Patent ID: 8316800
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A bird feeder comprising: a housing for storing bird feed therein, including one or more ports through which access is provided to the bird feed, having an upper end and an open lower end wall and having a housing longitudinal center axis that extends between the upper and lower ends; and a base assembly adapted to close the open end of the housing, the base assembly including a main body portion adapted to fit within the housing at the open lower end of the housing so that the main body portion is rotatably fixed but removable with respect to the housing, said main body portion having an upper bird feed support surface and an underside surface, and a manually operated rotational latch having respective locked and released positions, connected to the underside surface of the main body portion so as to be accessible from under the main body portion and having a longitudinal latch center axis, the manually operated rotational latch being supported for rotation about said latch center axis and with respect to the rotatably fixed main body portion, as well as for rotation relative to said housing once the manually operated rotational latch is intercoupled with the main body portion and in use, the manually operated rotational latch, in the locked position thereof, securing the manually operated rotational latch and main body portion to the housing by releasably securing the manually operated rotational latch to the housing, and in the released position thereof being rotatable about the center axes and relative to the main body portion and housing so as to release the base assembly and the manually operated rotational latch from the housing, said latch center axis coincident with said housing center axis.