Patent ID: 6889629
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A bird feeder comprising a housing and a plurality of modular hopper elements, said housing including a base underlying and supporting said hopper elements and a roof overlying said hopper elements, each hopper element including a floor and upstanding walls together defining an internal cavity for receiving a quantity of bird food, said walls including at least one impermeable side wall and at least one front wall including at least one feed aperture through which birds may access bird food within said cavity, an impermeable side wall of each hopper element being juxtaposed to an impermeable side wall of at least one other hopper element in an assembled relationship of said hopper elements, said housing further including a central post interconnecting said base and said roof, a support ring being carried by said post and having an upstanding finger for each of said plurality of hopper elements, each hopper element including a shoulder portion defining an aperture slidably receivable over one of said fingers, and each hopper element being removable from said housing to be cleaned, refilled and/or replaced when empty without removing any other hopper element from said housing.