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Class 119/469 - Shield or guard


Subclass of Class 119 - Animal husbandry
Definition: Subject matter including a barrier usually connected in
No. of patents: 33
Last issue date: 12/26/2006


NumberTitleIssue Date
7152553Removable bird cage cantina
A removable bird cage cantina is an adjunct to an existing bird cage, is removable and serves as a place where birds feed. It is comprised of a body and at least one niche but preferably two or more, removably attached, generally on a wall of the body. ...
12/26/2006
7093564Bird cage
A bird cage having a frame including a base assembly, cover assembly and corner towers that join the base and cover assemblies. The front, back, sides and top of the cage are enclosed by wire grills. The towers are made of light pervious material such as clear or tr...
08/22/2006
7017517Waste collection system and apparatus for feeders
An outdoor feeder apparatus for wild birds comprises a platform having at least one low point and constructed and arranged to be connected at a discharge opening at each low point to an inlet opening in a hollow support attachable to a base and adapted to provide an...
03/28/2006
6973896Bird-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
6928957Bird seed collector
This invention is a bird seed collector providing a suspended reservoir beneath a wild bird feeder. ...
08/16/2005
6918214Antiperch device for birds
An antiperch device for deterring birds from perching on undesired perch locations. The device includes various embodiments which are constructed of wires forming arcs and/or wires that are parallel to and spaced above an object such as a light fixture to be protect...
07/19/2005
6915761Weatherproof pet feeder
A weatherproof pet feeder (12) has an enclosure (14) pivotally mounted to a feeder base (16) by a hinge (18). Latches (22) secure the enclosure (14) in a downward position on the feeder base (16). The feeder base (...
07/12/2005
6571739Aviary
An aviary for housing animals having a floor, a plurality of side walls and a ceiling forming at least one main room and a vestibule separate from the main room. The vestibule has at least two doors, one interior door and one exterior door, that allow peo...
06/03/2003
6516750Modular birdhouse
A modular birdhouse in accordance with the present invention includes a support pole, a collar, at least one wire form and at least one nest module. First, the collar is slidably connected to the pole. The wire form has a square shape, and the ends of the...
02/11/2003
6513454Martin house starling excluder
A birdhouse entrance is provided with an entrance opening having two posts projecting vertically from the bottom edge of the opening toward the top edge. The two posts are spaced apart such that a bird of selected size cannot pass between them without ope...
02/04/2003
6463884Birdrest structure
A birdrest structure comprises an upright post, a waste receptacle, and a horizontal rod on which a bird is rested. The birdrest structure can be fastened to the wall by a fastening device which is fastened with the bottom end of the upright post. The bir...
10/15/2002
6408795Decorative avian anti-splatter wall panel
A decorative, washable, protective panel that is adhered to a wall adjacent to bird cage, to prevent bird eating splatter, whereby the washable panel protects a wall adjacent to a bird cage by capturing bird food splatter, wherein further the protective p...
06/25/2002
6405673Bird seed collector
A bird seed collector is located beneath a bird seed feeder and is attached to the feeder for receiving seed dislodged from the feeder. A mesh barrier extends adjacent an open end of the collector permitting seed passage while barring entry of birds or ro...
06/18/2002
6394034Animal cage guards
A cage guard which is adaptable to a variety of cage shapes and types is described in the present invention. The cage guard is a flexible form composed of a nonporous bottom portion, an optional nonporous side portion, a porous side portion, and band to s...
05/28/2002
6360690Self-cleaning bird feeder
A self-cleaning multistage bird feeder having a plurality of truncated hollow cones or funnels stacked vertically end to end. The truncated cones are stacked large end up with adjacent cones being spaced apart to define a plurality of annular feeding trou...
03/26/2002
6283062Seed catching cage apron
An improved seed catching cage apron includes four identical pieces. Each piece is a substantially trapezoidal sheet having long parallel sides and short angled sides. An L-shaped tab is located on one of the angled sides near the longer of the parallel s...
09/04/2001
6269775Animal cage guards
A cage guard which is adaptable to a variety of cage shapes and types is described in the present invention. The cage guard is a flexible form composed of a nonporous bottom portion, an optional nonporous side portion, a porous side portion, and means to ...
08/07/2001
6223692Debris catching trough
A debris catching trough for debris catching troughs for depending below a bird cage for collecting debris that falls out from the sides of the bird cage. The debris catching trough includes an open trough having spaced apart inner and outer side walls an...
05/01/2001
6024051Collapsible bird house
A light weight, easily collapsible bird house with a detachable water repellent rainfly/sunshade. The system is made of fabric with removable tension rods, and can be packed flat for transport or storage....
02/15/2000
5988111Seed platform
A new seed platform for suspending below a bird feeder to catch feed that falls from the feeder. The inventive device includes a platform having a perimeter frame portion and a central portion. The central portion of the platform is generally flat and has...
11/23/1999
5957086Bird cage
A cage particularly adapted for maintaining birds in a residential setting includes an upper enclosure having spaced apart, bar-formed top wall, bottom wall, and sidewalls. Corner posts of the enclosure are carried on corner posts of a caster riding carri...
09/28/1999
5924380Protected feeding and watering system for upland game birds
This invention is a protected enclosure to allow upland game birds including bobwhite quail to be introduced into and to thrive in the wild with low mortality rate. This is accomplished through the use of an acclimation portion where the birds become used...
07/20/1999
5771838Bird feeder with feed recapture reservoir
A bird feeder for recapturing bird feed for re-use, the bird feeder including a feed reservoir for receiving bird feed and having a feeder opening, a trough coupled to the feed reservoir at the feed opening for receiving feed from the feed reservoir, and ...
06/30/1998
5771641Rodent pest infestation prevention assembly
A rodent pest infestation prevention assembly includes a wall for surrounding a predetermined area so as to enclose items, a plurality of top and bottom slits in the wall for making interlocking connection with one another for fastening end portions of th...
06/30/1998
5711247Bird feed recycler
A bird-feed recycler having a base frame (1) with a screen (2) and a pole attachment (6) for a bird-feeder pole (4). The base frame is sized, shaped and structured for positioning either under a bird feeder (3) at a base of a pole, on a pole at a desired ...
01/27/1998
5694884Retaining barrier attachment for animal cages
A retaining skirt or barrier is provided for animal cages. A skirt comprising a sheet, preferably made from a clear plastic or polymer material, is provided that can be wrapped around the bottom portion of an animal cage. The two ends of the skirt can be ...
12/09/1997
5277147Bird feed holder
A bird feed holder for a bird cage, the holder comprising a plate, a clip for supporting the plate within the cage, a mechanism for securing a bird treat to the plate, and a shield on the plate for preventing waste separated from the treat from leaving th...
01/11/1994
5201278Bird and small animal cage apron
A cage apron adapted for use with a wire cage for redirecting debris scattered from within the cage by an enclosed animal back into the cage. The apron has at least one locking member having equally spaced locking tabs extending the length thereof and at ...
04/13/1993
5088445Animal cage cover and litter catcher
A litter catcher and cover are provided for an animal cage which are easily removed and cleaned. The litter catcher employs a frame, a sheet supported along its periphery by the frame, and hooks for attaching the frame to the animal cage. The sheet is fas...
02/18/1992
4991544Seed guard for bird cages
A seed guard that is detachably securable to any bird cage and which deflects thrown seeds back into the cage. The guard includes as many flat, cuttable sheets as there are sides to the cage. The opposite ends of each cuttable sheet are engaged by corner ...
02/12/1991
4974546Mess-free bird feeder
A mess-free bird feeder for a bird cage having enclosing walls and roof, and a generally open bottom. Seeds, seed husks and the like are intercepted and directed downwardly to the droppings tray of the cage, avoiding the scattering of such materials outsi...
12/04/1990
4104986Bird cage with transparent shield
A bird cage of triangular configuration for positioning in the corner of a room or the like constructed of spaced, parallel, inclined wires extending between an imperforate bottom and an imperforate top with a removable central partition or floor being di...
08/08/1978
4046108Feeding device
The present invention relates generally to dispensers and particularly to a recycling seed and feed dispenser serviceable from the outside of a cage or aviary unit, while dispensing the feed to the interior of the cage and returning the spillage therefrom...
09/06/1977
 
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