IP Library Granted Patent US 1,079,922
Granted Patent S1
US 1,079,922 · App. 29/861,562 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Tower fan

Inventors: Byron Loibl (Wichita, KS); Gregory Pease (Andover, KS); Brian Cartwright (Wichita, KS); Shawn Berkley (Wichita, KS); Anthony Fischer (Wichita, KS); Pedro Figueroa (Wichita, KS); Joshua Weed (Wichita, KS); Naphouvieng Ounarom (Wichita, KS)
Assignee: Vornado Air, LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,079,922
App. No.
29/861,562
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a tower fan, as shown and described.

Assignments (6)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2025
From: VORNADO AIR, LLC
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 070671/0970 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2025
From: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
To: MERCHSOURCE, LLC; COHESION PRODUCTS, LLC; THREESIXTY SOURCING LIMITED; THREESIXTY BRANDS GROUP LLC; VORNADO AIR, LLC
Reel/Frame 070666/0256 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2025
From: MERCHSOURCE, LLC; VORNADO AIR, LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 070624/0524 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2023
From: MERCHSOURCE, LLC; VORNADO AIR, LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 063688/0918 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2023
From: MERCHSOURCE, LLC; VORNADO AIR, LLC
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
Reel/Frame 063689/0017 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2023
From: LOIBL, BYRON; PEASE, GREGORY; CARTWRIGHT, BRIAN; BERKLEY, SHAWN; FISCHER, ANTHONY; FIGUEROA, PEDRO; WEED, JOSHUA; OUNAROM, NAPHOUVIENG
To: VORNADO AIR, LLC
Reel/Frame 062802/0399 →
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