Patent Application
20220183430
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The disclosure relates to umbrella devices and more particularly pertains to a new umbrella device for keeping bird seed in a bird feeder dry. The umbrella device includes a plurality of hooks for hanging a bird feeder beneath an umbrella.
The prior art relates to umbrella devices including a variety of bird feeder devices that include a dome-like cover for keeping bird seed dry. In at least one instance the dome-like cover includes mechanisms of an umbrella canopy. In no instance is a pole disclosed that has a sleeve for an umbrella rod and which includes hooks for suspending a bird feeder.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pole that includes a first portion which slidably engages a second portion. A support foot is coupled to the pole to engage the ground for retaining the pole in a vertical orientation when the pole is inserted into the ground. A plurality of hooks is each coupled to and extends laterally away from the pole. A sleeve is coupled to the pole and the sleeve is aligned with the pole. A bird feeder is removably suspended from a respective one of the hooks for feeding birds. An umbrella is insertable into the sleeve having the umbrella extending over each of the hooks to protect the bird feeder from precipitation thereby inhibiting the bird feed from getting wet.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The first portion 14 has an outer surface 34, and the outer surface 34 has a coupling section 36 extending from the top end 22 toward the bottom end 20. The coupling section 36 has a plurality of intersecting sides 38 such that the coupling section 36 has a rectangular shape. Moreover, the coupling section 36 has a length and a width that is less than interior dimensions of the well 28 in the lower end 24 of the second portion 28. Thus, as is most clearly shown in
A bolt 44 is insertable through the opening 42 in the second portion 16 and the hole 40 in the coupling section 36 when the coupling section 36 is inserted into the well 28. In this way the bolt 44 inhibits the second portion 16 from being removed from the first portion 14. The bolt 44 may be secured with a nut threaded onto the bolt 44. A support foot 46 is coupled to the pole 12 and the support foot 46 engages the ground 18 for retaining the pole 12 in a vertical orientation. The support foot 46 has a primary portion 48 extending laterally away from the outer surface 34 of the first portion 14 of the pole 12. Additionally, the support foot 46 has a secondary portion 50 extending downwardly from the primary portion 48. The secondary portion 50 has a distal end 52, the distal end 52 tapers to a point and the distal end 52 is aligned with the bottom end 20 of the first portion 14 to penetrate the ground 18 when the bottom end 20 penetrates the ground 18.
A plurality of hooks 54 is provided and each of the hooks 54 is coupled to and extends laterally away from the pole 12. The hooks 54 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around the second portion 16 of the pole 12. Each of the hooks 54 extends upwardly along an outer surface 34 of the second portion 16 and each of the hooks 54 curves away from the outer surface 34. Each of the hooks 54 has a distal end 56 with respect to the outer surface 34 and each of the hooks 54 has a support curve 58 that is positioned adjacent to the distal end 56. Thus, the distal end 56 of each hook 54 is directed upwardly thereby facilitating the support curve 58 to have an object suspended therefrom without sliding off of the hook 54. Each of the hooks 54 is positioned adjacent to the upper end 26 of the second portion 16.
A sleeve 60 is coupled to the pole 12 and the sleeve 60 is oriented to be aligned with the pole 12. The sleeve 60 has a first end 62, a second end 64 and an outside surface 66 extending therebetween, and the outside surface 66 is bonded to the outer surface 34 of the second portion 16 of the pole 12. Additionally, the sleeve 60 is positioned adjacent to the upper end 26 of the second portion 16. A support 68 is coupled to and extends away from the pole 12, and the support 68 is positioned beneath the sleeve 60. The support 68 comprises a leg 70 that is bonded to the outer surface 34 of the second portion 16. Additionally, the support 68 comprises a foot 72 extending away from the leg 70 and the foot 72 is spaced from the second end 64 of the sleeve 60.
A bird feeder 74 is provided and the bird feeder 74 can be removably suspended from a respective one of the hooks 54 to be accessible to birds. The bird feeder 74 includes a plurality of feed ports 76 exposing bird seed 78 contained in the bird feeder 74. In this way each of the feed ports 76 facilitates birds to eat the bird seed 78. The bird feeder 74 may be a bird feeder of any conventional design that is typically hung from a support. Additionally, the bird feeder 74 can be filled with any type of bird seed 78.
An umbrella 80 is provided that includes a canopy 82 and a rod 84. The rod 84 is insertable into the sleeve 60 having the canopy 82 extending over each of the hooks 54. inhibiting the bird seed 78 from getting wet. Thus, the umbrella 80 eliminates the problems associated with bird seed getting plugged in bird feeders as the result of the bird seed getting wet. The rod 84 is insertable into the first end 62 of the sleeve 60 until the rod 84 rests on the foot of the support 68 thereby retaining the canopy 82 above the pole 12 and the plurality of hooks 54. The canopy 82 additionally shades the bird feeder 74 from sun thereby protecting the bird feeder 74 from ultraviolet radiation of the sun.
In use, the pole 12 is positioned in the ground 18 such that the pole 12 is vertically oriented. The bird feeder 74 is suspended from a selected one of the hooks 54 and the rod 84 of the umbrella 80 is inserted into the sleeve 60. In this way the bird feeder 74 is protected from precipitation thereby ensuring that the bird seed 78 in the bird feeder 74 stays dry. Thus, the bird seed 78 is inhibited from clumping together and getting stuck in the bird feeder 74 as is common when the bird seed 78 gets wet. Additionally, the bird feeder 74 is shaded from sunlight to inhibit damage from ultraviolet radiation of the sun.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
