ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,626, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Classic Brands LLC (Denver).
"Pest resistant bird feeder" was invented by John Bruno (Parker, Colo.), Stephen Combs (Denver), Lindsey Nifong (Denver), Robert Donegan (Denver) and Bryan Krueger (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for resisting intrusion by a pest include a reservoir extending between a proximal end and a distal end, and the reservoir defining an interior. A basin is mounted to the reservoir. The basin has a basin body and a basin surface. A sleeve assembly has a sleeve body and a port defined in the sleeve body. A tensioner translationally mounts the sleev...