| 摘要 |
A wildlife feeder having a hopper, a manifold, and a removed head at a removed end of the manifold. The hopper is designed to enclose particulate feed, such as corn, for dispensing through the manifold and head to wildlife. The head has a multiplicity of feed troughs and each feed trough has an angled top wall and an angled bottom wall, angled with respect to a longitudinal axis of the manifold and a plane of a tabular floor of the head. The head may include a perforated material to assist in allowing moisture and dust to escape from the feed. |
| 主权项 |
1. An animal feeder for placement on the ground, the animal feeder comprising:
a hopper having a generally vertical hopper side walls and a top wall; a plurality of legs engaging the hopper to support the hopper above a support surface; a head engaging the hopper, the head having a multiplicity of depending feed troughs, each having a feed opening to receive particulate feed from the hopper and having a mouth at a removed end thereof, wherein each feed trough has a bottom wall, a pair of flat side walls and a flat top wall, the head receiving feed from the hopper, wherein the head further comprises a floor, wherein the floor has a perimeter, wherein each of the feed trough bottom walls includes a flat portion non-parallel to the top wall, that is angled up, towards the top wall; and wherein each of the feed trough bottom walls includes at the mouth, an upturned lip, each upturned lip having a top edge, and wherein the head includes a perforated material to filter dust and moisture from the particulate feed. |
