Patent ID: 8662018
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A birdhouse which having been mounted at or above a person's reach can be cleaned without removing a part of the birdhouse, climbing a ladder or lowering the birdhouse to the ground comprising: a housing defining a bird nesting enclosure including a roof and a plurality of walls one of which is a front wall, said housing including an open entrance-hole located in the front wall for a bird to enter and leave said enclosure; a hinged floor having a top surface, a bottom surface, a rear end and a front end coupled to pivot about its rear end where the front end adjoins the inside surface of the front wall and the bottom surface of the hinged floor is located below the top of the tool-hole opening in the front wall; a tool-hole opening which extends from an outside surface to a surface within a wall is located above the bottom surface of the hinged floor, said tool-hose opening is provided for receiving a tool which can urge the hinged floor to swing open from a nominally horizontal position to a nominally vertical position.