publication_number US 2017335857 A1 abstract in accordance with certain presently disclosed embodiments a multidirectional fan is provided in certain embodiments the multidirectional fan comprises a back plate having an interior surface and a central opening a hub located around the central opening and projecting from the interior surface of the back plate a plurality of flexible fan blades extending radially from the hub wherein each flexible fan blade comprises a base and a blade and wherein the base of each flexible fan blade is attached to the hub and the interior surface of the back plate and a plurality of fasteners located at least partially on the interior surface of the back plate wherein each fastener secures the blade of at least one flexible fan blade to the interior surface of the back plate at a predetermined position application_number US 201615156973 A description illustrative embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail herein in the interest of clarity not all features of the actual implementation are described in this specification it will of course be appreciated that in the development of any such embodiment numerous implementation specific decisions must be made to achieve developers 39 specific goals such as compliance with system related and business related constraints which will vary from one implementation to another.