Patent Application
20210051924
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The disclosure and prior art relates to bird watching accessories and more particularly pertains to a new bird watching accessory for attracting and cooling birds.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base plate. A reservoir having a reservoir bottom side is coupled to a base plate top side. A cylindrical reservoir sidewall, and an open reservoir top side define a storage cavity configured to hold a liquid. A housing having a housing sidewall extending between a housing top side and a housing bottom side to define a housing inside is coupled to the reservoir. The housing bottom side and the housing sidewall are selectively engageable with the reservoir top side to seal and alternatively unseal the storage cavity. A spout is coupled to the housing top side and has a spout aperture extending from a spout top side through to the housing inside. A pump coupled within the housing inside and is in fluid communication with the spout aperture. An inlet tube is coupled to the pump. The inlet tube extends through a tube aperture of the housing bottom side to proximal the reservoir bottom side and is in fluid communication with the pump. A CPU is coupled within the housing inside and is in operational communication with the pump. A battery is coupled within the housing inside and is in operational communication with the CPU and the pump. A power switch is coupled to the housing sidewall. The power switch is in operational communication with the CPU to activate and alternatively deactivate the pump. A hanger is coupled to the housing and is configured to support the apparatus on a tree branch, a fence, or an awning.
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
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A housing 32 that has a housing sidewall 34 extending between a housing top side 36 and a housing bottom side 38 to define a housing inside 40 is coupled to the trough 30. The housing bottom side 38 and the housing sidewall 34 are selectively engageable with the reservoir top side 36 to seal and alternatively unseal the storage cavity 28. A spout 42 is coupled to the housing top side 36 and has a spout aperture 44 extending from a spout top side 46 through to the housing inside 40. The spout 42 comprises a flared spout base 48, a spout shaft 50, and a spout top 52. The spout base 48 and the spout top 52 are wider than the spout shaft 50. The spout top 52 is disc shaped and the spout top side 46 has a conical cutout 54 extending through the spout top 52 around the spout aperture 44. The cutout 54 creates a mist with the liquid fed from a pump 56 through the spout aperture 44.
The pump is coupled within the housing inside 40 and is in fluid communication with the spout aperture 44. An inlet tube 58 is coupled to the pump 56 and extends through a tube aperture 58 of the housing bottom side 38 to proximal the reservoir bottom side 20. The inlet tube 58 is in fluid communication with the pump 56. A CPU 60 is coupled within the housing inside 40 and is in operational communication with the pump 56. A battery 62 is coupled within the housing inside 40 and is in operational communication with the CPU 60 and the pump 56. A solar panel 64 is coupled to the housing top side 36 and is in operational communication with the battery 62. A power switch 66 is coupled to the housing sidewall 34. The power switch 66 is a slider switch and extends through a switch channel 68 of the housing sidewall 34. The power switch 66 is in operational communication with the CPU 60 to activate and alternatively deactivate the pump 56. A motion sensor 70 is coupled to the housing sidewall 34 and is in operational communication with the CPU 60 to selectively activate the pump 56 when movement is detected. A hanger 72 is coupled to the housing 32 and has a rectangular frame portion 74 coupled to the housing 32 and a hook portion 76 coupled to the frame portion 74. The frame portion 74 has rounded corners and the hook portion 76 lies in a plane perpendicular to a plane of the frame portion 74. The hook portion 76 is configured to support the apparatus 10 on a tree branch, a fence, or an awning to allow hummingbirds to be misted while eating.
In use, the bird mister apparatus 10 is hung to a tree branch, a fence, or an awning with the hook portion 76 to allow birds to feed and receive a mist shower.
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.
