164 results about "Flying squirrel" patented technology

A squirrel proof bird feeder wherein there is provided a lower movable shroud which extends about a lower portion of the feed container having feed access openings therein, a spring member biasing the shroud to a position wherein feed container access openings and shroud access openings are substantially aligned while permitting the shroud access opening to move out of alignment with the feed container access opening when a predetermined weight is placed on the shroud. An adjustment is provided for adjusting the weight required to move the shroud.

A reversibly collapsible wild game feeder for containing and making available feed for the feeding of wild game including birds, squirrels or the like. The feeder has a generally cylindrical, durable bag having top and bottom ends. The bag is comprised of flexible, durable mesh that allows birds, squirrels or the like to perch and feed anywhere on the exterior of the bag without damaging the mesh. The feeder is self standing when placed on the bottom end and may be hung from a horizontal support. The empty feeder collapses to a fraction of its full height for storage and shipment.

A bird feeder for preventing squirrels and other type rodent animals from consuming the bird food includes a top convex surface, a bottom convex surface and a concave middle surface. The top and bottom convex surfaces are inverted bowls having equal diameters and depths. The concave middle surface is a non-inverted bowl having a diameter less than the top and bottom inverted bowls, and has a greater depth. The middle bowl holds the bird food for birds to consume. The rim of the middle bowl may serve as a perch for the feeding birds to light upon. The top and bottom inverted bowls serve as protective shields that prevent rodent animals, such as squirrels from reaching the middle bowl. These shields are constructed from a substantially rigid material, having a substantially smooth surface. The smooth surface and the convex shape prevent squirrels or the like from establishing a foothold so that they may consume the bird food.

A squirrel-proof bird feeder and feed level control device is described. The bird feeder includes a vertically disposed inner housing member which is positioned within a vertically disposed outer housing member with each of the housing members including a plurality of vertically spaced-apart housing segments. The spacing of the housing segments divide feed openings therebetween. A combination feed level control and feed port device is positioned between each of the housing segments of the inner housing member so that feed ports are provided therebetween. The outer housing member has a plurality of feed openings formed therein which register with the feed ports of the combination devices when the outer housing member is in its first position. If a squirrel should move onto the outer housing member, the outer housing member moves downwardly with respect to the inner housing member so that the feed openings in the outer housing member do not register with the feed ports of the combination devices. A spring interconnects the inner and outer housing members to yieldably maintain the outer housing member in its first position. The combination feed level control and feed ports not only function as a feed level control mechanism but also provide feed ports at the lower end thereof.

An adjustable shield installed on a pole or tree to prevent squirrels and other animals from climbing beyond the assembled shield when the shield is wrapped around the pole or tree, including a conical member extending outward from the pole or tree, wherein the shield provides no convenient surface upon which the animal can grasp to continue upward the pole or tree, an inner and outer edge, two side edges and a center assembly made up of a plurality of projections or fingers.

The present invention provides a bird feeder apparatus for providing a readily available supply of feed for birds. The apparatus comprises a telescopic-operational assemblage, a shroud assembly, and a hopper assembly. The telescopic-operational assemblage provides a nonlinear, geometrically-based closure mechanism for effectively closing the bird feeder when a large load is placed upon the shroud assembly such as when a squirrel attempts to gain access to feed outlets of the hopper assembly by positioning itself upon the apparatus. Further, the apparatus provides a partitioned, selectively removable (drop out-type) hopper for enabling easy refills; a feed-level status flag assembly for indicating to the user whether the hopper assembly is full or empty; and at least one surround perch assembly for accommodating birds of various sizes.

A squirrel-proof sunflower seed bird feeder is provided which denies feeding access to squirrels by way of a unique connection system between an inner housing member and an outer housing member of the bird feeder.

A bird feed having a user adjustable feed path mechanism adjusted by controlling the distance between the feeder and the receiving element for the feed. The invention can incorporate a cage to prevent the retrieval of food from squirrels when incorporated into a birdfeeder.

A haven for use with a bird feeder is provided that includes a collapsible spiral rod assembly having an upper end and a lower end. The spiral rod haven has a plurality of spiral convolutions and is selectively movable between a collapsed position and an extended position. The spiral rod haven defines an interior compartment when in its extended position. A bird feeder is positioned within the interior of the compartment. The bird feeder may be either a collapsible bird feeder, a tube-type bird feeder or any other type of bird feeder that may be positioned within the interior compartment of the haven. Small birds may gain access to the bird feeder by moving through adjacent convolutions while the convolutions prevent large birds or squirrels from entering the interior of the haven.

A bird feeder for retaining compressed suet-seed cakes is provided having a construction permitting easier refill of the feeder as well as making it more difficult for squirrels and other animals from raiding the feeder. Two embodiments of the feeder are disclosed including a hinged side door which is kept closed under tension equal to the weight of the suspended feeder and one having foldable perches which conserves packing material and space.

A hanging feeder for allowing accessing of suet therein by birds and not by squirrels. The feeder includes an outer cage and an inner cage. The inner cage is contained in the outer cage, and contains and maintains the suet at such a distance from the outer cage to allow access thereto by the birds and not by the squirrels by virtue of the inner cage having all of its sides spaced a sufficient distance from adjacent sides of the outer cage. The outer cage has a lid, a latch pin with a through bore, and a safety pin. The latch pin extends upwardly from a side of the outer cage, which is opposite to that on which the lid is hinged, and through the lid when the lid is closed to have the through bore in the latch pin receive the safety pin to selectively maintain the lid closed.

A multi-station, weather resistant bird feeder comprises a squirrel guard positioned around a pole at a predetermined position above the ground. A platform feeder station is secured to the top of the pole for holding a removable screen assembly. The screen assembly comprises a fine screen on top of a course screen both secured by a frame and used for holding bird seed thereon. Four arms extend from each side of a four sided pole below the platform feeder station, each extended arm is supported by an angle brace. A hanging feeder may be positioned on each one of the extended arms, whereby bird watchers can observe larger birds on the platform feeder stations and smaller birds on the hanging feeder stations.

The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating dysmenorrhea and a preparation method thereof. The traditional Chinese medicine composition comprises, by weight, 15 parts of motherwort, 15 parts of teasel root, 15 parts of eucommia, 15 parts of herba lycopi, 12 parts of Chinese angelica, 12 parts of ligusticum wallichii, 12 parts of red peony root, 12 parts of bighead atractylodes rhizome, 12 parts of flying squirrel feces, 10 parts of corydalis tuber, 10 parts of red sage root, 10 parts of combined spicebush, 10 parts of rhizoma cyperi, 10 parts of haw, 10 parts of banksia rose, 10 parts of sparganium, 10 parts of curcuma rhizome, 10 parts of radix bupleuri, 10 parts of dried orange peel, 10 parts of curcuma tuber, 6 parts of safflower, 6 parts of peach seed, 6 parts of achyranthes root, 6 parts of cassia bark, 6 parts of fennel, 6 parts of tarragon and 6 parts of licorice. The traditional Chinese medicine composition has the advantages of obvious curative effects, fast onset, no toxic or side effect and simple preparation processes.

A bird feeder includes a seed reservoir formed as two or more telescopic components, which are reducible in size when not in use and which may be telescopically expanded by the owner thereof when in use to define a full-length seed reservoir. The bottom end of the reservoir is received in a base having a conically-shaped seed spreader situated therein, and the upper section of the reservoir is mounted to the underside of a hemispherically-shaped, anti-squirrel dome.

A bird feeder comprising a seed container, a seed tray situated below the seed container, a shroud extending about the seed tray and having an opening therein to permit access thereto, a perch proximate the opening, a center tube mounted internally of the feed container and a non rotatable nut mounted within the center tube, a post being screwthreadedly engaged with the non rotatable nut to adjust spring tension, a cover about an upper end of the feed container, the arrangement being such that pressure from an animal such as a squirrel on either the cover or perch will cause the shroud to block the opening and deny access to the seed.

A squirrel resistant bird feeder having a seed container, a seed tray mounted below the seed container, a shroud extending about the seed member and seed tray, the shroud having openings in a lower portion thereof, with a spring member mounted internally of the seed container and being enclosed by a central tube, the spring member having a first end thereof abutting a portion of the seed tray and a second end acting on the cover and shroud. Any excessive weight placed on the shroud or cover will cause the shroud to move downwardly covering the seed tray.

A bird feeder is provided having a seed reservoir with a side wall that has at least one seed access opening and a squirrel resistant feed port assembly having a seed access restricter. The seed access restricter has a body with an inner opening in communication with the reservoir side wall opening and an outer seed access opening that is spaced away from the inner opening and the reservoir side wall opening while being in communication therewith. The outer seed access opening of the restricter is small enough and the length of the body is long enough that the squirrel resistant feed port assembly allows birds to access seed in the reservoir while blocking entry of the larger facial and head structure of a squirrel, thus preventing squirrels from gaining seed access.

A birdfeeder which operates with a perch that is controlled by the use of magnetic force that allows certain smaller birds to freely feed while inhibiting larger birds and small animals, such as squirrels, from feeding is provided. The birdfeeder has a plurality of movable pivoted perches which move from a first position to a second position. In the first (horizontal) position, a small bird may sit on the movable perch and reach an opening in a food hopper while the weight of a larger bird or animal will force the movable perch downward into the second (non-horizontal) position wherein the perch is moved away from the opening in the food hopper. A magnet located on an end of the movable perch secures the perch in the first position until the weight of a larger bird or animal causes the movable perch to pivot to the non-horizontal position.

A backyard wildlife feeder with a base member, a central vertical post, a plurality of feeding trays, a plurality of canopy members, a water retaining tray, and plurality of leaf shaped photovoltaic panels. The vertical post has a plurality of plug together sections, the lowest of which attaches to the base. The feeding trays are circular and include a central aperture to allow the vertical post to penetrate through from one tray to the next. The feeding trays are each capped by a canopy member which protects food stored in the trays. One the feeding trays include small orifices to accommodate the feeding of humming birds. One tray includes a hive type assembly for the nesting of bees. The top tray is capable of retaining water and acting as a bird bath. A ladder extends from the base to the lowest the feeding tray which can contain squirrel food.

A modular bird feeder system which is particularly adapted for an individual to assemble and maintain. The system includes at least one bird feeder and means to catch bird seed located below the bird feeders. The bird feeders are mounted onto a central pole. An animal deterrent device is positioned below the bird feeders to prevent squirrels and the like from reaching the bird feeders. The animal deterrent device is also mounted onto the central pole. A ballast member is positioned below the ground and the central pole is mounted through the center of the ballast member. A stake can be secured to the lower end of the central pole and assists in securing the bird feeder system to the ground.