I claim:
1. A bird feeder adapted to be suspended from a support structure against the force of gravity, comprising:
(A) a hanger member adapted to engage the support structure including
(1) a bracket piece adapted to secure said hanger member to the support structure and
(2) a frame piece connected to said bracket piece and forming an opening; and
(B) a feeder member adapted to be received by said hanger member in a mounted state and including
(1) a body having an interior defining a reservoir with a mouth communicating with the interior such that food for a bird may be placed in the interior through the mouth and
(2) an outwardly extending flange structure operative to engage said frame piece when in the mounted state such that said feeder member is supported by said frame piece.
2. A bird feeder according to claim 1 including a tube member having an elongated hollow tubular portion sized and adapted to be matably received through the mouth so as to extend into the reservoir in a received state and a radially outwardly extending lip operative to engage an upper portion of said body in the received state whereby said tube member is supported thereby relative to said feeder member.
3. A bird feeder according to claim 2 including a fluid transport device adapted to be received in said hollow tubular portion and extend into the reservoir.
4. A bird feeder according to claim 3 wherein said fluid transport device is a wick.
5. A bird feeder according to claim 1 wherein said frame piece is formed as an annulus.
6. A bird feeder according to claim 1 wherein said bracket piece includes a J-shaped portion connected to said frame piece, said J-shaped portion having a first leg section of a first length and second leg section of a second length that is shorter than said first length, said first and second leg section being joined by an intermediate section.
7. A bird feeder according to claim 6 wherein said first leg section terminates in a hook structure.
8. A bird feeder according to claim 6 wherein said frame piece is connected to a terminal end of said second leg section.
9. A bird feeder according to claim 8 wherein said frame piece is in a plane that is generally perpendicular to said first and second leg sections and is located between the end of said second leg section and said first leg section yet is unconnected to said first leg section.
10. A bird feeder according to claim 6 wherein said intermediate section is arcuate.
11. A bird feeder according to claim 1 wherein said flange structure is shaped to have a plurality of lobes configured as petals of a flower.
12. A bird feeder according to claim 11 wherein there are four said lobes.
13. A bird feeder adapted to be suspended from a support structure against the force of gravity, comprising:
(A) a hanger member including
(1) a J-shaped bracket adapted to suspend said hanger member from the support structure and
(2) an annular frame connected to said J-shaped bracket and forming an opening;
(B) a feeder member adapted to be received in said hanger member in a mounted state and including
(1) a body having an interior defining a reservoir with a mouth communicating with the interior such that food for a bird may be placed in the interior through the mouth and
(2) an outwardly extending flange structure operative to engage said frame when in the mounted state such that said feeder member is supported by said frame; and
(C) a tube member having an elongated hollow tubular portion sized and adapted to be matably received through the mouth and extend into the reservoir in a received state and a radially outwardly extending lip operative to engage an upper portion of said body in the received state whereby said tube member is supported thereby relative to said feeder member.
14. A bird feeder according to claim 13 wherein said J-shaped bracket includes a first leg section of a first length and second leg section of a second length that is shorter than said first length, said first and second leg section being joined by an intermediate section.
15. A bird feeder according to claim 14 wherein said intermediate section is arcuate.
16. A bird feeder according to claim 14 wherein said first leg section terminates in a hook structure.
17. A bird feeder according to claim 14 wherein said frame is connected to an end of said second leg section.
18. A bird feeder according to claim 17 wherein said frame is in a plane that is generally perpendicular to said first and second leg sections and is located between the end of said second leg section and said first leg section yet is unconnected to said first leg section.
19. A bird feeder according to claim 13 wherein said flange structure is shaped to have a plurality of lobes configured as petals of a flower.
20. A bird feeder according to claim 13 wherein said lip is shaped to resemble the pistil of a flower.
21. A bird feeder according to claim 13 wherein said annular frame is enclosed.
22. A bird feeder according to claim 13 including a fluid transport device adapted to be received in the body of said feeder member.
23. A bird feeder according to claim 22 wherein said fluid transport device is a wick.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A device for fastening a rail to a carrier, wherein the device has a first fastening element that is anchorable on the carrier and a second fastening element that is anchorable on the carrier and has a support surface for a rail foot, wherein the first and the second fastening element each have a contact face which is formed in a concave manner in the case of the first fastening element and is formed in a mating convex manner in the case of the second fastening element.
2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the contact faces of the fastening elements are in the form of segments of a circle.
3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second fastening element is attachable to the carrier so as to be rotatable about a fastening point.
4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first andor the second fastening element is or are attachable to an undercut groove in the carrier by means of a hook bolt or a hammer-head bolt.
5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first andor the second fastening element has a circular opening for a fastening element in the form in particular of a bolt.
6. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first fastening element has on its underside a protrusion that is insertable into the groove in the carrier.
7. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a holding-down means for a rail foot sheathing or an intermediate layer is arranged on the top side of the second fastening element.
8. A rail arrangement, comprising a. rail which is arranged on a carrier in the form of reinforced concrete tie or track slab, wherein the rail is fastened to the carrier by means of devices as claimed in claim 1, which are arranged on both sides of the rail.
9. The rail arrangement as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first and second fastening elements consist of a plastics material, in particular of polyamide.
10. The rail arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carrier has on its top side a groove into which a preferably freely rotatable elastic intermediate layer that is fixed in terms of its position is inserted, said intermediate layer having on its underside a protrusion adapted to the width of the groove.
11. The rail arrangement as claimed in claim 10, wherein the protrusion is cylindrical and arranged substantially centrally on the underside of the elastic intermediate layer.