Patent ID: 9179650
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A top-fill hummingbird feeder comprising: a liquid container having a top end opening and a bottom end opening; a removable cap for sealing the top end opening, said container being filled through said top end opening when the cap is removed; a sealing mechanism operatively connected to the bottom end opening, said sealing mechanism including a movable component coupled to a lower end of said liquid container and linearly movable with said liquid container, and a seal element positioned below said movable component; a feeding basin having a base with an upwardly projecting connecting element configured to be movably coupled with said movable component, said connecting element having an outer wall with mouth openings therein adjacent said fluid basin base, said feeding basin further having at least one feeding port in liquid flow communication with a fluid holding area inside said basin; said sealing mechanism being activated by vertical movement of said liquid container and movable component so that, when said liquid container is pulled upwardly away from said basin, said movable component is moved to a first position with respect to said connecting element in which fluid flow from the liquid container into said fluid holding area through the mouth openings is enabled and, when said liquid container and movable component are pushed downwardly toward said basin, said movable component is moved to a second position relative to said connecting element in which said seal element blocks said mouth openings and prevents fluid flow from the liquid container into said fluid holding area.