Patents Assigned to Hyde's Incorporated
  • Bird feeder
    Patent number: 4414922
    Abstract: A bird feeder has a seed storage compartment at least partially defined by a side wall. Improved feeding ports are provided in the side wall through which birds may extract seeds from the storage compartment. Each feeding port comprises an opening in the side wall which is partially occluded by one or more resilient finger members. The finger members are arranged to prevent a free flowing escape of seeds from the storage compartment, and are flexible to accommodate forcible extraction of seeds from therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1983
    Assignee: Hyde's Incorporated
    Inventor: Donald B. Hyde, Jr.
  • Bird feeder
    Patent number: 4201155
    Abstract: An improved bird feeder is disclosed herein of the type having a hollow housing for holding a main supply of bird feed with a plurality of feeding apertures located at different heights thereon. This improved bird feeder has means for retaining a supply of bird feed at the vertically staggered feeding apertures which are independent of the level of main supply in the housing. Because of this, bird feed is provided at a feeding aperture even after the main supply has dropped below that feeding aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1980
    Assignee: Hyde's Incorporated
    Inventor: Donald B. Hyde, Jr.