Balloon popping apparatus

• US 5,029,851 A
• Filed: 04/04/1990
• Issued: 07/09/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elmer R. Hagen
• Original Assignee: Elmer R. Hagen
• Inventors: Hagen, Elmer R.
• Primary Examiner(s): SHAPIRO, PAUL
• Application Number:
  US07/503,902
• Time in Patent Office: 461 Days
• Field of Search: 273/1 R, 273/1 G, 273/86 R, 446/220, 446/221, 446/224, 446/202, 446/181
• US Class Current: 273/458
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/0084 Bursting
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/0079 Games using compressed air, e.g. with air blowers, balloons, vacuum A63F7/066 and A63F7/3603 take precedence

Abstract

A toy for inflating and bursting a plurality of ballons and the like comprises an elongated, rigid tube having multiple air-inlet and air-outlet orifices with elongated, flexible tubing connected to each of the orifices. Valves connect to the free ends of the flexible tubing such that balloons attached to the end of some of the flexible tubing may be inflated and burst by a player or players blowing into the other flexible tubing. The rigid tube may be connected in series with other like, rigid tubes such that a plurality of players may participate.

Claims

1. Apparatus for inflating and bursting at least one inflatable body comprising:

a.) an elongated, rigid tube of a first, substantially constant diameter having an axial bore, said tube having first and second ends wherein said second end tapers inwardly in a direction away from said tube and about said axis to form a first air-outlet orifice;

b.) a cover of substantially the same diameter as said first diameter;

c.) means to releasably attach said cover to said tube first end whereby said tube first end may be made air-tight;

d.) a first length of flexible tubing having first and second ends, said first length of tubing first end attached to said first air-outlet orifice;

e.) a first one-way air pressure valve having first and second ends, said valve first end attached to said first length of tubing second end wherein a first of said at least one inflatable bodies may be attached to said valve second end;

f.) a first air-inlet orifice on said rigid tube located between said tube first and second ends;

g.) a second length of flexible tubing having first and second ends, said second length of tubing first end attached to said first air-inlet orifice;

h.) a first air-intake valve having first and second ends, said air-intake valve first end attached to said second length of tubing second end wherein said air-intake valve second end may be orally blown into repeatedly whereby air forced through said air-intake valve passes through said second length of tubing and into said axial bore and into said first length of tubing, through said first, one-way air pressure valve to inflate said first of said at least one of said inflatable bodies.

2. The invention according to claim 1 and further comprising:

a.) a second air-outlet orifice on said rigid tube located between said first air-outlet orifice and said first air-inlet orifice;

b.) a third length of flexible tubing having first and second ends, said third length of tubing first end attached to said second air-outlet orifice; and

c.) a second one-way air pressure valve having first and second ends whereby air may flow from said second one-way air pressure valve first end to said second one-way air pressure valve second end, said second one-way air pressure valve first end attached to said third length of tubing second end whereby a second of said at least one of said inflatable bodies may be attached to said second one-way air pressure valve second end such that air in said tube may flow through said third length of tubing and through said second one-way air pressure valve to inflate said second of said at least one of said inflatable bodies.

3. The invention according to claim 2 and further comprising:

a.) a third air-outlet orifice on said rigid tube between said first air-outlet orifice and said tube first end;

b.) a fourth length of flexible tubing having first and second ends, said fourth length of tubing first end attached to said third air-outlet orifice; and

c.) a third one-way air pressure valve having first and second ends whereby air may flow from said third one-way air pressure valve first end to said third one-way air pressure valve second end, said third one-way air pressure valve first end attached to said fourth length of tubing second end whereby a third of said at least one of said inflatable bodies may be attached to said third one-way air pressure valve second end such that air in said tube may flow through said fourth length of tubing and through said third one-way air pressure valve to inflate said third of said at least one of said inflatable bodies.

4. The invention according to claim 3 and further comprising means to attache said second end of a first of said rigid tubes to said first end of a second of said rigid tubes whereby said axial bore of said first of said rigid tubes communicates with said axial bore of said second of said rigid tubes.