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US 7,921,808 B2Granted
Bird feeder
OwnerLester E. Frazierinventor
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Abstract
A bird feeder comprises a feed container, a connector having an open passage therethrough, a feeding tray, a funnel and a collection container. The feeding tray includes a sleeve into which the connector extends to provide a self refilling feed mound from which birds eat. Discarded seeds and seed hulls fall into the funnel and into the collection container. The feeding tray includes a disk located below an upper edge of the funnel to maximize collection of seed hulls and discarded seeds. In some embodiments, the feeding tray is pivotally attached to the connector.
Claims8
A bird feeder comprising
- a feed container comprising a first plastic bottle having a lowermost exteriorly threaded neck and means for suspending the first bottle from a support,
- an open conduit threaded to the neck of the first bottle for transmitting feed therethrough,
- a feeding tray including
- an open top sleeve, connected to the conduit, into which the conduit extends to produce a mound of feed at a base of the sleeve which is continuously replenished by gravity from the feed container, and
- a support, around the sleeve, on which birds can stand during feeding, comprising a central section fixed to the open top sleeve and a peripheral section downwardly inclined from the central section and having an outer lip,
- a funnel having an input end larger than the peripheral section for receiving seed hulls and uneaten bird feed falling from birds feeding out of the sleeve and a small output end,
- the input end of the funnel being vertically above the outer lip of the peripheral section,
- the funnel being supported from the feeding tray,
- the output end of the funnel including a female threaded neck, and
- a second plastic bottle having an uppermost exteriorly threaded neck received in the output end of the funnel for collecting seed hulls and uneaten seeds from the funnel, the second bottle being at least as large as the first bottle.
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A bird feeder comprising
- a feed container and means for suspending the feed container from a first support,
- an open conduit secured to the container for transmitting feed therethrough,
- a feeding tray comprising an open top sleeve, connected to the conduit, into which the conduit extends to produce a mound of feed at a base of the sleeve which is continuously replenished by gravity from the feed container,
- a second support around the sleeve on which birds can stand during feeding,
- a funnel, supported from the feeding tray, having an input end larger than the second support for receiving uneaten bird feed and seed hulls falling from the feeding sleeve and a small threaded output end, and
- a collection container threadably secured to the output end of the funnel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.