Hummingbird feeder
OwnerJames D. Andersoninventor
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Abstract
A hummingbird feeder includes a feeder base receiving a hummingbird feed solution therewithin, wherein the base has mounted thereto in a coaxially aligned relationship a support cylinder. The support cylinder includes a divider wall directed orthogonally relative to the axis of the support cylinder, with the divider wall accommodating fluid therewithin. The feeder base having a mounting post and a support post directed through the support cylinder, and the divider wall received within the support post, whereupon suspension of the hummingbird feeder by the support post prevents crawling insects from access to the base due to the support post being positioned within a surrounding body of fluid.
Claims3
A hummingbird feeder, comprising,
- a feeder base, having a support cylinder removably mounted relative to the feeder base, with the feeder base having a base floor and a base surrounding side wall, and a top wall, the top wall having a plurality of feeding ports directed therethrough, and
- an internally threaded opening directed through the top wall positioned above the base floor, and
- the internally threaded opening having an annular flange fixedly mounted within the internally threaded opening, with the flange including a groove and a sealing ring mounted within the groove, and
- the support cylinder including a support cylinder first end, having an externally threaded portion arranged for reception with the internally threaded opening, and
- a support cylinder second end, and
- the support cylinder including a divider wall positioned between the first end and the second end, and a support cylinder cavity positioned between the support cylinder second end and the divider wall having a fluid contained therewithin, and
- a plurality of mixing plates fixedly mounted to a collar, the collar rotatably mounted about the mounting post within the feeder base, wherein
- each of the mixing plates includes a plate bottom edge, with at least one of the mixing plates including a mounting cup fixedly mounted to said plate bottom edge, and ferrous sphere mounted with the mounting cup, with the ferrous sphere arranged for contiguous and rolling communication with the feeder base floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.