US 11,606,933 B2Granted

Wild bird treatment system and methods

OwnerRonald J. Kendall, Ronald J. Kendall, Jr.inventors

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Abstract

A wild bird treatment system includes an enclosure for accommodating a plurality of wild coveying birds targeted for treatment with at least one ground level entrance of a size and location to permit the targeted birds to freely enter and exit the enclosure while excluding non-targeted animals. An electronic bird caller for attracting wild coveying birds is provided. A feeder assembly, slidably removable from the enclosure, includes a slider assembly and a feed hopper. The slider assembly, slidably removable from the feeder assembly, includes a feed plate assembly and a feed slide for controlling flow of medicated feed. The feed plate assembly, slidably removable from the slider assembly, includes a feed plate of a size and a food delivery box with outlets of a size to control the rate of medicated feed released from the feed hopper specific to the birds targeted for treatment.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A system for treating wild birds, comprising;

an enclosure for accommodating a plurality of wild coveying birds targeted for treatment, the enclosure having a roof portion, an open bottom for facing native ground upon installation, and a side portion between the roof portion and the open bottom portion;
at least one entrance into the enclosure adjacent the open bottom of a size and location to permit the targeted wild coveying birds to freely enter into and exit from the enclosure while excluding non-targeted animals;
an electronic bird caller configurable to emit a natural covey call of and attract a plurality of the wild coveying birds targeted for treatment;
and
a feeder assembly, slidably removable from the enclosure, wherein the feeder assembly comprises:
a feed hopper having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the outlet is below the inlet;
and
a slider assembly, slidably removable from the feeder assembly, wherein the slider assembly comprises:
a feed slide for controlling flow of medicated feed from the feed hopper outlet;
and
a feed plate assembly, slidably removable from the slider assembly, wherein the feed plate assembly comprises:
a feed plate;
and
a food delivery box with outlets therein, wherein the size of the feed plate and the size of the outlets are configured to control the rate of medicated feed released from the feed hopper based on the wild coveying birds targeted for treatment.

11 more elements

A method for installing a system for treating wild coveying birds targeted for treatment wherein:

the system has an enclosure for accommodating a plurality of wild coveying birds targeted for treatment, the enclosure having a roof portion, an open bottom, and a side portion between the roof portion and the open bottom,
wherein the side portion of the enclosure has at least one entrance adjacent the open bottom of a size and location to permit the targeted wild coveying birds to freely enter into and exit from the enclosure while excluding non-targeted animals;
and
the method comprises:
installing the enclosure having the at least one entrance for the wild coveying birds on native ground at a site in a habitat area of the targeted wild coveying birds such that the open bottom faces the native ground and the at least one entrance into the enclosure is adjacent the native ground;
mounting an electronic bird caller configurable to emit a natural covey call of and attract a plurality of the wild coveying birds targeted for treatment;
installing a feeder assembly within the enclosure, and slidably removable from the enclosure, wherein the feeder assembly comprises:
a feed hopper having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the outlet is below the inlet;
and
a slider assembly, slidably removable from the feeder assembly, wherein the slider assembly comprises:
a feed slide for controlling flow of medicated feed from the feed hopper outlet;
and
a feed plate assembly, slidably removable from the slider assembly, wherein the feed plate assembly comprises:
a feed plate;
and
a food delivery box with outlets therein, wherein the size of the feed plate and the size of the outlets are configured to control the rate of medicated feed released from the feed hopper based on the wild coveying birds targeted for treatment;
and
charging the feeder assembly with medicated feed suitable for the targeted wild coveying birds which enter the enclosure in order to treat the targeted wild coveying birds for parasites or disease.

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A method for treating wild coveying birds, comprising:

collecting at least one sample from at least one wild coveying bird targeted for treatment from a targeted area of a natural habitat having a plurality of targeted wild coveying birds;
testing the at least one collected sample to determine if the at least one targeted wild coveying bird is infected with parasites or another disease;
determining the number of and location of treatment systems to be installed at a plurality of sites in the targeted area that are needed to treat the plurality of targeted wild coveying birds in the targeted area;
installing a plurality of treatment systems at the plurality of sites based upon the determining, wherein each of the treatment systems comprises;
an enclosure for accommodating a plurality of wild coveying birds targeted for treatment, the enclosure having a roof portion, an open bottom for facing native ground upon installation, a side portion between the roof portion and the open bottom, and at least one entrance for the targeted wild coveying birds to freely enter into and exit from the enclosure while excluding non-targeted animals;
an electronic bird caller configurable to emit a natural covey call of and attract a plurality of the wild coveying birds targeted for treatment;
and
a feeder assembly, slidably removable from the enclosure, wherein the feeder assembly comprises:
a feed hopper having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the outlet is below the inlet;
and
a slider assembly, slidably removable from the feeder assembly, wherein the slider assembly comprises:
a feed slide for controlling flow of medicated feed from the feed hopper outlet;
and
a feed plate assembly, slidably removable from the slider assembly, wherein the feed plate assembly comprises:
a feed plate;
and
a food delivery box with outlets therein, wherein the size of the feed plate and the size of the outlets are configured to control the rate of medicated feed released from the feed hopper based on the wild coveying birds targeted for treatment;
and
charging the medicated feed feeder with medicated feed to treat the targeted wild coveying birds entering the enclosure for parasites or disease.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/845,063Filed 9 Apr 2020 · continuation in part
Priority: 24 Mar 2014
Published: US 2020/0236909 A130 Jul 2020
Granted: 21 Mar 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A01K 31/06
Housing birds: cages , e.g. for singing birds
A01K 13/003
Devices for grooming or caring of animals, e.g. curry-combs; Fetlock rings; Tail-holders ; Devices for preventing crib-biting; Washing devices;…:…
A01K 31/02
Housing birds: door appliances; Automatic door-openers
A01K 31/10
Housing birds: doors; Trap-doors

Family

Application61/969,383Us provisional application · filed 24 Mar 2014
Application14/543,656Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 17 Nov 2014
US 2020/0236909 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Jul 2020
US 10,674,714 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2015/0264893 A1Published application
US 11,606,933 B2This patent

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