Confetti popper

• US 9,409,100 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2014
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jonathan Paul Hillery
• Original Assignee: Jonathan Paul Hillery
• Inventors: Hillery, Jonathan Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Dennis, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cegielnik, Urszula M
• Application Number:
  US14/303,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20150360140A1
• Time in Patent Office: 788 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 37/00 Jokes; Confetti, streamers, or other dance favours ; Cracker bonbons or the like

Abstract

A confetti popper device is provided. The confetti popper has a quantity of confetti stored within a body. A balloon or similar expandable membrane within the body may be inflated until a pressure within the interior against a cover reaches a certain pressure. Upon reaching this pressure, the cover of the body may release, causing the confetti to be ejected (“popped”) from the body.

Claims

1. A confetti popper device comprising:

a tubular body, the body defining an interior space;

a quantity of confetti disposed within the interior space;

a cover covering a first opening of the body, the first opening in communication with the interior space and the quantity of confetti, the cover configured to release from the first opening upon application of a pre-defined pressure on the cover within the interior space;

a balloon positioned within the interior space, an inflation end of the balloon having a mouth positioned at a second opening of the body;

the quantity of confetti positioned between the balloon and the cover;

an air pump, the air pump in communication with the balloon inflation end having a nozzle positioned through the mouth of the balloon, and configured to pump a quantity of air into the balloon, thereby inflating the balloon; and

wherein the air pump is configured to inflate the balloon from a deflated state not having the quantity of air in it, to an inflated state having the quantity of air pumped into it by the air pump, while the balloon remains at least partially in the interior space of the body, the balloon, when in the inflated state being constructed and arranged to apply the pre-defined pressure within the interior space to release the cover, causing the confetti to be ejected from the interior space by the pre-defined pressure applied by the balloon while the balloon remains at least partially in the interior space of the body.

2. The confetti popper device of claim 1 wherein the confetti is positioned adjacent to the cover within the body interior space.

3. The confetti popper device of claim 1 wherein the body is cylindrical.

4. The confetti popper device of claim 1 wherein the balloon is a rocket balloon.

5. The confetti popper device of claim 1 wherein the balloon is removable from the body.

6. The confetti popper device of claim 1 wherein the balloon is attached to the body.

7. The confetti popper device of claim 1 wherein the cover is configured to rupture upon release.

8. The confetti popper device of claim 1 wherein an adhesive holding the cover to the body is configured to give way upon release of the cover.

9. The confetti popper device of claim 1 wherein the cover forms an air-tight seal over the body first opening.

10. The confetti popper device of claim 1 further comprising a seal within the interior of the body, the seal holding the confetti in place adjacent to the cover within the body interior.

11. The confetti popper device of claim 10 wherein the seal is flexible.

12. The confetti popper device of claim 1 wherein the air pump is a hand pump.

13. The confetti popper device of claim 1 wherein the air pump is an electrically powered pump.

14. The confetti popper device of claim 1 wherein the balloon is removable from the air pump.

15. The confetti popper device of claim 1 wherein the balloon is permanently attached to the air pump.

16. The confetti popper device of claim 1 wherein the body is a paper towel roll.