Disposable bird feeder
OwnerBruce W. Eckelmaninventor
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Abstract
A housing has a base portion with a recess that holds a supply of bird seed. Walls are foldable upwardly from the base portion to form side walls and a top wall. The front and rear of the walls are open to provide access for birds using the feeder at the front and to allow the rear of the feeder to face a glass surface. The rear of the feeder has a removable attaching strip for connection to a glass surface. Attachment is preferably by a pressure sensitive adhesive. The side walls fold relative to the base and have locking engagement on the recess for confining a pre-packaged bird seed in the recess. The base portion has a flange which serves as a perch for birds at the front of the feeder.
Claims6
A disposable bird feeder for mounting on an upright glass surface comprising:
- a base portion having bottom, rear, front and side walls and also having an open top,
- said base portion forming a container for holding a supply of bird feed,
- said base portion having a lateral extension which together with said base portion is formed from a single blank of material,
- said lateral extension being hingedly connected across one side of said base portion adjacent the open top thereof,
- said lateral extension having hinge means intermediate its ends that extend parallel with the hinge connection to said base portion,
- said lateral extension being capable of hinged shaping on its hinged connection with said base portion and with its intermediate hinge means to extend upwardly and be contoured into a raised cover for said base portion,
- the front and rear of said cover being open to provide access for birds using the feeder at the front,
- and pressure sensitive adhesive means at the rear of said base portion for removably attaching the bird feeder to a glass surface and allow viewing of birds feeding thereon from an opposite side of the glass surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.