BALLOON FILL GAUGE

• US 20120186508A1
• Filed: 01/20/2011
• Published: 07/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Anagram International Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Anagram International Incorporated
• Inventors: Gardner, Scott W., Cook, Daniel G., Cook, Anna C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,662,004 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 116/227
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2027/1025 Fabrication methods or special materials therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2027/1033 Inflation devices or methods for inflating balloons
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2027/1041 Holding or sealing means, e.g. handling rods, clamps or plugs
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 27/10 Balloons connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00; other than toy aspects B64B1/40
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 7/026 with optical transmitting or indicating means G01L7/045, G01L7/065, G01L7/086, G01L7/106, G01L7/187 take precedence

Abstract

A balloon fill gauge for a balloon made of elastomeric expanding material has a base sheet with balloon filling indicia thereon that is temporarily tackable on to the balloon face material. An indicator tab with two ends having one end temporarily tackable onto the balloon material has its other end slideably interlockable with the base sheet. An indicator mark on the tab is alignable with the balloon filling indicia to indicate when the balloon is full as the tacked base sheet and tacked indicator tab move apart during the filling of the balloon. The balloon fill gauge alternatively may have an elongate non-stretchable indicator tab having two ends tackable onto the balloon material which physically acts to visual indicate when the balloon is full by snapping in two, popping off the balloon or changing color. Alternatively, the balloon filler gauge may include a base sheet with a balloon filling indicia temporarily tackable onto the balloon which is indexed with an expansible indicator ink mark on the balloon alignable with the filling indicia to indicate upon expansion of the ink mark when the balloon is full or the ink otherwise changes color.

Claims

1. A balloon fill gauge for a balloon made of an elastomeric material, comprising:

a) a base sheet with balloon filling indicia thereon temporarily tackable onto the balloon material;

b) an indicator tab with two ends having one end temporarily tackable onto the balloon material with the other end slideably interlockable with the base sheet; and

c) an indicator mark on the tab alignable with the balloon filling indicia to indicate when the balloon is full as the tacked base sheet and the tacked indicator tab move apart.

2. The balloon fill gauge of claim 1, wherein the base sheet and indicator tab are non-stretchable.

3. The balloon fill gauge of claim 1, wherein the balloon fill gauge is removably tackable to the balloon material with pressure sensitive adhesive.

4. The balloon fill gauge of claim 1, wherein the balloon fill gauge is removably tackable to the balloon material on the inside of the balloon.

5. The balloon fill gauge of claim 1, wherein the balloon fill gauge is removably tackable to the balloon material on the outside of the balloon.

6. The balloon fill gauge of claim 1, wherein the balloon filling indicia is language-free and the indicia is color coded

7. The balloon fill gauge of claim 1, wherein the balloon filling indicia is language-free and a novelty visual.

8. The balloon fill gauge of claim 1, wherein the base sheet and indicator tab is made from one of a group comprising paper or plastic.

9. A balloon fill gauge for a balloon made of an elastomeric material, comprising an elongate non-stretchable indicator tab of pre-set length having two ends each tackable on the balloon material at measured distance apart as to visually indicate when the balloon is full.

10. The balloon fill gauge of claim 9, wherein the balloon fill gauge is removably tackable to the balloon material with pressure sensitive adhesive.

11. The balloon fill gauge of claim 9, wherein the indicator tab is made from one of a group comprising paper or plastic.

12. The balloon fill gauge of claim 9, wherein the indicator tab visually indicates the balloon is full by at least one end popping off the balloon material.

13. The balloon fill gauge of claim 9, wherein the indicator tab visually indicates the balloon is full by the indicator tab breaking apart between the two ends.

14. The balloon fill gauge of claim 9, wherein the balloon fill gauge is removably tackable to the balloon material on the inside of the balloon.

15. The balloon fill gauge of claim 9, wherein the balloon fill gauge is removably tackable to the balloon material on the outside of the balloon.

16. The balloon fill gauge of claim 9, wherein the balloon fill gauge has color changing ink to indicated when the balloon is full.

17. A balloon fill gauge for a balloon made of an elastomeric material, comprising:

a) a base sheet with balloon filling indicia thereon temporarily tackable onto the balloon material; and

b) an expansible indicator ink mark on the balloon material alignable with the balloon filling indicia to indicate when the balloon is full.

18. The balloon fill gauge of claim 17, wherein the base sheet is non-stretchable.

19. The balloon fill gauge of claim 17, wherein the balloon filler gauge is removably tackable to the balloon material with pressure sensitive adhesive.

20. The balloon fill gauge of claim 17, wherein the balloon filler gauge is removably tackable to the balloon material on the inside of the balloon.

21. The balloon fill gauge of claim 17, wherein the balloon filler gauge is removably tackable to the balloon material on the outside of the balloon.

22. The balloon fill gauge of claim 17, wherein the balloon filling indicia is language-free and the indicia is color coded

23. The balloon fill gauge of claim 17, wherein the balloon filling indicia is language-free and a novelty visual.

24. The balloon fill gauge of claim 17, wherein the base sheet is made from one of a group comprising paper or plastic.