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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7156050 | Manually folded birdhouse Precut, production blank components can be folded manually to form a birdhouse without the need for tools or other aids in assembly, even where the blank components are manufactured from metal, rigid plastic or the like. The precut blank components include a one-pie... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7096821 | Ceramic accessories for wild birds An accessory for wild birds is formed from a plurality of ceramic clay flowerpots disposed in preselected relation to each other. The accessory includes a receptacle formed from a ceramic flowerpot. The receptacle has a first end and a second end and a continuous si... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6973896 | Bird-feed catcher The suspended bird-feed catcher of the present invention includes a pan suitable for receiving and holding bird feed that falls out of a bird feeder and prevents the bird feed from falling to the ground. The pan is suspended from the same apparatus from which the bi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6877459 | Ceramic accessories for wild birds An accessory for wild birds is formed from a plurality of ceramic clay flowerpots disposed in preselected relation to each other. The accessory includes a receptacle formed from a ceramic flowerpot. The receptacle has a first end and a second end and a continuous si... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6637373 | Nesting box The invention relates to a punched out sheet for use in making a bird-nesting box without using tools or other aids and to a bird nesting box made from the same. The sheet has an interconnected outer part and an inner punch-out part. The outersheet has a ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6260512 | Wildlife habitat An apparatus includes a pole and a bottom surface. The pole has a sidewall with an inner surface that defines a hollow raceway. The sidewall defines a first opening. The first opening extends through the sidewall and communicates with the hollow raceway o... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6247426 | Disposable birdhouse A disposable cardboard birdhouse including a cardboard shell having rectangular walls and a roof, the shell having holes in the outer walls thereof for the birds to pass through. Smaller individual cardboard nesting boxes are stacked within the cardboard ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5560314 | Birdhouse assembly The purple martin birdhouse assembly of the present invention includes a plurality of gourds suspended from an array of tubular members. The array is connected by tubular radial arms, from which gourds may also, optionally, be suspended to a central sleev... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5493997 | Bird nesting apparatus A bird nesting box is disclosed for viewing the nesting behavior of birds. The apparatus includes a housing with an opening and a perch. The back wall of the housing is transparent to allow viewing the interior area of the housing. The roof of the housing... | 02/27/1996 |
| 4380336 | Bird house and method of making same A method is described for manufacturing articles from solid member using a series of cuts whereby a finished article such as a hollow bird house or other article is formed by an efficient and material saving process. The method is characterized by the use... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4104988 | Articulated enclosure A structure suitable for use as a bird house, bird feeder, pet house or children's play house made up of long flitches that define both sides and ends of an enclosure. The ends of the long flitches of each side overlying the ends of the long flitches in e... | 08/08/1978 |
