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An assembly for quickly and easily mounting fan blades to a ceiling fan. The assembly includes a plurality of blade holders and a quick-connect mount. Each blade holder includes a coupling tongue having a locking groove located in its upper surface. The quick-connect mount is mountable to a driven p

An assembly for quickly and easily mounting fan blades to a ceiling fan. The assembly includes a plurality of blade holders and a quick-connect mount. Each blade holder includes a coupling tongue having a locking groove located in its upper surface. The quick-connect mount is mountable to a driven part of the ceiling fan and includes a blade holder support and a cover. The blade holder support has a plurality of receivers for receiving the coupling tongues of the blade holders. The cover is rotatably attached to the blade holder support upwardly adjacent the support. The cover has a downwardly-depending skirt around its outer periphery and an annular blade lock on the surface adjacent the blade holder support. The skirt has a notch and the blade lock has a gap that are in radial alignment with each other and are selectively alignable with the receivers upon rotation of the cover and the support relative to one another. To attach a fan blade to the quick-connect mount, the cover and support are rotated relative to one another so that the notch and the gap are aligned with one of the receivers. The coupling tongue of one of the blade holders is inserted into that receiver. Then, the cover and support are rotated relative to one another so that the notch and the gap are no longer aligned with the selected receiver and the blade lock engages the locking groove in the coupling tongue.

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1. A fan blade mounting assembly, comprising:a fan blade support having an outer periphery, a first rotational axis located generally concentric with the outer periphery, and a plurality of receivers located inward from the outer periphery, each receiver adapted to receive a fan blade coupling tongu

1. A fan blade mounting assembly, comprising:a fan blade support having an outer periphery, a first rotational axis located generally concentric with the outer periphery, and a plurality of receivers located inward from the outer periphery, each receiver adapted to receive a fan blade coupling tongue; and a blade lock having a second rotational axis, the blade lock rotatably engaging the support such that the first and second rotational axes are substantially coaxial, the blade lock being selectively engageable with a fan blade coupling tongue engaged with a receiver upon rotation of the blade lock and the support with respect to one another, thereby retaining the coupling tongue.