Patent Application
20200253167
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The disclosure and prior art relates to feeder devices and more particularly pertains to a new feeder device for feeding liquid nectar to hummingbirds.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a container for containing a fluid solution of hummingbird nectar. An engagement is coupled to the container and the engagement releasably engages a support for suspending the container from the support. A base is provided and the container is removably coupled thereto. The base closes the container when the container is removably coupled thereto to inhibit the fluid solution from spilling out of the container. The base has a plurality of dispensers that is each integrated into the base and each of the dispensers is in fluid communication with the container when the container is removably coupled to the base. In this way each of the dispensers can dispense the fluid solution to hummingbirds for feeding.
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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The bottom end 16 has a neck 30 extending downwardly therefrom and the neck 30 is aligned with the opening 22 in the bottom end 16 such that the fluid solution 14 flows through the neck 30. The neck 30 has an outer surface 32 and the outer surface 32 is threaded. An engagement 34 is coupled to the container 12 and the engagement 34 releasably engages a support for suspending the container 12 from the support. The support might be a tree branch, a bird feeder holder or any other elevated support that is positioned outdoors. The engagement 34 is coupled to the top end 18 of the container 12 and the engagement 34 has a distal end 38 with respect to the top end 18. Moreover, the engagement 34 is curved between the container 12 and the distal end 38 to define a hook for engaging the support. The engagement 34 may include an ornamental base that sits on the top end 18 of the container 12.
A base 40 is provided and the container 12 is removably coupled to the base 40. Moreover, the base 40 closes the container 12 when the container 12 is removably coupled thereto to inhibit the fluid solution 14 from spilling out of the container 12. The base 40 has a plurality of dispensers 42 that is each integrated into the base 40. Each of the dispensers 42 is in fluid communication with the container 12 when the container 12 is removably coupled to the base 40. In this way each of the dispensers 42 can dispense the fluid solution 14 to hummingbirds for feeding.
The base 40 has an upper end 44, a lower end 46 and an exterior wall 48 extending therebetween, and the exterior wall 48 is continuously arcuate about a vertical axis of the base 40 such that the base 40 has a rounded shape. Each of the dispensers 42 extends outwardly from the exterior wall 48, and the dispensers 42 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around the exterior wall 48. Additionally, each of the dispensers 42 has a distal end 50 with respect to the exterior wall 48. The upper end 44 has a well 52 extending downwardly toward the lower end 46 and the well 52 has a bounding surface 54. The outer surface 32 of the neck 30 on the bottom end 16 of the container 12 threadably engages the bounding surface 54. In this way the container 12 is removably retained on the base 40.
The upper end 44 of the base 40 may have a diameter that is less than a diameter of the lower end 46 of the base 40. Additionally, each of the dispensers 42 may be positioned closer to the upper end 44 than the lower end 46. The exterior wall 48 of the base 40 may have a plurality of ornamental leaves 56 bonded thereto and the exterior wall 48 may include ornamental fluting 58 that extends substantially between the lower end 46 of the base 40 and the dispensers 42.
The base 40 has a conduit 60 that is integrated therein and the conduit 60 intersects the well 52. Thus, the conduit 60 receives the fluid solution 14 when the container 12 is releasably coupled to the base 40. Moreover, the conduit 60 branches outwardly from the well 52 through the distal end 50 of each of the dispensers 42. In this way the fluid solution 14 is accessible through each of the dispensers 42 for feeding a hummingbird. The conduit 60 angles upwardly through each of the dispensers 42 thereby inhibiting the fluid solution 14 from pouring outwardly from the dispensers 42. Moreover, each of the dispensers 42 flares outwardly between the exterior wall 48 of the base 40 and the distal end 50 of the dispensers 42 such that each of the dispensers 42 resembles a floral blossom.
In use, the container 12 is removed from the base 40, the container 12 is inverted and the container 12 is filled with the fluid solution 14 for feeding the hummingbirds. The base 40 is screwed onto the container 12, and both the container 12 and the base 40 are subsequently uprighted. Thus, the fluid solution 14 flows into the well 52 in the base 40 and into the conduit 60 in the base 40. The engagement 34 is positioned on the support 36 to suspend the container 12 and the base 40. In this way the dispensers 42 are available for hummingbirds to feed on the fluid solution 14 that is in the conduit 60.
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.
