Signal balloon

• US 3,310,024 A
• Filed: 10/23/1965
• Issued: 03/21/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert C. Mcconnell
• Original Assignee: Robert C. Mcconnell
• Inventors: Mcconnell, Robert C.
• Application Number:
  US04/503,179
• Time in Patent Office: 514 Days
• US Class Current: 116/210
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/002 Distress signalling devices, e.g. rescue balloons vehicle optical signalling for indicating emergencies B60Q1/52
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 116/09 Balloons
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/3584 Inflatable article [e.g., tire filling chuck and/or stem]

Claims

1. IN A SIGNAL DEVICE, AN INFLATABLE BALLOON HAVING A NECK PORTION, CLOSURE MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID NECK PORTION AND HAVING A PASSAGEWAY ADAPTED TO RECEIVE PRESSURIZED FLUID AND TO ADMIT SAID FLUID INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE BALLOON, VALVE MEANS BIASED TO CLOSED POSITION AND DISPOSED WITHIN SAID PASSAGEWAY, A MEMBER MOVABLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID PASSAGEWAY AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID VALVE MEANS FOR OPENING THE SAME IN AT LEAST ONE POSITION OF SAID MEMBER, SAID MEMBER HAVING A PIERCING PORTION FOR PUNCTURING A PRESSURIZED FLUID CONTAINER, ANNULAR YIELDABLE MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CLOSURE MEANS AND AT LEAST PARTIALLY PROJECTING INTO SAID PASSAGEWAY FOR SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE NECK PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER AND FOR RETAINING SAID MOVABLE MEMBER WITHIN SAID PASSAGEWAY, TETHER MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CLOSURE MEANS, INFLATION MEANS INCLUDING A CONTAINER HAVING A NECK PORTION AND HAVING A PRESSURIZED LIGHTER-THAN-AIR FLUID THEREIN, AND