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US 5,746,461 AGranted
Bird feeder hanging device system
OwnerJames Broberginventor
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Abstract
A device that promotes the safer handling and attachment of an object to an overhead support by providing a positioning pole and hanger that uses a rotatable U-shaped catch that works in conjunction with a stop located on the hanger to maintain the object in a vertical position during the attachment operation irrespective of the pole's position with respect to the object.
Claims1
A device for attaching an object to an overhead support comprising:
- a hanger having opposingly located first and second end portions and a stop located between said first and second end portions of said hanger;
- said first end portion adapted to releasably engage said support;
- said second end portion adapted to engage said object;
- a pole having a handle and an opposingly located rotatable catch having a U-shape and a bottom portion in which said stop rests;
- said catch adapted to operatively engage said stop;
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- said object maintained in a vertical position during the attachment of said object to said support by the rotational movement of said catch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.