US 12,219,936 B2
Bird feeder with elastomeric feed port
Luke Benjamin Haney, Lititz, PA (US); and Steven Charles Lorraine, Glastonbury, CT (US)
Assigned to Woodstream Corporation, Lancaster, PA (US)
Filed by Woodstream Corporation, Lancaster, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/835,485.
Application 17/835,485 is a continuation of application No. 16/774,617, filed on Jan. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,369,089.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/799,302, filed on Jan. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295754 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01K 39/01 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 39/01 (2013.01) 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bird feeder comprising:
a seed reservoir having at least one seed opening defining a seed access area and at least one first perch opening; and
a feed port fitted over the at least one seed opening, the feed port including:
an elastomeric seed control membrane at least partially covering the seed access area for preventing seed from spilling out of the reservoir and an outer ring surrounding the seed control membrane, the seed control membrane oriented generally parallel to an exterior surface of the seed reservoir defining the at least one seed opening, the membrane including at least one cutout and being deformable in at least one area thereof such that seed in the reservoir may be selectively accessed through the membrane; and
at least one second perch opening aligned with the at least one first perch opening.