Birdcage perch
AssigneeJ.W. Pet Company, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Willinger, Klaus Woltmann, Ryan Rutherford
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Abstract
A lightweight perch formed from plastic, wood or the like, has, in one embodiment, an outer surface on which is applied a granular material such as sand or the like. An adhesive or solvent may be used to apply the granular material to the perch. The resultant perch duplicates the healthy, stimulative effects of expensive concrete and sand perches at a tremendously reduced weight and cost. In another embodiment, a perch is formed from a plurality of parts of dissimilar materials that are joined together through the entrainment of one material from one part into the other material from the other part.
Claims22
A method of forming a birdcage perch comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a perch having a wavelike shape and a base having a cross-sectional perimeter larger than other portions of the body;
- and having a plastic outer gripping surface,
- b) applying a solvent to an outer layer of said plastic outer gripping surface, and
- c) applying a granular material to said outer layer to form a granular-laden outer gripping surface.
A method of forming a birdcage perch comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a perch having a wavelike shape and a base having a cross-sectional perimeter larger than other portions of the body and having an outer gripping surface,
- b) softening an outer layer of said outer gripping surface,
- c) applying a granular material to said softened outer layer, and
- d) allowing said softened outer layer to harden to form a hardened outer layer having said granular material embedded therein.
A lightweight perch suitable for gripping by a bird and attaching to a birdcage, the birdcage perch comprising:
- a body having a wavelike shape and a base having a cross-sectional perimeter larger than other portions of the body;
- an outer gripping surface;
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- a granular material entrained within an outer layer of said outer gripping surface and a solvent layer.
A birdcage perch comprising:
- a) a base formed from a first material and adapted for attachment to a birdcage, and
- b) a gripping surface formed from a second material and an added solvent and adapted for supporting a bird thereon,
- c) wherein said base and gripping surface are joined through the entrainment of one of said first and second materials into the other of said first and second materials.
A method of forming a birdcage perch comprising the steps of:
- a) forming a base from a first material, said base having a mating surface and further adapted for attachment to a birdcage,
- b) forming a gripping surface from a second material and an added solvent, said gripping surface having a mating surface and further adapted for supporting a bird thereon, and
- c) joining said base with said gripping surface along their respective mating surfaces through the entrainment of one of said first and second materials into the other of said first and second materials.
A lightweight perch suitable for gripping by a bird and attaching to a birdcage comprising:
- an outer gripping surface;
- a granular material entrained within an outer layer of said outer gripping surface and an solvent layer;
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- a base and means for attaching the perch to a birdcage, said attaching means being integrally formed with said base.
A method of forming a birdcage perch comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a cantilievered perch having a wavelike shape and;
- and having a plastic outer gripping surface,
- b) applying a solvent to an outer layer of said plastic outer gripping surface, and
- c) applying a granular material to said outer layer to form a granular-laden outer gripping surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.