US 7,610,876 B1Granted

Ergonomic bird feeder and assembly method

OwnerRaymond Charles Schulzinventor

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Abstract

A hollow tube type bird feeder configured with at least one ergonomically dimensioned feeder station. The feeder station includes a circumferentially keyed circular feeder portal/circumferentially keyed circular perch portal pair for engaging and coupling with a mating keyed feeder portal insert and a mating keyed perch portal insert. The tube has an open top end with external threads and an open bottom end with external threads. The feeder also includes an internally threaded cover cap for rotationally engaging and securing the open top portion of the feeder tube and an internally threaded base for rotationally engaging and securing the bottom portion of the feeder tube. Feeder components are constructed from recyclable materials and easily cleaned; and the feeder can be easily assembled or disassembled without tools.

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Dependent claims

An ergonomic bird feeder configured with at least one feeder station, said feeder station comprising a circumferentially keyed circular feeder portal and a paired circumferentially keyed circular perch portal, the ergonomic bird feeder comprising:

an elongated hollow cylindrical feeder tube having an open top end with external threads and an open bottom end with external threads;
a circular cover cap with internal threads configured for rotationally engaging the external threads of said open top end and enclosing said open top end of said feeder tube, said cover cap configured for engaging hanging hardware;
a circular base with internal threads configured for rotationally engaging said external threads of said open bottom end and enclosing said bottom of said feeder tube;
at least one keyed feeder portal insert for inserting into and mating with said keyed feeder portal, frictionally engaging internal and external wall surfaces of said feeder tube upon rotation of said feeder portal insert relative to said feeder portal;
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at least one keyed perch portal insert for inserting into and mating with said keyed perch portal, frictionally engaging internal and external wall surfaces of said feeder tube upon rotation of said perch portal insert relative to said perch portal.

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