Patent ID: 6332427
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A feeder for small birds, comprising:an elongated tube having a top end, a bottom end and a tubular sidewall, the sidewall having a plurality of spaced apart perch support openings drilled therethrough perpendicular to a tubular axis of the tube and spaced above each of said perch support openings, a feed dispensing opening;a perch rod received within each of said perch support openings, each perch rod extending exteriorly of and on opposite sides of said tube to provide perches on which small birds may alight;a top cap removably receivable on said tube top end and having a central opening therethrough;a bottom cap removably received on said tube bottom end and having at least one opening therethrough; anda flexible line having a first end and a second end, the line being received through said tube and through said opening in said top cap whereby said top cap can be slidably moved on the line and the line extending through said at least one opening in said bottom cap by which the line is secured to said bottom cap, the line having an upper portion adjacent said first end spaced from said top cap by which said line may be secured to a support structure and by which said tube is vertically supported, said top and bottom caps being removable for filling or emptying said tube of bird feed without removing said line.