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Balloon clip

  • US 4,416,038 A
  • Filed: 05/24/1982
  • Issued: 11/22/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A closure device for sealing the flexible tubular stem of an inflated balloon and the like comprising:

  • a. a first leg;

    b. a second leg;

    c. hinge means interconnecting said first and second legs so that they are movable to closed positions thereof wherein they are in substantially parallel spaced relation;

    d. means for retaining said legs in the closed positions thereof;

    e. a first clsoure member attached to said first leg and extending generally toward said second leg when said legs are in the closed positions thereof and including a raised shoulder thereon having a beveled outer surface which extends generally to the terminal end of said first closure member;

    f. a second closure member attached to said second leg and is of substantially the same configuration as said first closure member, said second closure member extending outwardly from said second leg in inverted, slightly offset relation to said first closure member with the raised shoulders of said closure members on the same respective sides thereof as the opposite respective closure members, whereby when said legs are moved to the closed position thereof said closure members are deflected slightly to permit the passage of the shoulders thereof into interlocked relation with the shoulders thereof cooperating to define a tortuous path for sealingly securing said stem.

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