ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,047, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Shenzhen Jisu Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Neck fan" was invented by Jiahang Xie (Shenzhen, China), Guanzheng Zheng (Shenzhen, China) and Xiangfu Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neck fan includes: a housing, having a top wall, the top wall defining a plurality of air outlets; a fan assembly, arranged inside the housing and configured to generate an airflow; and at least one inner plate, arranged inside the housing. The at least one inner plate and the top wall are cooperatively configured to guide the airflow to flow out of the housing through the plurality of ai...