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US 4,223,637 AGranted
Bird feeder
OwnerHarry Keefeinventor
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Abstract
A pre-fillable, throw-away bird feeder, including a tubular container having at least one bird feed emitting opening in the side wall thereof, a perch mounted on the container for movement between a generally horizontal bird roosting position, and a generally vertical position, and a closure for the opening mounted on the perch for closing the opening when the perch is in the vertical position.
Claims26
A bird feeder comprising:
- a hollow container having an upstanding sidewall;
- at least one laterally outwardly opening feed aperture in said sidewall for emitting bird feed;
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- a perch for birds movable between a laterally, outwardly projecting position, so that birds can roost thereon, and an upstanding position, alongside a portion of said sidewall;
- said perch including plug means, receivable by said opening, for closing said aperture when said perch is in said upstanding position;
- said perch being swingably mounted on said container, at a level below said feed aperture, for swinging movement between said laterally outwardly projecting position and said upstanding position.
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The feeder set forth in claim wherein mounting means is provided on said sidewall at a level below said aperture for pivotally mounting said perch means.
A bird feeder comprising:
- a tubular container, having an upstanding sidewall including an open-ended lower end;
- a base mounted on said lower end forming a bottomwall closure therefor;
- said base including laterally outwardly opening aperture means therethrough communicating with said open-ended lower end through which bird seed is rendered available to birds for eating;
- perch means mounted on said base for swinging movement between a laterally outwardly projecting, bird roosting position so that birds may roost thereon and a generally upstanding, stowed position;
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- closure means mounted on said perch means for closing said laterally outwardly aperture in said base when said perch means is in said stowed position.
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A throw-away bird feeder comprising:
- a bird feed container including:
- a hollow, flexible, pre-filled cylinder, filled with bird seed, including an upstanding transparent sidewall;
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- a convex bottomwall including a raised central portion and a lower terminal edge portion;
- said container including a laterally, outwardly opening aperture therein providing access for birds to said bird seed, said terminal edge portion including an upper surface generally flush with the lowermost edge of said opening;
- a bird perch mounted on said container at a level below said aperture for swinging movement between a laterally outwardly projecting, generally horizontal, bird roosting position and an upstanding position alongside said sidewall;
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- closure means mounted on said perch for closing said opening when said perch is in said upstanding position;
- said perch comprising an elongate rod pivotally mounted on said container.
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A bird feeder comprising:
- a hollow container having an upstanding sidewall;
- at least one laterally outwardly opening feed aperture in said sidewall for emitting bird feed;
- and
- a perch for birds movable between a laterally, outwardly projecting position, so that birds can roost thereon, and an upstanding position, alongside a portion of said sidewall;
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- closure means, movable between an open position in which said aperture is open to provide access for birds, roosting on said perch in said laterally outwardly projecting position, to said bird seed and a closed position, for closing said aperture when said perch is in said upstanding position;
- said perch being mounted on said container, at a level below said feed aperture, for swinging movement between said laterally outwardly projecting position and said upstanding position;
- said closure means being selectively movable to any one of a plurality of positions between said open and closed positions to close any selected portion of said aperture means;
- said closure means comprising a band abutting said sidewall at the level of said aperture and including an opening therethrough which is in registry with said feed aperture when said closure means is in said open position and out of registry with said aperture when said closure means is in said closed position.
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A bird feeder comprising:
- a hollow container having an upstanding sidewall;
- at least one laterally outwardly opening feed aperture in said sidewall for emitting bird feed;
- and
- a laterally, outwardly projecting perch for birds to roost thereon, mounted on said container, at a level below said feed aperture, and
- closure means, movable between an open position in which said aperture is open to permit said bird seed to be emitted through said feed aperture and a closed position, for closing said aperture when said perch is in said upstanding position;
- said closure means being selectively movable to any one of a plurality of positions between said open and closed positions to close any selected portion of said aperture means;
- said closure means comprising a band abutting said sidewall at the level of said aperture and including an opening therethrough which is in registry with said bird feed aperture when said closure means is in said open position and out of registry with said aperture when said closure means is in said closed position;
- said band communicating with said perch when said closure means is in said closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.