Cord gripping bird feeder lid for easy operation

摘要

A bird feeder with a movable lid includes a knob which is grippable by the user of the bird feeder to slide the lid along a suspending cable. The knob includes a U-shaped spring with gripping surfaces that grip the cable. This U-shaped spring is firmly trapped between the knob and the upper surfaces of the lid. This assembly permits easy sliding of the lid against the frictional engagement provided by spring bias so that the lid is held down against the filler opening of the feed reservoir that, but can be slid along the cable against the frictional bias of the spring for easy filling.

主权项

1. A lid assembly for a bird feeder comprising:
a lid having an opening defined in a center portion of the lid, the opening extending through the lid; a cable slidably passing through the opening in the lid; and a gripping spring having a bight portion connecting a first arm to a second arm, the bite portion extending transverse to a length of the cable and having a hole defined therein, an inner surface of the first arm extending parallel to an opposing inner surface of the second arm, the cable passing from the opening in the lid between the first arm and the second arm through the hole in the bight portion, the inner surface biased towards the opposing inner surface to grip the cable.