Port attachment system for bird feeders and the like
AssigneeWoodstream Corporation
InventorChristopher T. Rich
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Abstract
A port assembly for mounting within an opening of a mounting structure, such as a feed port assembly for mounting within a bird feeder opening. The port assembly includes a feed port having a port plate with a port opening therethrough aligned with the housing opening to enable access to the bird feed within the housing. The port plate includes a flange engageable with the housing wall. Disposed within the interior of the housing is an anchor having a pair of clamping feet in engagement with the inwardly facing housing wall whereby the anchor is movable with respect to the feed port to clamp the wall between the feed port flange and the clamping feet of the anchor.
Claims20
A bird feeder comprising:
- a bird feed containment housing having an outwardly facing and inwardly facing housing wall defining a housing interior and having at least one housing opening to receive a feed port assembly;
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- a feed port assembly including,
- a feed port having a port plate with a port opening therethrough aligned with said housing opening to enable access to bird feed within the housing, said port plate having a flange engageable with said outwardly facing housing wall, and an extension member integral with said flange extending through the housing opening into the housing interior;
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- an anchor in engagement with the inwardly facing housing wall, said anchor being movable with respect to said extension member and cooperating with said extension member to clamp the housing wall between the anchor and the port plate flange.
A feed port assembly for a bird feeder having a housing for containing the bird feed, the housing having a housing wall defining outwardly facing and inwardly facing wall surfaces and at least one opening in the housing wall providing access to a housing interior, said feed port assembly comprising:
- a port including a flange surrounding a port opening and having a flange surface engageable with an outwardly facing wall surface of the housing;
- an anchor positioned in said housing interior and having clamping feet engageable with an inwardly facing wall surface of the housing;
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- a fastening element for removably connecting the anchor to said port, said port and said anchor being movable with respect to each other to clamp the port to the housing.
A bird feeder comprising:
- a feeder housing for containing bird feed, said housing including a feed containing wall having outwardly and inwardly oriented mounting surfaces and an opening therein;
- a port mounted adjacent said opening and having a port opening and a surrounding flange engageable with said outwardly oriented mounting surface of said housing wall, said port further including an anchor support surface positioned inside said housing;
- a substantially U-shaped anchor having a pair of substantially parallel legs and a transverse base, each leg including a clamping foot engageable with said inwardly oriented mounting surface of said housing wall;
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- a fastening element for connecting said anchor to said anchor support surface of said port and for moving said anchor and port with respect to each other to rigidly clamp the housing wall between the port flange and each clamping foot of the anchor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.