Patent ID: 9642341
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: A01K

Claim:
1. A hummingbird feeder that is provided by a provider for use by a hummingbird having a long beak and a tongue, said hummingbird feeder comprising: a feed pod forming a reservoir with a specified interior volume, said feed pod having a tubular wall with top and bottom ends and with a bottom surface attached to said bottom end, and said top end having a perimeter rim surrounding an opening into said reservoir, and wherein a longitudinal axis extends between said ends and wherein the distance measured along said longitudinal axis between said ends defines the height of said feed pod, wherein said height of said feed pod is set so that the long beak and tongue of said hummingbird reaches a point proximate to said bottom surface of said feed pod when said hummingbird is perched above said feed pod, wherein the entirety of said feed pod having a configuration adapted to resemble the center of a single, actual-size flower so that the entire interior volume of said feed pod fits within a region defined by the spreading of the petals of said single, actual-size flower and the thickening part of the stem from which said single, actual-size flower grows, wherein the configuration of said feed pod is further adapted to be bowl-shaped and to have a large open top that provides direct line of sight access to the entire interior volume of said reservoir, a feed pod support having a configuration adapted to hold and support said hummingbird feed pod, and a flower top that is pivotably attached to said feed pod support and has top and bottom sides between which extends a feeding hole and said flower top having a configuration adapted to resemble the spreading petals of an actual-size flower and to allow said flower top to move between an open position that provides access to said feed pod and a closed position that covers the top end of said feed pod.