Patent ID: 9004008
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A shippable birdhouse comprising: first and second generally flat rectangular members each having tabs extending from two opposite sides thereof; third and fourth generally flat rectangular members each having slots located adjacent two opposite sides thereof; wherein the first, second, third, and fourth rectangular members are arranged and configured to facilitate installation of one of the tabs of each of the first and second members into one of the slots in the third rectangular member and one of the tabs of each of the first and second members into one of the slots in the fourth rectangular member to thereby define a four-sided configuration; a pair of open slots located in each of the third and fourth rectangular members respectively adjacent top and bottom edges of the third and fourth rectangular members, wherein the open slots adjacent the top edges of the third and fourth rectangular members are arranged in the four-sided configuration to be oriented in the same direction, and wherein the open slots adjacent the bottom edges of the third and fourth rectangular members are arranged in the four-sided configuration to be oriented in the same direction; and top and bottom rectangular members each having a pair of open slots located therein respectively adjacent opposite side edges of the top and bottom rectangular members, the pair of open slots in the top and bottom rectangular members being open at the same side of each of the top and bottom rectangular members; wherein the pair of open slots located in the bottom rectangular member and the open slots adjacent the bottom edges of the third and fourth rectangular members are arranged and configured to interlock to retain the bottom rectangular member on the four-sided configuration; wherein the pair of open slots located in the top rectangular member and the open slots adjacent the top edges of the third and fourth rectangular members are arranged and configured to interlock to retain the top rectangular member on the four-sided configuration; and wherein one of the first, second, third, and fourth rectangular members has an entry/exit aperture located therein; and wherein the first, second, third, and fourth rectangular members together with the top and bottom rectangular members are configured to collectively define a stack in a shipping configuration.