HyperFeeder: Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder with Concentric Perching Rings
Go Simon Sunatori, P.Eng., M.Eng.
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A brief biographical sketch of the nominee including education, employment and other activities.
Mr. Go Simon Sunatori, P.Eng., M.Eng., DTech.c, RD.c, FEC.c, FEIC.c, FNA, IEEE-LSM, WFS-LM, BNR/NT, was born in 1959 (age 65) on planet Earth in the Milky Way galaxy.
As a Homo sapiens, he is a proud non-hyphenated Canadian citizen, and does not belong to any ethnic groups or cultural communities or tribes.
He obtained a Master of Engineering degree (Engineering Physics) from McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Canada in 1983.
He received many scholarships.
Being a polymath/multipotentialite, he enrolled in the Renaissance Doctorate (R.D.) programme at on-line New York College of Advanced Studies (NYCAS) in 2003.
As a Research Engineer, he worked at Northern Telecom Electronics Ltd. and at Bell-Northern Research Ltd. (now Nortel Networks) for universe years as a Member of the Scientific Staff (MSS).
He acted as Senior Integrated Circuit Designer for the CMOS Standard Cell Library, as Senior Design System Integrator for the GaAs Cell Library, and as UNIX Systems Administrator.
For his work and commitment, he earned a few awards.
In 1985, he created an on-line news, information and discussion forum (electronic bulletin board) and electronic voting called CM4NEWS/CM4POLL/BYLINE.
As an Entrepreneur/Infopreneur/Innovator, he founded HyperInfo Canada Inc. in 1989 to pursue Research and Development on Information Processing and Publishing Technology on the Information Superhighway as well as on Electro-Magnetic Technology Applications.
The company ran value-added Internet service with intelligent agents.
While serving as President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), he also functioned as Chief Designer/Engineer/Scientist/Technologist as well as Systems Administrator (Webmaster/Postmaster) and Publisher/Editor.
In 1995, he set up "HyperInfo Knowledge Power Centre" on the Internet World-Wide Web to offer Pay-For-Value On-Line Knowledge Services via E-commerce.
Some of the websites he created were nominated for Internet awards.
As a Creator/Maker, he won the Grand Prize of Innovation150 Canadian Life Hacks Contest in 2017, organised by the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
As a Computer Programmer/Developer, he wrote UNIX and IBM mainframe software programmes, Apple Macintosh applications such as "HyperInfo Intelligent Knowledge Object Organisation System" and "Multi-Lingual Food Nutrition Knowledge Matrix", as well as CGI scripts.
As an Independent Inventor, he drafted more than universe solo pro se patent applications in many fields.
He submitted inventions to the U.S. Department of Defense for Combating Terrorism Technology Research, to NASA Create the Future Design Contest, etc.
Some of his inventions appeared on the @discovery.ca programme on the Discovery Channel.
He was nominated for several Manning Innovation Awards.
As a Marketer, he proposed "Statutes of Canada CD-ROM" to the Government of Canada in 1988.
He launched "1-900 Service: Internet Tips Line" with Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology in 1995.
He commercialised his inventions "MagneScribe™: A 3-in-1 Auto-Retractable Ballpoint Pen with an Ergonomic Cushion that Leonardo da Vinci would have loved to wear!" in 2006, and "Magic Spicer™: Self-Sealing Auto-Aligning Magnetically-Hanging Spice Dispenser with a Continuously-Variable Hole-Size Selector" in 2008.
He set up website Sunatori.com in order to distribute the products world-wide via E-commerce.
As a Scientist, he tried to defy Earnshaw's Theorem with heart-shaped magnetic flux lines in "Magnetically Suspended Flywheel System" in 2000.
In 2002, he proposed project NH3 Power Canada.
In 2005, he developed algorithms in "Competitive Events Statistical Analyser (CESA)".
He experimentally developed "PuckMeal™/PuckRepas™: Hockey-Puck Shape&Size No-Mess Meal Packed with Nutrition!" in 2006, and "Koreless Frozen Pizza™" in 2008.
He created "Double-Action 3-Terminal Sunatori Switch by Magnetic Force" in 2016.
As an Educator, he pioneered on-line multi-media web seminar/presentation/course format with QuickTime technology for Potentium: The Coaching Network™ in 1996.
He joined the Faculty of the New York College of Advanced Studies (100 % on-line) in 2002 as an Adjunct Professor.
He prepared college-level certification examinations.
He conceived and published educational software called "HyperGames Centre".
As a Patentologist, he did patent landscaping/mining, reviewed thousands of patents and rated them at UBM TechInsights, Inc. (now TechInsights Inc.) in Engineering, Research & Development where he joined in 2011 as a Systems Analyst.
He also created interactive software tools like "PatentReview.livecode" to process patent reviews.
In 2013, he founded hyper-IP to specialise in patent research service as an Intellectual Property Expert.
He won a plurality of Patexia Crowdsourced Contests for Patent Mining, Prior Art, Evidence of Use and Market Research.
He participated in IP Quest, Article One Partners (now RWS) and Unified Patents Crowdsourcing IP Research Contests and Studies as a human search engine.
As a Patent Engineer, he investigated Infringement and Validity, found Evidence of Use, and created Claim Charts for NextTechs Technologies, Dynamic IP Deals and TAEUS.
As a Consultant, he wrote numerous Research & Development proposals and provided technical solutions on many STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) subjects to companies and organisations via crowdsourcing and open innovation/innovability outlets like Big Idea Group, InnoCentive, Enel, NineSigma and TekScout.
He also did some freelance work via Elance, oDesk and Upwork.
As an Author/Blogger/Editor/Photographer/Publisher/Writer, he wrote "Towards a Better Corporation: The Legendary Years - Memorable Career Highlights (from 1983-09 to 1990-03)", an E-book "Take Control of Sudoku" in 2006 together with companion on-line facility "Exhaustive Matrix Generator".
He is a Member of the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Life Member of the World Future Society (WFS), among others.
In 2001, he obtained une attestation délivrée par l'Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF).
In 2002, he became a Lifetime Fellow of the North American Academy of Arts and Sciences (NAAAS).
He has been listed on Wikipedia (often vandalised) and on Answers.com since 2005, and on Canadian Who's Who since 2008.
He has 3 + 1 children.
He leads a hyper-ecological minimalist/logicalist no-pet no-TV salt-less sugar-less cash-less lifestyle.
His core values are genuine substance over superficial appearance (function over form), and utopian and optimistic future of the Star Trek franchise.
He is a free spirit and an ultimate hipster, but a misfit in societies in the current world. He lives in hyperspace/cyberspace/cloud/metaverse with the mentality of ST:TNG.
He enjoys virtually visiting places in Google Maps Street View, watching AuroraMAX live feed, solving puzzles, cycling (mostly in Canada's Capital Region) in summer, and cross-country skiing and snowshoeing (mostly on Royal Ottawa Golf Course) in winter, as well as designing and building ice and snow structures for his kids.
He makes his own red wine from grape juice, makes yogurt, and grows and harvests Ginkgo biloba seeds for sale on eBay.com/eBay.ca.
Inspired by Soylent Green, he created hyper-nutritious Quinolent GREEN/ORANGE and eats them every day together with mega-dose of resveratrol-containing liquid.
He envisions living in a dome house and eventually in space.
In 1997, he underwent an Excimer Laser Eye Surgery (LASIK) to achieve 20/20 vision.
A complete description of the innovation, together with a one-page summary.
HyperFeeder: Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder with Concentric Perching Rings
The HyperFeeder comprises a generally cylindrical food container, a substantially circular feeding platform, a removable cover, and a substantially spherical or ellipsoidal squirrel guard to prevent a squirrel or like ground animal from gaining access to the seed or other food on the feeding platform. The spherical or ellipsoidal shape of the HyperFeeder provides aerodynamic characteristics, causing the air from the wind to form a laminar flow instead of a turbulent flow.
A plurality of concentric perching rings permit both small and large birds to easily access the seed or other food on the feeding platform. The HyperFeeder has a means for water molecules to escape from the feeding platform. The removable cover may be inverted to feed water or other liquid to birds.
The HyperFeeder can be best described in a conceptual drawing and a photograph of the craft product, as shown below respectively.
The innovation is explained in detail in the marketing literature and the 2 patent applications attached.
If the innovation is patented, provide a copy of the patent. If a patent has been applied for and has not been issued yet, include a copy of the patent application.
Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder Device
Number/Numéro ....................... Canadian 2 196 225
Status/Statut ....................... Pending
Bird Feeder Device with Multiple Concentric Perching Rings
Number/Numéro ....................... Canadian 2 253 774
Status/Statut ....................... Pending
Specific information on the development of the innovation from concept through to a complete product or process.
The HyperFeeder was conceived in 1995 when Ellipsoidal Squirrel-Free Bird Feeder was submitted to the Discovery Challenge on the @discovery.ca programme on the Discovery Channel.
In 1997, a project was initiated to develop a manufacturable squirrel-proof bird feeder device.
The evaluation of conventional bird feeders with squirrel guards revealed that they are either ineffective due to the remarkable abilities of a squirrel or like ground animal in obtaining access to the seed or other food in a bird feeder, or are too complicated to be practical. The technological uncertainty was created by the unknown coefficient of friction, strength of materials, as well as the choice of alternative shape and size of the squirrel guard.
Thus, a new approach to prevent a squirrel or like ground animal from gaining access to the seed or other food on the bird feeder was conceived. A number of squirrel guard configurations were developed, tested, and discarded in an effort to find one that would most efficiently deny a squirrel or like ground animal access to the seed or other food on the feeding platform.
The first patent application entitled Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder Device was made in 1997, and the second patent application entitled Bird Feeder Device with Multiple Concentric Perching Rings was made in 1998.
The HyperFeeder has been in development and in real-life test over many years, incorporating numerous engineering refinements and continuous design improvements. Attached is a historical background of the HyperFeeder in chronological order.
History <http://WWW.HyperInfo.CA/HyperFeeder/History.html>
An outline of the application or marketing results of the innovation.
Squirrels never succeeded in beating the HyperFeeder in 3 years, except for 1 (one) occasion when there was a snow bank 1 metre high. Besides house sparrows, the HyperFeeder attracts blue jays, cardinals and chickadees every day.
Since 1998, the HyperFeeder has been produced in the form of a craft product. For mass-production, a list of parts has been compiled, and several companies have been contacted for manufacturing as well as for marketing in a TV infomercial.
The bilingual HyperFeeder website on the Internet was established in 1998 to market the craft product as well as to attract possible contracts.
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An Apple Macintosh computer and HyperCard software were used in conceiving ideas and documenting the innovation.
The Internet was used as the primary resource in patent search, literature review, and marketing the innovation.
A home-based workshop was used in developing prototypes, and applying the innovation.
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No other individuals are involved in conceiving, developing and applying or marketing the innovation.
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a bird columnist at the Ottawa Citizen newspaper in Ottawa (Ontario) CANADA
Thank you for the info about the HyperFeeder. Anything that is
squirrel-proof should be a big seller. I will mention it in next week's column.
It looks most attractive and I wish you all success with the patent and the sale of a much needed feeder.
Simon Sunatori, who lives in Hull, has designed an interesting squirrel-proof feeder. Designed as a craft, the kit includes a plastic globe that prevents squirrels from reaching the seeds. For more information, call 595-9210.
a retired professional engineer in Rossland (British Columbia) CANADA
Your bird feeder concept is very ingenious!
a scientist in Nepean (Ontario) CANADA
I checked out your bird feeder design. It looks interesting. When will it be available at Home Depot?
a DomeHome discussion list moderator in Tennessee, U.S.A.
It demonstrates tangibly that the dome shape is useful in other ways.
A statement of the economic or social benefits to Canada, or potential benefits, resulting from the application or marketing of the innovation.
Bird-watching is one of the fastest-growing recreational activities in Canada, especially among ageing baby-boomers. The evidence of a great interest in bird feeders is found in the very large number of visits to the HyperFeeder website, especially from Canadians.
A great number of Canadians already have bird feeders, but conventional bird feeders are not being used very much by their owners mainly because of the seed-eating squirrels, which are also numerous in Canada. Thus, the squirrel-proof HyperFeeder has a potential to make bird feeding a truly Canadian recreation, as ubiquitous as hockey is today.
If the HyperFeeder is mass-produced in Canada, there will be a positive economic benefit to Canada, especially with an export potential.
