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US 9,282,727 B2Granted
Seed port for bird feeder
AssigneeBrome Bird Care Inc.
InventorPaul L. Cote
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Abstract
A seed port for a bird feeder, the seed port being insertable into an aperture formed in the wall of the bird feeder, the seed port having at least one protrusion formed on a rear face of a front wall, the protrusion extending into a notch formed in a wall defining the aperture in the side wall. The seed port is not removeable after insertion.
Claims5
A bird feeder comprising:
- a seed container having a side wall;
- said side wall having an aperture formed therein, said aperture being defined by an aperture wall having a plurality of wall segments;
- first and second areas of said wall segments being diametrically opposed to each other;
- a first recess in said aperture wall intermediate said first and second wall segments, said first recess extending outwardly from said first and second wall segments and being defined by third and fourth arcuate wall segments, a notch being located between said third and fourth arcuate wall segments;
- a seed port inserted into said aperture, said seed port having a front wall and a baffle, first and second ribs extending outwardly from said baffle to define first and second channels respectively, between said ribs and a rear face of said front wall, said first and second channels respectively retaining said first and second wall segments therein;
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- a first protrusion formed on said rear face of said front wall, said first protrusion extending into said notch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.