Patent ID: 7174847
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: A01K,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A device providing an insect habitat and feeder, the device comprising: a first compartment having a first aperture in a first surface thereof; a second compartment having a second aperture in a first surface thereof, the second compartment connected to the first compartment with the respective first surfaces in facing relationship; and a tube positioned for sliding axial movement in a third aperture in a second surface of the the second compartment, the tube having a first open end and a closed second end with an intermediate portion therebetween, the tube having an enlarged outer diameter at each end to limit the axial movement and a radial opening along the intermediate portion near the second end, the tube providing a passage from the second compartment to an exterior of the device; wherein aligning at least a portion of the first and second apertures sufficiently to allow an insect in one of the compartments to move to the other compartment defines an open condition of the device and moving the respective apertures out of alignment so that an insect is unable to move from one of the compartments to the other defines a closed condition of the device.