ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,739, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SHENZHEN SHIWU TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Shenzhen, China).

"Misting fan" was invented by Xiangyu Yang (Guangdong, China) and Shaohua Zhong (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A misting fan includes a fan assembly and a misting assembly. The fan assembly includes a fan housing and a fan blade assembly. The fan housing includes an air inlet guard and an air outlet guard. The air outlet guard includes a mist outlet portion and air outlet vanes, the mist outlet portion includes a mist outlet hole and air outlet holes. The misting assembly includes an atomizing member and a water tank. The wa...