US Patent 10465693 Windmill ceiling fan

A blade mounting assembly is used to produce a completed windmill ceiling fan having fan blades that extend out from a fan motor body that rotates about a motor shaft. The blades are mounted using an inner and outer support ring. The inner support ring includes a series of blade receiving pockets. The outer support ring is initially shipped as a series of separable segments which are subsequently locked together to form the complete ring. Each of the outer ring segments also carries a gusset which receives a portion of a fan blade for further supporting the fan blade.