Patent ID: 8191508
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A bird feeder, comprising: a cover; a dome having a first rim defining an open top and a second rim defining an open bottom; a latch affixed to the cover, a latch hole in the first rim providing a chamber, the chamber having an entrance and an opposite end, the latch being received through the latch hole and into the chamber, the cover being rotated laterally forcing the latch to move from the entrance of the chamber to the opposite end of the chamber thereby locking the cover to the first rim of the dome for covering the open top; a collar having a third rim defining a second open top and a fourth rim defining a second open bottom; a recessed hole situated adjacent to the second rim of the dome, a ledge extending outwardly from the collar and situated adjacent to the third rim, whereby, when the second rim of the dome is positioned over the third rim of the collar until the recessed hole is aligned with the ledge and, upon pressing the dome against the collar, the ledge is penetrated through the recessed hole thereby releaseably fastening the second rim of the dome to the third rim of the collar; a hopper having a fifth rim defining a third open top and a sixth rim defining a third open bottom; a ledge extending outwardly from the collar and situated adjacent to the fourth rim, a recessed hole situated adjacent to the fifth rim of the hopper, whereby, when the fourth rim of the collar is positioned inside the fifth rim of the hopper until the ledge is aligned with the recessed hole and, upon pressing the collar against the hopper, the ledge is penetrated through the recessed hole thereby releaseably coupling the fourth rim of the collar to the fifth rim of the hopper; a column having a seventh rim defining a fourth open top and an eighth rim defining a fourth open bottom; the seventh rim of the column fixedly secured to the sixth rim of the hopper; a base having a top surface and a bottom surface; and the column having an interior surface and a lever extending inwardly from the interior surface, a lever hole and a curved slot formed in the top surface of the base, the lever being received through the lever hole and into a gap between the top surface and the bottom surface, the column being rotated through the curved slot and laterally forcing the lever to traverse through the gap away from the lever hole thereby coupling the eighth rim of the column to the top surface of the base.