Patent ID: 6173676
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A feeder assembly for birds or other animals comprising:(a) a pan member;(b) a feeder tube defining a channel for receiving feed from a feed supply and defining a brood gate opening adapted to permit at least some of the feed to pass therethrough;(c) a plurality of wing members joined to the feeder tube; and(d) a cone member disposed about the feeder tube and slidably mounted to the wing members, the cone member adapted to slide relative to the feeder tube between a raised position and a lowered position to substantially open and substantially close the brood gate opening, the pan member and an end of the cone member defining a feed opening for permitting feed to pass from the feeder tube to the pan member for presentation and consumption, the feed opening decreasing in size as the cone member is moved toward the lowered position.