Patent ID: 7861671
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A hummingbird feeder comprising: (a) a reservoir bottle having a top end opening and a bottom end opening; (b) a removable cap for sealing the top end opening; (c) a feeding basin connected to the bottom end opening and having at least one feeding port, said feeding basin configured to be in liquid flow communication with said reservoir bottle when said top end opening is sealed by said cap to dispense liquid nectar for access to hummingbirds through said feeding port; (d) an actuator rod extending through said reservoir bottle and movable between an up position and a down position by sealing and unsealing said cap from said top end opening; and (e) a sealing mechanism operatively connected to the actuator rod to move between a closed position closing said bottom end opening and an open position opening said bottom end opening by unsealing and sealing, respectively, said cap from said top end opening, said sealing mechanism being upwardly biased to said closed position when said cap is unsealed from said top end opening.