Balloon with accompanying helium supplying cartridge

• US 5,399,122 A
• Filed: 01/07/1993
• Issued: 03/21/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Thomas Slater
• Original Assignee: Aerobal Corp.
• Inventors: Slater, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kien T.
• Application Number:
  US08/001,284
• Time in Patent Office: 803 Days
• Field of Search: 472/51, 472/54, 472/134, 446/220, 446/221, 446/224, 116/210, 116/DIG. 8, 116/DIG. 9, 222/3, 222/509, 222/501, 222/559
• US Class Current: 472/51
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2027/1033 Inflation devices or methods for inflating balloons
• 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: G05D 7/0146 the in-line sensing element being a piston or float without flexible member or spring
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 116/09 Balloons

Abstract

A novelty item is provided comprising a balloon, a container adapted to contain the balloon in a deflated state, and an inflation device adapted to act on the balloon. The inflation device includes a high pressure gas container and a valve coupled to the gas container. The valve is adapted to self-regulate and control the flow of gas into the balloon upon actuation thereof.

Claims

1. A novelty item comprising:

an inflatable object;

a container means adapted to contain said inflatable object in a deflated state;

a high pressure gas container; and

a self-regulating valve means communicating with said inflatable object and said high pressure gas container through a pressurized gas chamber wherein said valve means both releases gas from the pressurized container into the pressurized gas chamber and regulates the flow of gas into the inflatable object at a preselected rate that is essentially independent of the pressure in the high pressure gas container.

2. The novelty item of claim 1 wherein said valve means comprises a slidably mounted nozzle sealingly engaged to the high pressure gas container wherein said nozzle includes a channel for gas delivery and a valve pin sealingly engaged within said high pressure container extending outwardly from said container for contacting said nozzle, and means for sliding said nozzle inwardly to contact said pin to release the gas.

3. A novelty item comprising:

an inflatable object;

a container means adapted to contain said inflatable object in a deflated state; and

inflating means adapted to act on said inflatable object, said inflation means including a high pressure gas container and valve means coupled to said gas container, said valve means adapted to self-regulate and control the flow of gas into said inflatable object upon actuation thereof; and

wherein,

said valve means comprises a slidably mounted nozzle sealingly engaged to the high pressure gas container in which said nozzle includes a channel opening for gas delivery and a valve pin sealingly engaged within said high pressure container extending outwardly from said container for contacting said nozzle, and means for sliding said nozzle inwardly to contact said pin to release the gas.

4. A novelty item according to claim 3, wherein the channel opening is adjusted to regulate gas delivery.

5. A novelty item according to claim 3, wherein the means for sliding said nozzle inwardly is an elastic band extending around the outer side of both the cartridge and the nozzle thereby driving the nozzle inwardly to engage the valve pin to release the high pressure gas.

6. A novelty item according to claim 5, wherein the contractive force of the elastic band is adjusted to control the inward engagement of the nozzle with the valve pin for the release of high pressure gas.

7. Valve means coupled to a high pressure gas container and being adapted to self-regulate and control flow of gas into an inflatable object upon actuation thereof, said valve means comprising a slidably mounted nozzle sealingly engaged to a high pressure gas container wherein said nozzle includes a channel opening for gas delivery and a valve pin sealingly engaged within said high pressure container extending outwardly from said container for contacting said nozzle, and means for sliding said nozzle inwardly to contact said pin to release the gas.

8. Valve means according to claim 7 wherein the channel opening is adjusted to regulate gas delivery.

9. Valve means according to claim 7, wherein the means for sliding said nozzle inwardly is an elastic band extending around the outer side of both the container and the nozzle thereby driving the nozzle inwardly to engage the valve pin to release the high pressure gas.

10. Valve means according to claim 9, wherein the contractive force of the elastic band is adjusted to control the inward engagement of the nozzle with the valve pin for the release of high pressure gas.