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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4878335 | Methods and apparatus for inserting objects within balloons An apparatus and methods are provided for placing objects inside inflated balloons. The apparatus includes a walled enclosure having a balloon nozzle opening of a predetermined size and shape about which a balloon mouth within a predetermined size range i... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4857029 | Balloon storage and inflation assembly A balloon storage and inflation assembly comprises a circular inflatable balloon containing a pair of chemical reactants separated from one another, one of the reactants being held in a burstable container. The balloon is placed between two plates of a su... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4850926 | Balloon sculpturing methods, apparatus and products Three-dimensional balloon sculptures (50, 56, 66, 86, 88, 89, 90, 99, 125, 136, 137, 159, 160, 169, 178, 186) and methods of forming same from one or more basic balloon building blocks (106, 106', 106", 126, 159) each including at least one rigid lineal r... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4848773 | Balloon game and method of playing same A balloon game (20, 55, 64, 72), and methods of playing and assembling the same, employing: (a) a conventional balloon (21); (b) a relatively small, soft projectile such as a simulated basketball (25), a simulated football (62), a simulated clown's nose (... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4842007 | Self-sealing valve for inflated bodies A valve for an inflatable body has the inside of a valve member within the body having opposed wall portions normally superposed on one another and movable upon forcible separation. The inside of the opposed wall portions are coated with a viscid, non-har... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4837955 | Balloon structure An apparatus is provided for displaying a visual exhibit. The apparatus includes a display unit for housing an exhibit and a chamber unit for housing the display unit. The display unit includes a transparent envelope having a proximal portion configured t... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4837059 | Support structure for an ornament A support structure is provided for an ornament and consists of a base having an elongate stem with longitudinally spaced first and second stem parts, with the first stem part having a free end, structure for hingedly interconnecting the first and second ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4833813 | Inflatable hunting blind An inflatable hunting blind is constructed of a series of internally interconnected, vertically stacked horizontal annular air chambers, each constructed of lightweight vinyl chloride, polyethylene or any vinyl plastic, such as polyvinyl chloride, or the ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4823907 | Balloon assembly A speaker system includes a thin plate type vibrating element mounted in, and brought into contact with, a balloon formed of a synthetic rubber or resin film. The balloon comprises a balloon member formed of a flexible film such as a vinyl chloride resin ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4809484 | Balloon stuffing system A balloon stuffing system (25, 25', 25", 25'") including a tubular member (26) open at one end (28) thereof and defining a chamber (31) capable of receiving the object (49) to be stuffed into a balloon (50); an ejector rod (29) passing through the opposit... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4809483 | Low cost balloon stuffing system A balloon stuffing system (25, 25') including a tubular member (26) open at one end (28) thereof and defining a chamber (31) capable of receiving the object (34) to be stuffed into a balloon (35); a hollow, tubular, piston-like ejector rod (29) passing th... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4799914 | Remote control lighter-than-air toy with tether A remote control lighter-than-air toy apparatus has an inflatable container having a predetermined shape, such as the shape of a dirigible, for holding a lighter-than-air gas. A gondola is removably attached to the inflatable container and has a shaft ext... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4798554 | Balloon holder Disclosed are one-piece, funnel shaped balloon holders, comprising a conical cup and a hollow cylindrical stem. A longitudinal slit extends the entire length of the balloon holder, from the upper edge of the cup to the lower end of the stem, to permit ins... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4758198 | Gas-inflatable toy with plural bladders and valve means A gas-inflatable bladder toy is disclosed, in which a plurality of films are stacked with their peripheral edges being sealed for forming a bladder to be inflated by filling a required pressure gas therein, said bladder being adapted to be fed with an ext... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4736281 | Closure head of a gas balloon A balloon closure head for mounting a balloon and a lamp for illuminating the balloon, as well as apparatus for conducting air to inflate and deflate the balloon and apparatus for conducting electricity to the lamp. The conducting apparatus employs needle... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4715841 | Balloon holder Balloon holder for toy balloons. The balloon holder of the invention has a cup and a stem. The latter for insertion into one end of a hollow balloon stick. The stem is of such shape that the neck of the balloon is completely concealed between the stem and... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4704934 | Musical balloon A musical balloon has an electronic music-producing device contained within an inner, nearly opaque balloon. An outer balloon of any desired color and design, more light transmissive than the inner balloon, covers the inner balloon. The electronic music-p... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4693695 | Ascending and descending balloon action toy An ascending and descending balloon action toy includes an envelope filled with a lighter-then-air gas, the envelope repeatedly ascending and alternately descending a tether.... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4687458 | Cap plug for a balloon Disclosed is a cap plug for a balloon which includes a body mounted on a mouth portion of a balloon, an attachment connected to the body through a detachable connecting means and a yarn for connecting the body and the attachment. The connecting means has ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4661081 | Balloon support A balloon support is described which has a concave support part provided with at least one lateral opening and a fixing sleeve connected to the support part. An object of the invention is to provide a support of this type which permits contralized positio... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4639232 | Toy having an envelope enclosing a moving mechanism A toy includes an envelope having inside a rigid tubular member connected to the inner side of its wall and rod with a helical groove held by the tubular member in an axially movable position. The rod is passed through an opening of a transverse plate fix... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4638207 | Piezoelectric polymeric film balloon speaker Piezoelectric polymer film, when conformably adhered to inner or outer curved surfaces of an inflated balloon, for example, acts as a speaker when the metallized coatings of the film are suitably connected to the output of an audio device. The film may be... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4634395 | Inflatable elastomeric balloons having increased buoyant lifetimes A composition and method and apparatus for increasing the buoyant lifetime of a gas inflatable elastomeric balloon wherein a surface of a balloon is coated with an aqueous solution containing 3 to 50 percent polyvinyl alcohol, and up to 20 percent of a wa... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4586910 | Inflation valve for balloons and the like A toy balloon has an inflation valve secured thereon to selectively fill a chamber of the balloon with a fluid, such as helium. The valve comprises a stem defining a filling passage therethrough for communicating a pressurized fluid source with the inflat... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4586456 | Inflatable balloon distress marker having small article containing compartment therein A balloon distress marker wherein the balloon has, in a wall thereof, a small compartment interiorly of the balloon and accessible through an aperture in the wall of the balloon for retaining an article therein. The compartment is substantially smaller th... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4580990 | Pneumatic aerial amusement device There is provided a pneumatic amusement device formed of heat sealable plastic and characterized by an inflatable, ball-like central portion, and a flexible equatorial girdle or rim. An inlet is provided into the cavity and means for plugging the inlet. T... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4564159 | Automatic balloon launching system A system for automatically filling and launching balloons which may be used, for example, for cloud seeding. The system includes a balloon launching station frame, a nozzle mounted on the frame onto which the narrow end of a balloon can be attached so tha... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4547167 | Apparatus and method for maintaining altitude and attitude of a neutral buoyancy balloon An airborne, free floating, lift-weight, balanced balloon having a closed envelope encompassing a fixed volume of lighter-than-air gas has ballast means fixed on the bottom of the envelope to tend to balance the weight of the balloon to equal the lifting ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4538817 | Balloon target game apparatus A balloon target game apparatus including an inflated balloon and a throwable article for throwing at the inflated balloon utilizes a grit-covered, abrasive surface for bursting the balloon upon contact with the balloon when the balloon is struck by the t... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4529390 | Interactive inflatable bag toy An inflatable game device comprising an inflatable body including a ballast to maintain the inflatable body in a normal attitude, and including a pocket adapted to receive an object. The pocket is integrally formed with the body and includes a constricted... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4494714 | Automatic balloon launching system A system for automatically filling and launching balloons which may be used, for example, for cloud seeding. The system includes a balloon launching station frame, a nozzle mounted on the frame onto which the narrow end of a balloon can be attached so tha... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4488374 | Article dropping balloon A new article dropping tow consists of a suitably buoyant body or the like, such as a gas-filled balloon, carrying one or more releasable articles, such as a glider, a toy parachutist or a bomb, retained on the buoyant body by, for example a hook on one e... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4486975 | Inflatable novelty device An inflatable novelty device of multiple flexible sheets sealed in regions to form a hollow inflatable peripheral body member in a general horseshoe configuration, the central portion forming a non-inflatable hand pocket cavity. Inflatable outwardly exten... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4470218 | Toy balloon A toy balloon which can be shot out accompanying a noise by the thrust developed during the expelling of the charged air when the inflated balloon is released from restraining, including an envelope with profile shaped to have minimum resistance to the ai... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4453711 | Inflatable body breaking game A game with inflatable bodies includes at least two inflatable bodies, a supporting element for supporting said inflatable bodies, and a breaking element arranged so that upon reaching s certain degree of inflation by the respective inflatable body it bre... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4391062 | Inflatable articles An inflatable article having an inflatable envelope made of a gas impervious material which is at least in part resilient forming a closed surface and provided with at least one inflating valve thereon. At least one hollow protrusion, provided with a clos... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4335538 | Inflatable overhead crib gym toy An air-inflatable overhead crib gym toy encourages children to perform exercise-type manual movements with safety. The toy has an inflatable elongated tubular body in which a movable toy object is received, a pair of longitudinally-extending inflatable tu... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4310927 | Muscle man shirt This shirt is to be worn by children, and it consists primarily of inflatable chest muscle portions, inflatable stomach muscle portions, and inflatable biceps portions in the arms. It further includes an elastic neck band and elastic wrist bands, for secu... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4305501 | Package for toy elastomer balloons A package for non-inflated toy elastomer balloons of like size having on the exterior thereof a picture of one of the balloons inflated to optimum size being held by a child of recognizable size thus indicating the size to which the balloons in the packag... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4292999 | Valve for toy balloons The invention relates to a valve for toy balloons, this valve opening inwardly under very minor excess pressure and yet providing a tight seal by means of an additional cap. A container surrounding the valve and flaring conically serves for introducing th... | 10/06/1981 |
