Patent ID: 8272607

Claim:
A support system for a bird feeder, comprising: a pole member for support of the bird feeder from a top end thereof; a clamp member adapted for positioning about the pole member and including an upper jaw member and a lower jaw member, each of the upper and lower jaw members being adjustably spaced apart and for having positioned therebetween a support rail; a support block supported by said lower jaw member; said lower jaw member having an open chamber for receiving said block therein; and a screw member for tightening the support block toward the upper jaw member to tighten the clamp member about said rail; said screw member extending through said lower jaw member and having a lower rotation end and a top end; said block having a passage that receives therein the top end of the screw member with the top end of the screw member secured to the block; wherein said lower jaw member has a flange for receiving the screw member; wherein the flange is internally threaded and said screw member has a threaded section received through the internally threaded flange; wherein the top end of the screw member is smaller in diameter than the threaded section of the screw member to form a shoulder; and wherein said shoulder is disposed against said block to secure the top end of the screw member to the block.