Patent ID: 6397781
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A prefabricated bird house comprising:a housing defining a bird-nesting enclosure and including a plurality of walls, said housing including an access hole defined therein for permitting ingress to and egress from said enclosure by a bird, each pair of adjacent walls presenting at least one pair of complemental latch elements configured for latching interengagement when the adjacent walls are assembled, with each of the complemental latch elements including a catch and a complemental slot, wherein the catch has an outwardly projecting horizontal section and a generally transverse sloped section configured to be received by the complemental slot and latched onto the adjacent wall, and the complemental slot has a guide ramp defined therein for cooperatively engaging said sloped section of said catch, said complemental latch elements, when in latching interengagement, interconnect said adjacent walls in such a manner that the adjacent walls are permitted to shift freely lengthwise relative to one another and are prevented from shifting in a generally transverse, lateral direction.