Patent ID: 8468972
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A birdfeeder adapted to dispense birdseed to birds comprising: a housing with a top, a bottom, and a sidewall having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a seed reservoir, said sidewall having at least one opening into said seed reservoir; a seed dispenser associated with said sidewall opening and having a movable piece with at least one seed aperture formed therethrough, said movable piece being moveable in a plane that is substantially parallel with a plane of said sidewall between a first orientation in which at least a portion of said sidewall opening is unobstructed to provide birds with access to birdseed in said seed reservoir while said movable piece seed aperture is blocked, and a second orientation in which said movable piece seed aperture is in fluid communication with said sidewall opening to provide birds with access to birdseed in said reservoir through said at least one seed aperture of said movable piece.