Patent ID: 8689737

Claim:
A wildlife feeder for placement on the ground, the wildlife feeder comprising: a hopper having a downwardly sloping bottom wall, a generally vertical hopper side wall and a top wall; a plurality of legs engaging the hopper to support the hopper above the ground; a generally vertical manifold having a longitudinal axis, the manifold mounted to the bottom of the hopper and descending generally vertically from the downwardly sloping bottom wall of the hopper, the manifold having a mouth at an upper end thereof and a feed supply opening at the bottom end thereof, the manifold having a cross-section; a head engaging the manifold, the head having a multiplicity of feed troughs, wherein each feed trough has a tabular bottom wall, a pair of tabular side walls and a tabular top wall, the head receiving feed from the feed supply opening of the manifold, wherein the head comprises a horizontal floor, generally laying in a horizontal plane, the floor being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the manifold, wherein the floor has a perimeter, the perimeter joining the bottom walls of the feed trough; wherein the bottom wall of each feed trough transcribes an angle with respect to the floor of the head of between about 5° to about 30° and wherein each of the feed trough top walls transcribe an angle of between about 110° to about 155° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the manifold; wherein each of the feed trough bottom walls includes an upturned lip, each upturned lip having a top edge, each top edge having a height that is below the plane of the tabular floor of the head.