Patent ID: 7735453
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A bird feeder comprising: a storage container for housing bird food having means for providing food from the container to a feeding station platform, said feeding station platform being located immediately beneath the storage container; tray means located below and in spaced apart relation to the storage container and feeding station platform for catching and collecting food which falls from the feeding station platform, said tray means comprising a planar bottom onto which the food falls and a rim extending above and substantially circumscribing the planar bottom; holder means for supporting the tray means, the tray means being positioned directly on the holder means, said holder means further comprising upstanding perch means substantially circumscribing the tray means to allow birds to roost on the perch means and gain access to food on the tray means, said perch means being located above the rim; and a connector extending through the feeding station platform, the tray means and the holder means; attachment means for removeably securing the connector within the feeding station platform, the tray means and the holder means, whereby when the attachment means is removed from the connector, the feeding station platform, the tray means and the holder means are separated from each other and the storage container.