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US 2011/0209666 A1Published application
Liquid bird feeder
AssigneeWoodstream Corporation
InventorsJohn Stone, Oliver McLachlan, David Harting
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Abstract
A liquid hummingbird feeder is provided with a liquid container having a sealable top opening and a bottom opening, a liquid tray adapted to immerse the bottom opening in liquid, and a valve mechanism adapted to close the bottom opening to enable the liquid container to be filled through the sealable top opening.
Claims16
A top-fill liquid hummingbird feeder for providing liquid nectar to hummingbirds, comprising:
- a liquid container configured to contain a volume of liquid nectar and having a top opening and a bottom portion with a flow opening;
- a cap adapted to close said top opening and to be removed to allow filling through said top opening;
- a liquid tray configured to connect with said container bottom portion and receive liquid nectar from said container, said liquid tray including at least one feeding port through which hummingbirds can access the liquid nectar in said tray;
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- a valve mechanism including a movable member configured to selectively open and close said flow opening through which liquid in said container flows into said liquid tray, closure of said flow opening by said valve mechanism enabling said liquid container to be filled by removing said cap and adding liquid nectar through said top opening while, at the same time, preventing overflow of nectar through said feeding port.
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A top-fill liquid hummingbird feeder, comprising:
- a liquid container for receiving hummingbird nectar through a top opening and dispensing said nectar through a bottom opening;
- a container cover adapted to engage said liquid container to close said top opening;
- a covered liquid tray defining an enclosure accessible by at least one feeding port, said feeding port passing through an upper part of said covered tray with a narrow elongated passageway that is sized to allow access by long-beaked hummingbirds while preventing access by bees, liquid in said covered liquid tray being accessible to hummingbirds only through said feeding port when said feeder is in use;
- an attaching element for securing said container to said covered liquid tray;
- a valve mechanism configured to open and close said bottom opening;
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- said container, tray and valve mechanism being configured so that, when said bottom opening is closed, said liquid container can be filled with nectar through said top opening while, at the same time, overflow of nectar through said feeding port is prevented.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.