Patents by Inventor Patrick D. Cowger

Patrick D. Cowger 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).

  • Hummingbird liquid feeder
    Patent number: 8347818
    Abstract: The hummingbird liquid feeder includes a base, a liquid tray attached to the base, a flange that fits inside the liquid tray, and a liquid container that rotatingly engages the liquid tray in a fill mode to permit filling without removing or inverting the liquid container while preventing spillage and alternately in a feed mode to permit the flow of the nectar into a moat for access thereto through feeding ports in the base and featuring a vertically-oriented stabilization member centrally disposed on the liquid tray that receives a support post pole disposed on a plate to stabilize and support the device during windy and inclement weather conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventors: Kimberly L. Cowger, Patrick D. Cowger
  • Hummingbird Liquid Feeder
    Publication number: 20120060762
    Abstract: The hummingbird liquid feeder includes a base, a liquid tray attached to the base, a flange that fits inside the liquid tray, and a liquid container that rotatingly engages the liquid tray in a fill mode to permit filling without removing or inverting the liquid container while preventing spillage and alternately in a feed mode to permit the flow of the nectar into a moat for access thereto through feeding ports in the base and featuring a vertically-oriented stabilization member centrally disposed on the liquid tray that receives a support post pole disposed on a plate to stabilize and support the device during windy and inclement weather conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Kimberly L. Cowger, Patrick D. Cowger