ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,590, issued on July 7, was assigned to Home Depot Product Authority LLC (Atlanta).
"Misting fan" was invented by Nicholas Jackson (Marietta, Ga.) and Jason Gebhardt (Buffalo Grove, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A misting fan system includes a fan and a mister positioned above the fan. The fan includes a motor and a plurality of fan blades operably coupled thereto. Each of the fan blades comprises a base member and a paddle member mated to the base member, and each paddle member comprises an upper surface and a lower surface. A hydrophobic coating may be applied to at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the pa...