can be provided with a storm flap that covers the closing mean 22 such a zipper this embodiment is shown in fig1 as previously discussed fig8 and 9 show section views of a cover 20 enclosing the blades 11 motor 12 and lighting fixture 28 of a ceiling fan a fan cover was made having a diameter of approximately 56 inches it was made from breathable waterproof fabric made by kimberly clark four semicircles having the same dimensions of material were prepared two of the semicircles were cut from the fabric and two were made from sections cut from the fabric and sewn on a commercial mitsubishi sewing machine using number 92 nylon threads to make the other two semicircles thus a potion of the cover contained seams resulting from piecing sections of the cloth together to form the semicircle two of the semicircles of the fabric were then sewn around their perimeter and likewise with the other two half circles to form portions of the top and bottom of the cover an 84 inch plastic one way zipper was then sewn onto the straight edges of each semicircle with the zipper closing at the length of the radius 26 inches of the top half of the cover finally the open radius length 26 inches of the two semicircles not containing the.