Capsuled balloons and inflation devices for such capsuled balloons
AssigneeHappy Loon Ltd.
InventorIsrael Amar
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Abstract
A system includes a capsuled balloon and an inflation device. The capsuled balloon includes a balloon encased within a capsule while an inflation tube of the balloon remains outside of the capsule, and the inflation device includes an interface that opens out of the device along an axis and comprises locking arms. The capsuled balloon at its boundary region is located within the interface with the inflation tube oriented generally along the device's axis, and the locking arms of the interface engage the inflation tube in order to fix it in place.
Claims22
A method for forming a capsuled balloon comprising the steps of:
- providing a sheet of material,
- providing a balloon comprising a neck region, and
- providing an inflation stem,
- wherein the capsuled balloon is formed by:
- placing a first portion of the inflation stem within the neck region while leaving a second portion thereof exposed outside of the balloon, and
- placing the balloon upon the sheet of material, and then
- urging the sheet of material to form a capsule that substantially encloses the balloon therein while leaving at least a tip of the inflation stem's second portion exposed to outside of the capsule,
- wherein urging the sheet of material to form a capsule comprises folding the sheet of material onto itself along several fold lines.
A capsuled balloon comprising a capsule and a balloon,
- the capsule being formed from a sheet of material that is folded or rolled onto itself,
- the balloon comprising a neck region and an inflation stem at least partially located within the neck region,
- wherein in the capsuled balloon the balloon is substantially encased within the capsule while leaving at least a tip of the inflation stem exposed to outside of the capsule through an opening formed in a lower terminal face of the capsule,
- and wherein the lower terminal face is comprised in a lower boundary region of the capsule and the capsule comprises at least one lateral extending opening formed at the lower boundary region above the lower terminal face for providing lateral access towards the inflation stem.
A method for using a capsuled balloon comprising the steps of:
- providing a capsule formed from a folded or rolled sheet of material,
- providing a balloon with a neck region and an inflation stem at least partially within the neck region, wherein the balloon is substantially enclosed within the capsule with at least a tip of the inflation stem remaining exposed to outside of the capsule at a lower terminal face of the capsule, and then
- inflating the balloon via the exposed tip of the inflation stem to a fully inflated state,
- wherein the capsule being formed from paper-based material having a generally narrow rectangular prism shape comprising opposing narrow end faces and one of the narrow end faces constituting the lower terminal face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.