Abstract: A bird feeder equipped with an electrically powered spinning mechanism that is triggered by the weight of a squirrel on the feeder is described. Upon detection of a squirrel on the feeder, the spinning mechanism rotates the feeder at a rate adequate to centrifugally remove the invading squirrel while resulting in a minimum loss of feed contained in the feeder.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 27, 2000
Date of Patent:
January 29, 2002
Assignee:
ILS Corporation
Inventors:
Philip Walton Cathell, John Merrill Davis, III, Jane Dornbusch Davis, Francis Wendell Johnson, Louis Pitts Holt, III, Boris M. Sverdlov, Mark Wayne Kitchen, Laurence Edward Dockery, Ralph W. Effinger, John Merrill Davis, Jr.