ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,237, issued on June 30, was assigned to GUANGDONG LAC SMART LIGHTING Co. LTD (Dongguan, China).

"Combined fan and light fixture with quick-release structure" was invented by Xiaoming He (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined fan and light fixture with quick-release structure is provided, in which retaining recesses each with an L-shaped configuration are defined on a mounting base, and latch protrusions and a latch mechanism matched with the retaining recesses are disposed at an annular connecting cover of a fan and light assembly. During installation, one only needs to align each of the latch protrusions with a c...