Bird bath with reservoir

• US 20050145184A1
• Filed: 01/06/2004
• Published: 07/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daisy Manufacturing Company
• Original Assignee: Daisy Manufacturing Company
• Inventors: Fort, W. Grady II
• Granted Patent: US 7,000,566 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 119/69.500
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 45/002 Bird baths or showers

Abstract

A bird bath that can be coupled to a reservoir is disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a bird bath that includes a coupling portion and a basin portion. The coupling portion is configured to be coupled to a water reservoir. The basin portion is configured to receive water from the reservoir to function as a bird bath. The basin portion includes one or more basins that are sized to accommodate at least one bird.

Claims

1. A bird bath comprising:

a coupling portion configured to be coupled to a water reservoir and a basin portion configured to have fluid communication with the coupling portion, wherein the basin portion is sized to accommodate at least one bird; and

a support portion located beneath one or both of the coupling portion and the basin portion, wherein the support portion comprises a sleeve configured to receive a mounting post, wherein a first end of the sleeve is connected to a bottom surface of the coupling portion and a second end of the sleeve is configured to touch a surface on which the support portion rests.

2. The bird bath of claim 1, further comprising a channel having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet is configured to receive water from the coupling portion and the outlet is configured to release the water to the basin portion.

3. The bird bath of claim 1, wherein the basin portion comprises a rim having a cantilever.

4. The bird bath of claim 1, wherein the basin portion includes two or more basins, each basin is sized to accommodate at least one bird.

5. The bird bath of claim 1, wherein the basin portion includes four basins, each basin is sized to accommodate at least one bird.

6. The bird bath of claim 1, wherein the support portion comprises four legs.

7. The bird bath of claim 1, wherein the the sleeve is a rectangular sleeve.

8. The bird bath of claim 1, wherein the support portion further comprises four legs, wherein a first end of each of the four legs is connected to a bottom surface of the basin portion and a second end of each of the four legs is connected to an outer surface of the sleeve.

9. The bird bath of claim 8, wherein the sleeve is a rectangular sleeve with four corners, wherein each of the four legs is further connected to one of the four corners of the rectangular sleeve.

10. The bird bath of claim 1, wherein a first end of the rectangular sleeve is connected to a bottom surface of the coupling portion and a second end of the rectangular sleeve is configured to touch a surface on which the support portion rests, and wherein each of the four legs is further connected to a corner of the rectangular sleeve.

11. A bird bath for coupling with a water reservoir, comprising:

a coupling portion configured to couple with the water reservoir containing water;

a basin portion in fluid communication with the coupling portion; and

a support portion located beneath one or both of the coupling portion and the basin portion, wherein the support portion comprises a sleeve configured to receive a mounting post, wherein a first end of the sleeve is connected to a bottom surface of the coupling portion and a second end of the sleeve is configured to touch a surface on which the support portion rests.

12. The bird bath of claim 11, wherein the basin portion includes one or more basins sized to accommodate a bird.

13. The bird bath of claim 11, wherein the support portion is configured to rest on a flat surface.

14. The bird bath of claim 11, wherein the basin portion comprises a leg connecting a bottom surface of the basin portion to the support portion.

15. The bird bath of claim 11, further comprising a removable plug disposed on the basin portion.

16. The bird bath of claim 11, wherein the sleeve is a rectangular sleeve.

17. The bird bath of claim 11, wherein the support portion comprises a sleeve having a length, wherein the length is about or greater than a radius or one-half of a thickness of the mounting post.

18. The bird bath of claim 11, wherein the basin portion comprises at least a first basin and a second basin, each of the first basin and the second basin in fluid communication with the coupling portion.

19. The bird bath of claim 18, wherein each of the first basin and the second basin is configured to receive water from the coupling portion but not from the other basin.

20. The bird bath of claim 18, wherein the first basin and the second basin are located on opposite sides of the coupling portion.

21. A bird bath comprising:

a reservoir configured to contain water; and

a base configured to couple with the reservoir, the base includes at least a first basin and a second basin, wherein each of the first basin and the second basin is configured to receive water from the reservoir but not from the other basin, wherein the base comprises a support portion, the support portion comprises a sleeve configured to receive a mounting post, wherein a first end of the sleeve is connected to a bottom surface of the base and a second end of the sleeve is configured to touch a surface on which the support portion rests.

22. The bird bath of claim 21, wherein the reservoir and the base have corresponding mating units for coupling to each other.

23. The bird bath of claim 22, wherein the mating units include spiral threads.

24. The bird bath of claim 21, further comprising at least one plug disposed on at least one of the first basin and the second basin.

25. The bird bath of claim 21, further comprising a hanging device disposed on the reservoir.

26. The bird bath of claim 21, wherein the sleeve is a rectangular sleeve.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the support portion comprises four legs and the rectangular sleeve comprises four corners, wherein each of the four legs is connected to one of the four corners of the rectangular sleeve.

28. The bird bath of claim 21, wherein each of the first basin and the second basin is appropriately sized to function as a bird bath.

29. The bird bath of claim 21, wherein each of the first basin and the second basin is configured to received water from the reservoir via a channel, wherein when the water in the basin reaches a level at or above the channel, a vacuum created in the reservoir prevents additional flow of the water from the reservoir.

30. The bird bath of claim 21, wherein at least one rim of one of the first basin and the second basin is appropriately sized to function as a perching area for a bird.

31. An apparatus for for attracting birds, comprising:

a reservoir configured to contain water, wherein the reservoir comprises a first mating unit;

a base comprising a coupling portion and a basin portion, the coupling portion comprises a second mating unit configured to couple with the reservoir in one of an operating position and a refilling position and

a support portion located beneath one or both of the coupling portion and the basin portion, wherein the support portion comprises a sleeve configured to receive a mounting post, wherein a first end of the sleeve is connected to a bottom surface of the coupling portion and a second end of the sleeve is configured to touch a surface on which the support portion rests,

wherein water flows from the reservoir to the basin portion to maintain a predetermine water level in the basin portion when the reservoir is set in the operating position,

wherein water is shutoff from the reservoir when the reservoir is set in the refilling position.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the basin portion is sized to accommodate at least one bird.

33. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the reservoir further comprising a removable cap and an opening through which additional water is placed in the reservoir when the reservoir is set in the refilling position.

34. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the reservoir is lowered to close a channel of the base to change the reservoir from the operating position to the refilling position.

35. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the basin portion comprises four basins, each basin is sized to accommodate at least one bird.

36. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the four basins are symmetrically positioned around the coupling portion.

37. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the support portion includes a sleeve and four legs, each of the four legs connects each of the four basins to the sleeve.

38. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the support portion and each of the four legs are configured to touch a surface on which the support portion rests.

39. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein each of the four legs is connected to a corner of the sleeve to form an “

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pattern.