Decorative bird feeder

A decorative bird feeder adapted to be suspended from a support and operative to store and to dispense a foodstuff to a bird, comprising:

• (a) a base having a plurality of passageways each with a discrete outer opening with the outer openings being spaced apart from one another;
• (b) a container having a central longitudinal axis, an interior adapted to receive a foodstuff for a bird and a mouth adapted to be secured to said base such that each of the passageways in said base establishes communication between the interior of the container with each respective outer opening accessible to an external environment, said container including a surrounding side wall with a first side wall portion being divergent in a direction away from said mouth such that it has a smaller dimensional area in a first plane that perpendicular to the central axis and a larger dimensional area in a second plane perpendicular to the central axis, said first plane being located between said mouth and the second plane;
• (c) a framework sized and adapted to nestably receive said container in a nested state, said framework including a first support member disposed in the first plane and extending around said container when in the nested state, said framework further including a plurality of rigid bars connected to said first support member and extending longitudinally alongside said first side wall portion of said container when said container is in the nested state so as to contact said first side wall portion at a plurality of points sufficient to stabilize said container against wobbling when said container is disposed in said framework and inverted such that said base is located below said container in a manner whereby gravity will convey the foodstuff from the interior of the container into the passageway;
• (d) a plurality of decorative images disposed on said framework;
• (e) a perch structure connectable to said base and including a plurality of perches arranged so that there is a perch disposed proximately to the outer opening of each of the passageways when said perch structure is connected to said base;
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• (f) a hanger assembly including a mount adapted to be secured to the support and a plurality of suspension members interconnecting said framework and said mount whereby the bird feeder may be suspended from the support.

A decorative bird feeder adapted to be suspended from a support and operative to store and to dispense a foodstuff to a bird, comprising:

• (a) a base having a plurality of passageways each provided with an a discrete outer opening;
• (b) a container having a central longitudinal axis, an interior adapted to receive a foodstuff for a bird and a mouth adapted to be secured to said base such that the passageway in said base establishes communication between the interior of the container with the outer opening accessible to an external environment, said container including a surrounding side wall with a first side wall portion being divergent in a direction away from said mouth such that it has a smaller dimensional area in a first plane perpendicular to the central axis and a larger dimensional area in a second plane perpendicular to the central axis, said first plane being located between said mouth and the second plane;
• (c) a framework sized and adapted to nestably receive said first side wall portion of said container in a nested state, said framework including a first support member disposed in the first plane and extending around said container when in the nested state, said framework further including a plurality of rigid bars connected to said first support member and extending longitudinally alongside said first side wall portion at least at four contact points when said container is in the nested state said framework having a lower opening sized so that a portion of said container protrudes out of said framework through the lower opening for attachment to said base when said container is in the nested state with said base located below said container in a manner whereby gravity will convey the foodstuff from the interior of the container into the passageway, wherein one of said four contact points is in a different plane from the other three points;
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• (d) a hanger assembly including a mount adapted to be secured to the support and a plurality of suspension members interconnecting said framework and said mount whereby the bird feeder may be suspended from the support.

A method of feeding birds, comprising the steps of:

• (a) at least partially filling a container through a mouth thereof with a foodstuff for a bird wherein said container has a central longitudinal axis, a surrounding side wall with a first side wall portion proximate to said mouth and an interior adapted to receive a foodstuff for a bird, said first side wall portion being divergent in a direction away from the mouth such that it has a smaller dimensional area in a first plane perpendicular to the central axis and a larger dimensional area in a second plane perpendicular to the central axis, said first plane being located between said mouth and the second plane;
• (b) nesting said container in a framework that is structured to contact said first side wall portion at a plurality of points when said container is nested therein and with a portion of said container protruding out of said framework through a lower opening for attachment to said base when said container is nested in said framework;
• (c) thereafter securing a base to the mouth of said container to define a secured state wherein said base is sized to prevent removal of the framework and wherein said base has a passageway with an outer opening such that the passageway establishes communication between the interior of the container with the outer opening accessible to an external environment;
• (d) thereafter inverting said container and said framework such that said base is located below said container in a manner whereby gravity will convey the foodstuff from the interior of the container and through the passageway;
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• (e) thereafter suspending the framework from a support so that said container and base are correspondingly suspended from said support in an inverted orientation.

A decorative bird feeder adapted to be suspended form a support in a suspended state and operative to store and to dispense a foodstuff to a bird, comprising:

• (a) a base having a plurality of passageways each in fluid communication with a discrete outer opening that is accessible to an external environment;
• (b) a container having an open mouth at a first longitudinal end and a surrounding side wall which extends from said mouth to terminate at a closed second longitudinal end thereby to define a container interior that is adapted to receive the foodstuff, said mouth securable to said base such that when the container is in an inverted orientation wherein the base is located below said container, gravity will convey the foodstuff from the interior of the container into the passageway;
• (c) a framework sized and adapted to receive said container in a nested state, said framework including a plurality of curvilinear rigid bars interconnecting extending longitudinally alongside said side wall of said container when said container is in the nested state, said framework being supportable relative to said base when said bird feeder is in the suspended state;
• (d) at least one decorative image disposed on said framework;
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• (e) a hanger assembly including a mounting portion adapted to be secured to the support and a suspension member interconnecting said framework and said mounting portion thereby to suspend said bird feeder relative to said support.