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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Patrick T. Marshall, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 3/901 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 3/901 ;
Abstract
A bird feeder that includes a container having feed-access openings and a generally helical member attached to the container to extend around it along a path such that, for each of the openings, a portion of the member is close enough and in the proper location to allow a bird perched on that portion to retrieve seed accessible through that opening.