Battery-Powered Portable Fan

Battery-Powered Portable Fan FARM HOME Miscellaneous You can upgrade your comfort level with a Canopy Breeze Canopy Fan It was Matt Oppenheim’s solution after he and his wife attended their daughter’s soccer match near Memphis on an extremely hot day with no breeze After learning from a patent attorney that there were no U S patented hanging battery outdoor fans he found a source in China for the fans and worked with University of Memphis engineers to create hooks to hang the fan on the canopy frame “The hooks are steel and curved with rubber grip over the tips for not scratching a canopy frame and having a better hold ” Oppenheim says “The fan fits on most common 10 and 12-ft canopies that don’t have a center pole and there’s a hoop in the middle so it can hang on a hook in a pergola or patio umbrella ” The lithium-ion battery lasts 6 hrs or the fan can be plugged in The battery is built into the unit and is good for 400-500 cycles At $139 the fans have been popular with youth sports families as well as campers and people with tented canopies in their backyards They also work well for vendors at farmer’s markets and craft fairs “Box fans on the ground are usually in the way When the fan is overhead it’s out of the way and the downward flow of air circulates over everyone ” Oppenheim says noting it compares to about a 10-mph breeze It’s operated with remote control The Canopy Breeze fan comes in a handy case and can be found at some retail businesses and Amazon as well as ordered directly from Oppenheim’s company Meko Outdoors Inc Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Meko Outdoors Inc P O Box 131 Collierville Tenn 38027 ph 901-661-9979; service@mekooutdoors com; www mekooutdoors com

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