Bird feeder with removable bird seed reservoir
AssigneeWoodstream Corporation
InventorChristopher T. Rich
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Abstract
A bird feeder wherein a hopper is carried by a housing, such as a wire cage, with a hanger attaching the housing to a support for the bird feeder, the hopper being removably secured to the base of the housing so that the base and hopper assembly can be separated from the remainder of the housing to refill and/or clean the hopper without removing the hanger from its support. The hopper can be separated from the base, as well, to facilitate cleaning.
Claims19
In a bird feeder comprising a housing, a hopper carried by said housing for receipt of bird food, and a hanger for attaching said housing to a support for the bird feeder, the improvement which comprises said hopper being removable from said housing to refill and clean said hopper without removing said hanger from its support.
11 The bird feeder of claim 3, wherein said bottom portions of said hopper are seated on said base of said housing, and said top portions of said hopper are open.
The bird feeder of claim 11, wherein said bottom portions of said hopper are also open, portions of said base defining an upwardly extending internal flange, and said bottom portions of said hopper being seated over said internal flange on said base.
The bird feeder of claim 11, wherein portions of said cover define a downwardly depending internal flange, and said internal flange on said cover is seated over said top portions of said hopper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.