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US 11,299,245 B2Granted
Apparatus for inflating floatation devices
OwnerBruce Raymond Harrisinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for inflating an inflatable object, such as a floatation device. The inflation apparatus includes a component with a primary opening, the primary opening sized and shaped to accept air from an air source, such as a hair dryer. A secondary opening on an inflation adapter is sized and shaped to be in communication with a valve opening on the inflatable object.
Claims10
An inflation device for coupling an air source with an inflatable object, comprising:
- a blower coupling formed of a resilient silicone material as a hollow cylindrical body having a length of 3 inches between a first end and a second end;
- an inlet opening having an inner diameter of 2 inches at the first end is dimensioned to resiliently and elastically couple with an outlet of the air source;
- a constriction at the second end narrows to a coupling;
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- an inflation adapter formed as an elongate hollow tubular segment having a proximal end configured to be received in the coupling and a distal end dimensioned with an outer diameter of ½ inch to be received in an inflation valve of the inflatable object, the inflation adapter having a length of 4 inches to permit grasping of the inflation valve and the inflation adapter with a user's fingers for retention with the inflation valve during inflation of the inflatable object with the air source.
2 more elements
A method of inflating an inflatable object to a desired fill level, comprising:
- attaching an inflation device to an outlet of an air source, the inflation device having a resilient hollow tubular segment having an opening with a 2-inch inner diameter and a length of 3 inches to resiliently receive the outlet of the air source to couple the inflation device to the air source, and a constriction at an opposite end terminating in an inflation coupling;
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- attaching a proximal end of an inflation adapter having a length of 4 inches and an outer diameter of ½ inch to the inflation coupling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.