US 7,555,996 B2
Birdcage feeder
Jonathan Willinger, Tenafly, N.J. (US); and Klaus Woltmann, Demarest, N.J. (US)
Assigned to J.W. Pet Compnay, Inc., Teterboro, N.J. (US)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/87,728.
Prior Publication US 2006/0213450 A1, Sep. 28, 2006
Int. Cl. A01K 39/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 119—464  [119/477; 119/429; 119/72; 119/57.8; 119/51.01] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A birdcage feeder assembly, comprising:
a cup configured to receive and store food or water for birds;
a shield coupled to the cup and having an opening dimensioned to provide the birds with access to the food and water in the cup, the shield being made from transparent material to allow the birds to observe a site while feeding from the cup; and
a holder comprising an endless shape so that the cup may be removably held;
wherein the holder comprises a post and a support for detachably coupling the cup to a birdcage, the endless shape connected to the post so that the cup is spaced from a wall of the birdcage;
wherein the shield has a peripheral wall provided with the opening, the opening extending from an open bottom of the shield towards a top of the shield and having an upper arcuate portion and a lower portion;
wherein the peripheral wall of the shield has a bottom rim insertable into a top portion of the cup and surrounded by an inner side of a peripheral wall of the cup, the bottom rim being provided with a bottom flange extending from the bottom rim and having an outer side, the outer side of the bottom flange being spaced inwards from an outer side of the bottom rim so that the outer sides of the bottom rim and flange define a flat bottom surface therebetween;
wherein the cup has a peripheral wall provided with an inner and outer opposite sides and a top flange atop the inner and outer opposite sides, the inner side of the peripheral wall of the cup being provided with an annular ledge spaced downwards from the top flange and configured to support the flat bottom surface of the shield upon inserting the shield into the top portion of the cup; and
wherein the bottom rim of the shield has a plurality of spaced lugs extending radially outwards therefrom, the top flange of the cup being provided with a plurality of spaced notches each configured to receive a respective one of the plurality of spaced lugs upon inserting the shield into the cup.