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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Brian Lipford, Bel Air, MD (US);
Sharon Lipford, Bel Air, MD (US);
Keith Lipford, Baltimore, MD (US);
Christopher Dykes, Columbia, MD (US);
Pamela Glasgow, Hockessin, DE (US);
Brian Lipford, Bel Air, MD (US);
Sharon Lipford, Bel Air, MD (US);
Keith Lipford, Baltimore, MD (US);
Christopher Dykes, Columbia, MD (US);
Pamela Glasgow, Hockessin, DE (US);
Perla, LLC, Bel Air, MD (US);
Abstract
A hummingbird feeder having a disposable, single-use feed pod containing a liquid hummingbird food and a feeder assembly including a feed pod support for positioning the feed pod in a desired orientation. The feed pod is supported and oriented in the feed pod support and keeps liquid food for touching the hummingbird feeder other that the feed pod. The hummingbird feeder can include an access cover with a port located generally in the center thereof through which the hummingbird can access the hummingbird food. The access cover engages the feed pod and includes a projection that can pierce the top of the feed pod where access can be had to the food by a hummingbird through the port. The feeder can also have no access cover, in which case a port is provided in the top of the feed pod. Multiple feeder assemblies and feed pods can be configured together.