GAS INFLATABLE BALLOONS
First Claim
1. A balloon for use in a system for inflating balloons with pressurized gas issuing from a pressurized gas supply, said balloon comprising an inflatable body with a neck region defining an opening of the inflatable body through which pressurized gas can pass to inflate the balloon,and wherein said balloon is connectable to an inflation conduit that is adapted to duct pressurized gas from the pressurized gas supply to said inflatable body,and wherein said balloon comprises a valve configurable between an open condition to permit the entry of gas to the inflatable body via the inflation conduit and a closed condition to restrict the egress of gas from said inflatable body via the inflation conduit, said valve being located inside the inflatable body,and wherein at or adjacent the opening at least a first portion of an interior surface of the neck region is bonded to itself forming at least one bonded region to the seal the opening, save for a passage leading from the opening into the neck region.
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Abstract
A system and method for simultaneously inflating a plurality of balloons with pressurized gas issuing from a pressurized gas supply, each balloon being releasably or permanently attached to an inflation conduit which serves to duct gas from the gas supply to its respective balloon, and each balloon having an associated valve to control the release of gas from inside the balloon when connected and/or disconnected from its associated balloon.
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20 Claims
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1. A balloon for use in a system for inflating balloons with pressurized gas issuing from a pressurized gas supply, said balloon comprising an inflatable body with a neck region defining an opening of the inflatable body through which pressurized gas can pass to inflate the balloon,
and wherein said balloon is connectable to an inflation conduit that is adapted to duct pressurized gas from the pressurized gas supply to said inflatable body, and wherein said balloon comprises a valve configurable between an open condition to permit the entry of gas to the inflatable body via the inflation conduit and a closed condition to restrict the egress of gas from said inflatable body via the inflation conduit, said valve being located inside the inflatable body, and wherein at or adjacent the opening at least a first portion of an interior surface of the neck region is bonded to itself forming at least one bonded region to the seal the opening, save for a passage leading from the opening into the neck region.
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