Air valve, inflation, and deflation apparatuses and methods
AssigneeBelgravia Wood Limited
InventorsJaime Ramos, Paul Olsen
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for an air valve and an air valve adapter. The air valve may comprise a base, a top attached to the base via a hinge, a tab connected to the top, and a gripping shape disposed at an end of the tab, wherein the gripping shape is disposed within a well of the base. The base may be attached to an inflatable apparatus via a weld or an adhesive. The air valve adapter may comprise an inserting end, a hollow end, a gripping section between the inserting end and the hollow end, and an aperture in the gripping section, wherein air may supplied in the inserting end to travel to the hollow end.
Claims21
An air valve adapter comprising:
- an inserting end,
- a hollow end,
- a gripping section between the inserting end and the hollow end,
- an aperture in the gripping section,
- a plug section located between the gripping section and the inserting end, wherein the plug section comprises at least one ridge that is flanged in a radial direction of the air valve adapter with respect to the inserting end;
- wherein the inserting end is cut along a cutting plane producing a cross-section of the inserting end;
- wherein the cutting plane is sloped obliquely with respect to a longitudinal axis of the air valve adapter and intersects the longitudinal axis;
- and
- wherein the cross-section comprises an annular surface.
A method of inflating an inflatable comprising:
- inserting an inserting end of an air valve adapter into an air valve,
- twisting the air valve adapter so that one or more hooks of the air valve adapter holds open a flap of the air valve,
- holding open the flap of the air valve by bracing the one or more hooks against a surface of the air valve and the flap, and
- blowing air through a hollow section of the air valve adapter and through an opening of the inserting end and into an inflatable chamber;
- wherein the twisting of the air valve adapter comprises rotating a rotating section of the air valve adapter relative to the hollow section and the rotating section is located at an end of the hollow section opposite the inserting end.
A method of deflating an inflatable comprising:
- inserting an inserting end of an air valve adapter into an air valve,
- twisting the air valve adapter so that one or more hooks of the air valve adapter holds open a flap of the air valve,
- holding open the flap of the air valve by bracing the one or more hooks against a surface of the air valve and the flap, and
- allowing air to pass through a hollow section of the air valve adapter and through an opening of the inserting end and out of an inflatable chamber;
- wherein the twisting of the air valve adapter comprises rotating a rotating section of the air valve adapter relative to the hollow section and the rotating section is located at an end of the hollow section opposite the inserting end.
An air valve adapter comprising:
- an inserting end,
- a hollow end configured to receive a plunger,
- a gripping section between the inserting end and the hollow end,
- an aperture in the gripping section,
- wherein the inserting end is cut along a cutting plane producing a cross-section of the inserting end;
- wherein the cutting plane is sloped obliquely with respect to a longitudinal axis of the air valve adapter and intersects the longitudinal axis;
- wherein the cross-section comprises an annular surface;
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- wherein a spring is configured to supply a force to hold the plunger in an open position, wherein a plunger section is sheathed within the inserting end in the open position and the plunger section comprises at least one hook.
An air valve adapter comprising:
- an inserting end,
- a hollow end configured to receive a plunger,
- a gripping section between the inserting end and the hollow end,
- an aperture in the gripping section,
- wherein the inserting end is cut along a cutting plane producing a cross-section of the inserting end;
- wherein the cutting plane is sloped obliquely with respect to a longitudinal axis of the air valve adapter and intersects the longitudinal axis;
- wherein the cross-section comprises an annular surface;
- and
- wherein a spring is configured to supply a force to hold the plunger in a closed position, wherein a plunger section extends from the inserting end in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.