US 6,484,665 B1 · Reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system with manicuring perch for a bird feeder

Abstract

A feeder having a reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system providing clean food for a bird including a pair of side panels; a manicuring perch with a serrated surface adjacent the side panels for wearing down a toenail of the bird while feeding; a manger floor with a pair of particle egress notches adjacent the pair of side panels supporting the clean food; a pair of settling slots established by the pair of particle egress notches, the manger floor and the pair of side panels passing particles of food; a manger stop adjacent the manger floor for confining the clean food; a catch encompassed by the pair of side panels, the manicuring perch, the settling slots and the manger stop accommodating clean food spilled or discarded by the bird; and a reclamation slide adjacent the side panels for collecting food and food particles.

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Dependent claims

A reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system for a feeder for providing clean food to a feeder user, the feeder comprising:

a pair of side panels defining a height and a depth of the feeder;
a manicuring perch mounting hook with a serrated surface secured between the side panels defining a width of the feeder, the serrated surface wearing down toenails of the feeder user while the feeder user eats the clean food provided by the reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system;
a manger floor with a pair of particle egress notches, the manger floor secured between the pair side panels while providing support for the clean food;
a pair of settling slots established by the pair of particle egress notches, the manger floor and the pair of side panels, the pair of settling slots for passage of particles from above the manger floor to below the manger floor;
a manger stop adjacent the manger floor and secured between the pair of side panels for supporting the clean food adjacent the manger floor;
a catch encompassed by the pair of side panels, the manicuring perch mounting hook, the settling slots and the manger stop, the catch accommodating clean food spilled or discarded from the manger floor;
and
a reclamation slide secured between the side panels for collecting particles from the settling slots and the catch, and spilled or discarded clean food from the manger floor.

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A reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system bird feeder for providing clean food to a bird, the reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system bird feeder comprising:

a pair of side panels defining a height and a depth of the reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system bird feeder;
and
a manicuring perch mounting hook with a serrated surface secured between the side panels defining a width of the feeder, the serrated surface wearing down toenails of the bird while the bird eats the clean food provided by the reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system bird feeder, the reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system bird feeder assembled by steps comprising:
(a) providing a sheet of material for use in producing component parts of the feeder;
(b) separating each component part of the feeder from the sheet of material for use in assembling the feeder;
(c) collecting and pre-staging select component parts into an assembly kit for use in assembling a predetermined type of feeder;
(d) notching a particle egress notch into the manger floor for use in forming a settling slot;
(e) embedding a serrated pattern into a manicuring perch mounting hook to provide a means for manicuring a toenail of the bird while the bird is feeding from the reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system bird feeder;
(f) forming the manicuring perch mounting hook into a predetermined shape sized to accommodate the grasp of the bird and provide a means for attaching the reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system bird feeder to a bird cage;
(g) placing each component part onto an assembly fixture and linking the components one to the other to form the reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system bird feeder;
and
(h) removing the linked components from the assembly fixture and installing a reclamation-stop-door to form the reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system bird feeder.

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A manicuring perch for a bird of a species of bird comprising:

a main body portion supporting a serrated pattern embedded into a surface of the main body portion, the serrated pattern for manicuring a toenail of the bird while the bird moves on the serrated pattern;
and
an eye portion with an outer surface cross section determined by the grasp of the bird of the species of bird using the manicuring perch, the manicuring perch formed by steps comprising:
(a) placing the manicuring perch into a kiln for a predetermined period of time to heat the manicuring perch to a predetermined temperature to prepare the manicuring perch for receipt of the serrated pattern to be imparted into the manicuring perch;
(b) pre-heating a serration pattern tool to a predetermined temperature for use in imparting the serrated pattern into the manicuring perch;
(c) removing the manicuring perch from the kiln and placing the manicuring perch in a serration fixture to align the manicuring perch with the serration pattern tool;
and
(d) imparting the serrated pattern into the manicuring perch by placing the serration tool into direct contact with the manicuring perch surface and applying a predetermined force for a predetermined period of time to the serration tool to embed the serration pattern into the manicuring perch.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system with manicuring perch for a bird feeder

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Reduced compression gravity-feed clean food-recycling system with manicuring perch for a bird feeder

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Abstract

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