Patents by Inventor Franklyn Brian Whittles

Franklyn Brian Whittles has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Bird feeder
    Patent number: 5701842
    Abstract: A bird feeder comprising a tubular container (109) for the food having a number of access ports (12, 14) so that birds may reach the food for example peanuts or grain, which settles under gravity onto a base (22). In order to make even the last few particles available to the birds the base (22) has sloping faces (24, 26) which shed the food to the outer periphery of the base (22) and into concave recesses (28) which are aligned with the access ports (12, 14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: C J Wildbird Foods Ltd.
    Inventor: Franklyn Brian Whittles
  • Bird feeder
    Patent number: D385067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: C J Wildbird Foods Ltd.
    Inventor: Franklyn Brian Whittles