tank apparatus and method consisting of a round lid with a base receiver recess, a pump, a fan where a pump outlet is located in proximity to the fan, a base connected with the pump and the fan, the base configured to fit within and be retained by the base receiver recess and a tank with an exterior with a round top and a bottom and an interior, where the round lid is rotatably attached with the round top of the tank where the exterior bottom of the t...