US 12,167,717 B2Granted

Birding accessories

AssigneeHolscher Products, Inc.

InventorsSteven B. Zehring, Joseph Holscher, John C. Holscher

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Abstract

A birding accessory assembly includes a birding accessory, such as a bird bath, a pole for supporting the bird bath on the ground or other surface, and a removably interlocking feature between the bottom face of the accessory and the top end of the pole. The interlocking interface can include a plurality of knobs projecting from the bottom face of the accessory and a cam plate mounted on the pole. The cam plate defines a like plurality of ramp segments to receive the knobs. With the knobs disposed within the ramp segments, the accessory is rotated so that the knobs advance toward a lower end of the ramp segments. A side opening at the end of each segment receives a boss projecting from each knob to snap or click into engagement. An array of magnets carried by the cam plate can magnetically engage a metal plate integrated into the bottom face of the accessory.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A birding accessory assembly comprising:

an elongated post having a support structure at one end for supporting the post on the ground or other surface;
a birding accessory having a bottom face;
and
a removably interlocking feature between an opposite end of the elongated post and the bottom face of said birding accessory, including;
a cam plate including an upper face facing said birding accessory when the birding accessory is mounted thereon, said cam plate defining a plurality of arcuate ramp segments, each of said ramp segments including a radially inward side wall extending from an entrance end of the ramp segment to a locking end of the ramp segment and a side opening defined in said side wall at said locking end, wherein each of the ramp segments is angled downward from said entrance end to said locking end relative to said upper face;
and
a like plurality of knobs defined in the bottom face of said birding accessory and configured to be slidingly received within a corresponding ramp of the plurality of ramp segments, each knob including a radially inward extending boss configured to be received within said side opening in the corresponding ramp.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/936,429Filed 29 Sep 2022 · us provisional application
Priority: 26 Oct 2021
Published: US 2023/0126441 A127 Apr 2023
Granted: 17 Dec 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A01K 45/002
Other aviculture appliances, e.g. devices for determining whether a bird is about to lay: bird baths or showers
F16M 11/24
Undercarriages with or without wheels: changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each other
F16M 2200/08
Details of stands or supports: foot or support base
A01K
Animal husbandry