Patent ID: 7721677
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A plastic artificial gourd for use as a nesting place for purple martins, said gourd comprising an outer shell with a front half and a rear half divided by a vertical plane, said halves mated together along the vertical plane, said gourd having a flattened bottom with a plurality of drainage holes and a neck, said interior of the gourd textured to provide baby purple martins good footing and said front half having an entrance hole for the martins, wherein the vertical plane passes through an inspection hole and the neck has a first transverse hole through adapted for passing a wire or rod for hanging the gourd, a cap fits over the neck and the neck has a plurality of ribs which provide an air space between the cap and the neck when the cap is installed on the neck, and a second transverse hole is formed in the neck orthogonal to the first transverse hole and the cap has a transverse hole adapted to be brought into alignment with the first transverse hole or the second transverse hole and through which a rod or wire passes for hanging the gourd.