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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7516716 | Bird feeder A bird feeder including a container or holder for holding bird feed that has both open top and bottom ends, a plurality of feeding ports, a plurality of perches, a removable base and a manually operated latch member supported by the base. The latch member includes a... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7380519 | Pet litter box A pet litter box includes a litter container for storing liquid-passing litter and a liquid-absorbing sheet tray for holding a liquid-absorbing sheet. The front-back direction of the liquid-absorbing sheet can be changed without removing the liquid-absorbing sheet f... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7322314 | Insulated animal enclosure An insulated animal enclosure configured to be conveniently maintained at a cool and comfortable interior temperature. The insulated animal enclosure includes an inner habitat and an outer housing. The cuter housing includes an opening configured to receive the inne... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7222587 | Accesible view-in housing structure for cavity dwelling animals A housing structure that includes a transparent opening in one wall thereof, the opening being covered with a transparent material such as PLEXIGLAS®. This opening allows a user to view the interior of the structure and ascertain the welfare of any animals within o... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7182042 | Support pole with pipe-hinge slide lock A self-latching hinge mechanism (14) and apparatus (10) for applications where access to a pole mounted device is required. The hinge comprises a top section (28) with a cantilevered tail piece (38) which extends beyond a pivot (36... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7011824 | Methods of treating manure A method of treating animal manure solids comprises contacting the solids with a treatment composition comprising AlCl3.nH2O or Al(NO3)3.mH2O, or the residue of AlCl3.nH2O or Al(NO3 | 03/14/2006 |
| 6923143 | Bird 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... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6516750 | Modular 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 |
| 6405679 | Two part martin birdhouse with pneumatic pole An improved plastic colony bird house with nesting compartments, especially for purple martins. This invention is made of two main sections: a round outer shell that rotates about and is easily removed from the second main section, an inner core of pie sh... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6397781 | Prefabricated bird house A prefabricated bird house for easy assembly and transport and method of assembling the same. The bird house includes a plurality of walls wherein each pair of adjacent walls presents at least one pair of complemental latches that are configured for latch... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6360690 | Self-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 |
| 6346240 | Methods of treating animal waste slurries A method of treating liquid animal manure comprising contacting a manure slurry with a treatment composition comprising a treatment effective amount of AlCl3.nH.sub.2 O or Al(NO3)3.mH.sub.2 O, or the residue of AlCl3.... | 02/12/2002 |
| 5988111 | Seed 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 |
| 5957086 | Bird 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 |
| 5957087 | Bird feeder with a removable feed drawer The present invention relates to a bird feeder having a bottom structure, a roof structure, and a side support structure extending between the bottom and roof structures. Disposed within the bird feeder is a sliding feed drawer. The sliding feed drawer no... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5765505 | Sanitary bird house This invention relates to a closed type of sanitary bird house comprises a body part including a frame provided with slide grooves formed, and transparent viewing side walls, a base support located under the body part to hold the body part, a door member ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 4702198 | Birdhouse assembly A birdhouse for purple martins comprising a tubular enclosure having within a plurality of vertically stacked floors secured to at least one vertical partition forming at least two nesting compartments per tier, each compartment having an opening and a pe... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4442793 | Easy-to-clean birdhouse This disclosure relates to an easy-to-clean birdhouse which includes a body defining a chamber closed at one end by a roof and at a lower end by a floor upon which a nest can be built, the floor being normally disposed horizontally and being mounted for e... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4140081 | Self-cleaning birdhouse A self-cleaning birdhouse comprising an inner wall supported by a post and to which is attached one or more nesting compartment assemblies each containing one or more nestng compartments, each nesting compartment having a forward wall, a top, side walls, ... | 02/20/1979 |
| 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 |
