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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stewart Hardison, Bainbridge, NY (US);
Assignee:
Perky-Pet Products Co., Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 6/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 6/102 ;
Abstract
A bird feeder which utilizes a shielding collar that behaves substantially like a universal-joint. The hollow, generally-cylindrical collar surrounds an annular food tray. The collar has a plurality of openings to provide access to the food tray, with a perch rod adjacent each opening. The collar is suspended by a spring device operative to allow the collar to simultaneously tilt, move downwardly and rotate, thus occluding the passage to food whenever the weight and agitated movements of a squirrel are brought to bear upon the collar.