Patent ID: 9192147
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A01K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A platform bird feeder comprising: a center pole; a base platform connected to a bottom end of the center pole; a baffle having a central aperture, said baffle being spring-biased on the center pole to provide tilting movement of the baffle relative to the center pole when a weight is applied to the baffle off-center; and an adjustable securing mechanism for movably mounting the baffle on the center pole at a plurality of different heights so that a height of the baffle on the pole relative to the base platform is adjustable by a user, said adjustable securing mechanism including a locking bolt, a locking nut and a spring, the bolt having a head and a threaded shaft, the threaded shaft passing through the aperture in the baffle and being inserted through a center of the spring, the head of the bolt being on a top side of the baffle, the nut being secured to the threaded shaft and in abutment with the spring on an underside of the baffle, tightening of the nut compressing the spring against the underside of the baffle.