Squirrel/raccoon deterrent for bird feeder
OwnerRoderick I. Lundinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a squirrel deterrent assembly including a pole member supporting a bird feeding device. A biasing spring member having first and second ends encircles a portion of the pole member and is secured thereto at the first end thereof. An axially elongated sleeve member surrounds the spring member and the portion of the pole member, with the sleeve member secured to the spring member at the second end thereof. A squirrel grasping the sleeve member causes up and down movement thereof, relative to the pole member, thereby frightening the animal off the assembly.
Claims21
A terrestrial animal deterrent assembly for a bird feeding device comprising:
- (a) a vertical pole member adapted for supporting the bird feeding device;
- (b) a biasing spring member of a selected length having first and second end portions, the spring member encircling a portion of the pole member and secured to the pole member at said spring member first end portion;
- (c) an axially elongated sleeve member of a length greater than said biasing spring member, said sleeve member surrounding and enclosing said spring member and said portion of the pole member, the sleeve member secured to said spring member at said spring member second end portion, whereby a terrestrial animal grasping said biased sleeve member causes up and down movement thereof relative to the pole member, thereby frightening the terrestrial animal off the assembly.
A terrestrial animal deterrent assembly for a bird feeding device comprising:
- (a) a vertical, ground mounted, pole member adapted for supporting the bird feeding device;
- (b) a biasing spring member of a selected length having first and second end portions, the spring member encircling a portion of the pole member and secured to the pole member at said spring member first end portion at an elevation above said spring member second end portion;
- (c) an axially elongated sleeve member of a length greater than said biasing spring member, said sleeve member surrounding and enclosing said spring member and said portion of the pole member, the sleeve member secured to said spring member at said spring member second end portion, whereby a terrestrial animal grasping said biased sleeve member causes up and down movement thereof relative to the pole member, thereby frightening the terrestrial animal off the assembly.
A terrestrial animal deterrent assembly for a bird feeding device comprising:
- (a) a vertical, ground mounted, pole member adapted for supporting the bird feeding device;
- (b) a biasing spring member of a selected length having first and second end portions, the spring member encircling a portion of the pole member and secured to the pole member at said spring member first end portion at an elevation above said spring member second end portion, the spring member first end portion including a spring end retained within a post member side aperture;
- (c) an axially elongated metallic sleeve member of a length greater than said biasing spring member, said sleeve member surrounding and enclosing said spring member and said portion of the pole member, the sleeve member secured to said spring member at said spring member second end portion by a spring end secured within a side aperture adjacent one end of said sleeve member, whereby a terrestrial animal grasping said biased sleeve member causes up and down movement thereof relative to the pole member, thereby frightening the terrestrial animal off the assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.