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US 8,800,490 B2Granted
Liquid reservoir and bird feeder incorporating the same
AssigneeWoodstream Corporation
InventorsRomilly Humphries, William R. Vaughn, Jr.
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Abstract
A nutrient dispensing apparatus for birds having a hanger and two interchangeable dispensers supported by the hanger. Each dispenser includes a bottle for holding liquid or solid nutrients, and at least one basin into which the liquid or solid nutrients, water and bird feed, for example, are made available to the birds. The user can change the configuration of the dispensers as desired to provide just liquid nutrients, just solid nutrients or both. The flow rates for dispensing of the nutrients are different for each nutrient alternative.
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A solid and liquid nutrient dispensing apparatus for animals comprising:
- a container adaptable to dispense first liquid nutrients and then solid nutrients, or vice versa, and being fully changeable therebetween thereafter, said container having a closed end and an open end;
- a liquid nutrient basin having a liquid nutrient dispensing region and a base within said liquid nutrient dispensing region, said base configured to removably secure the liquid nutrient basin to either said closed end or said open end of said container, said base having a sidewall with at least one liquid nutrient opening therein through which liquid nutrients in the container may flow into the liquid nutrient dispensing region when the liquid nutrient basin is secured to the open end of the container and the container is being used to dispense liquid nutrients;
- a solid nutrient basin having a solid nutrient dispensing region and a base within said solid nutrient dispensing region, said base configured to removably secure the solid nutrient basin to either said closed end or said open end of said container, said base having a sidewall with at least one solid nutrient opening therein through which solid nutrients in the container may pass into the solid nutrient dispensing region when the solid nutrient basin is secured to the open end of the container and the container is being used to dispense solid nutrients;
- said solid nutrient basin being secured to the closed end of the container and the liquid nutrient basin being secured to the container open end to configure the container for dispensing liquid nutrients;
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- said liquid nutrient basin being secured to the closed end of the container and the solid nutrient basin being secured to the container open end to configure the container for dispensing solid nutrients.
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A solid and liquid nutrient dispensing apparatus for birds comprising:
- a dispenser adaptable to dispense liquid nutrients and solid nutrients in series and including a bottle having an open end;
- a liquid nutrient dispensing basin having a liquid nutrient dispensing region and a collar configured to be removably attached to said bottle open end, said collar having at least one opening through which said liquid nutrients can flow from said bottle into said liquid nutrient dispensing region in use of said container for dispensing liquid nutrients;
- a solid nutrient dispensing basin having a solid nutrient dispensing region and a collar configured to be removably attached to said bottle open end, said collar having at least one opening through which said solid nutrients can flow from said bottle into said solid nutrient dispensing region in use of said container for dispensing solid nutrients;
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- said dispenser being configured to dispense solid nutrients by attaching said solid nutrient dispensing basin to the open end of said bottle with said liquid nutrient dispensing basin being attached to an opposite end of said bottle to provide an ornamental top, and said dispenser being configured to dispense liquid nutrients by attaching said liquid nutrient dispensing basin to the open end of said bottle with said solid nutrient dispensing basin being attached to said opposite end to provide said ornamental top.
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A solid and liquid nutrient dispensing apparatus for birds comprising:
- a dispenser having a liquid nutrient dispensing configuration and a solid nutrient dispensing configuration to be adaptable to dispense liquid nutrients and solid nutrients in series and including a bottle having an open end;
- a liquid nutrient dispensing basin having a liquid nutrient dispensing region and a flow opening through which liquids may flow from the dispenser into the liquid nutrient dispensing region when said dispenser is in the liquid nutrient dispensing configuration with the liquid nutrient dispensing basin removably attached to said bottle open end;
- a solid nutrient dispensing basin having a solid nutrient dispensing region and a flow opening through which solids may flow from the dispenser into the solid nutrient dispensing region when said dispenser is in the solid nutrient dispensing configuration with the solid nutrient dispensing basin removably attached to said bottle open end;
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- said dispenser being placed into said solid nutrient dispensing configuration by attaching said solid nutrient dispensing basin to the open end of said bottle and attaching said liquid nutrient dispensing basin to an opposite end of said bottle to provide an ornamental top, and said dispenser being placed into said liquid nutrient dispensing configuration by attaching said liquid nutrient dispensing basin to the open end of said bottle and attaching said solid nutrient dispensing basin to said opposite end to provide said ornamental top, a downwardly facing orientation of said bottle open end remaining the same in both liquid and solid nutrient dispensing configurations.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.