Bird baths and combination hanging and pedestal mountings therefor

• US 5,195,463 A
• Filed: 09/25/1991
• Issued: 03/23/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Moises B. Lorenzana, Vance A. Lorenzana
• Original Assignee: Moises B. Lorenzana, Vance A. Lorenzana
• Inventors: Lorenzana, Vance A., Lorenzana, Moises B.
• Primary Examiner(s): WEISS, JOHN
• Application Number:
  US07/765,264
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: 119/52.2, 119/52.1, 119/57.8, 119/77, 119/72, 119/69.5, D30/123, D30/124, D30/128, D30/132, D30/133
• US Class Current: 119/77
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 45/002 Bird baths or showers

Abstract

An improved birdbath made of molded plastic is disclosed as including a generally circular water retaining tray portion having a central hub including thereon means for suspending the tray a hanger, and means on the hub for mounting a pedestal mounting thereto and supporting said tray portion from below. The means for suspending the central tray portion include a hook having a plurality of strands depending therefrom, with the distal ends of the strands matingly releaseably engaging the hub portion of the central tray. A threaded mounting in the central hub portion is adapted to mount thereon in inverse relation, a standard two liter refreshment bottle made of molded plastic. The strands are adapted to fit around the two liter bottle, and a mounting ring maintains the strands and bottle in a preferred orientation to each other. At the bottom of the central hub, a pipe mounting socket is adapted to be threadedly engaged by a 3/4 inch I.P.S. pedestal. The socket includes plastic pads therein which are adapted for having threads cut therein by the insertion and rotation of a 3/4 inch threaded pipe therein.

Claims

1. A bird bath comprising in combination:

a tray having a web portion and an outer ridge for retaining water within said tray,

retaining means centrally located in said tray for removably retaining a mouth of an inverted reservoir, and

said web portion having a passage therein permitting the flow of liquid from said reservoir to said tray,

mounting means adapted for mounting said tray on top of a vertical support member,

suspension means adapted for suspending said tray from an elevated member comprising a hook and a plurality of strands extending from said hook and engagingly retaining said tray, and

a ring adapted to surround a reservoir to secure said strands on said reservoir when said mouth of said reservoir is retained in said retaining means.

2. A bird bath comprising in combination:

a tray having a web portion and an outer ridge for retaining water within said tray,

retaining means centrally located in said tray for removably retaining a mouth of an inverted reservoir, and

said web portion having a passage therein permitting the flow of liquid from said reservoir to said tray,

suspension means adapted for suspending said tray from an elevated member comprising a hook and a plurality of strands extending from said hook and engagingly retaining said tray, and

a ring adapted to surround a reservoir to secure said strands on said reservoir when said mouth of said reservoir is retained in said retaining means.

3. A bird bath comprising in combination:

a tray having a web portion and an outer ridge for retaining water within said tray,

retaining means centrally located in said tray for removably retaining a mouth of an inverted reservoir, and

said web portion having a passage therein permitting the flow of liquid from said reservoir to said tray,

suspension means adapted for suspending said tray from an elevated member said suspension means comprising a hook and a plurality of continuous strands integral with said hook extending from said hook and engagingly retaining said tray, and

each said strand having at least one relatively rigid section and at least one relatively flexible section thereadjacent.

4. A bird bath comprising in combination:

a tray having a web portion and an outer ridge for retaining water within said tray,

retaining means centrally located in said tray for removably retaining a mouth of an inverted reservoir, and

said web portion having a passage therein permitting the flow of liquid from said reservoir to said tray,

suspension means adapted for suspending said tray from an elevated member comprising a hook and a plurality of at lest three strands integral with said hook extending from said hook and engagingly retaining said tray, and

said strands joined to said hook in parallel relationship to each other such that there are two outer strands and at least one inner strand, and said outer strands are shorter than said inner strand.