Adjustable cage feeder
View Patent ↗A feeder for a cage, designed to reduce the scattering of food and to provide a cleaner and healthier caged environment, wherein the cage has a wall and an interior space for housing an animal such as a bird, including a cage door. The feeder comprises a feeder mechanism which includes a feeder receptacle attached to an extension structure, wherein the extension structure extends between the receptacle and the wall of said cage. The extension structure is manually engageable and adjustable for positioning the feeder receptacle at a selected location in the interior space of the cage and at a selected location at a cage door for access to the feeder receptacle.
1. A feeder and a cage comprising:
at least two opposing cage wall sections defining an interior space, and a door disposed in at least one of said two wall sections; and
a feeder mechanism within said interior space comprising a feeder receptacle attached to an extension structure, said extension structure extending between said receptacle and one of said two wall sections of said cage, said extension structure manually engageable and adjustable for positioning said feeder receptacle at a selected location in the interior space of said cage and at a selected location at said door for access to said feeder receptacle, wherein said feeder mechanism includes a rod attached to said wall sections and extending between said wall sections, and wherein said feeder receptacle is slidably engaged with said rod.
2. The feeder according to claim 1 , wherein said feeder mechanism includes a plurality of rods attached to said wall sections which rods extend between said wall sections, and wherein said feeder receptacle is slidably engaged with said plurality of rods.
3. The feeder of claim 1 , wherein said feeder receptacle includes one or more cavities for containment of food and water.
4. The feeder of claim 1 wherein said extension structure manually engageable and adjustable for positioning said feeder receptacle includes a handle that extends beyond the wall of said cage.