A sidewalk-based fan repair business has repurposed the metal cages of several fans that were beyond hope of repair into their goods display and inventory solution. They allow the goods displayed in the separate fan cages to be organized by function (one for knobs, one for switches, one for pivoting connector-joints, etc.), and also enable customers who have diagnosed their fan’s problem themselves to select the parts they need from the relevant cage.

Besides holding fan components, fan bodies are also repurposed to function as bird cages – more on this bird vendor later.