Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Hopper and trough
Patent
1997-12-22
1998-11-03
Swiatek, Robert P.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Hopper and trough
A01K 3901
Patent
active
058293841
ABSTRACT:
A bird feeder adapted to be suspended from the branch of a tree. The bird feeder includes a tube assembly (including a lower tube and an upper tube telescopically engaged therein) and a base plate extending radially outwardly therefrom and on which a feed holding can is mounted. A cone is fixedly attached to the upper tube and positioned in vertically spaced relation above the base plate, thereby serving as a hood to the base plate and feed holding can. The cone and upper tube are supported in position by a series of elongated, resilient tines which are fixedly secured at one end to the can and with their opposite ends being in contacting, supporting relation to the inwardly facing surface of the cone. The tines permit the cone together with the upper tube, to be forced downwardly along the longitudinal axis of the tube assembly in the event of a squirrel climbing on it trying to gain access to the feed, thereby denying the squirrel access to the feed. The bird feeder further includes a hoop which is positioned on the base plate in circumferentially surrounding relation to the can, thereby serving as a barrier to minimize the amount of feed sliding off the base plate. In addition, a funnel is positioned upside down within the feed can to divert the feed through openings formed through portions of the can positioned adjacent the base plate.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5289796 (1994-03-01), Armstrong
patent: 5291855 (1994-03-01), Laverty
patent: 5558040 (1996-09-01), Colwell et al.
Bergin James S.
McGuire George R.
Swiatek Robert P.
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