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US 2026/0177064 A1Published application
Inflatable outdoor decoration apparatus
AssigneeEast Coast IP, LLC
InventorRussell Speight VanBlon
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Abstract
In one aspect, an inflatable outdoor decoration apparatus may include a sensor that is used to determine whether to deflate the inflatable outdoor decoration itself in response to wind gusts, preventing the inflatable outdoor decoration from becoming damaged or blowing away.
Claims20
An inflatable outdoor decoration apparatus, comprising:
- an inflatable outdoor decoration;
- a fan to inflate the inflatable outdoor decoration;
- a processor system;
- a sensor accessible to the processor system;
- and
- storage accessible to the processor system and comprising instructions executable by the processor system to:
- while the inflatable outdoor decoration is inflated via the fan, receive input from the sensor;
- use the input from the sensor to determine whether a threshold is met;
- and
- responsive to determining that the threshold is met, control the fan to deflate the inflatable outdoor decoration.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving input from a sensor on an inflatable outdoor decoration apparatus;
- using the input from the sensor to determine that a threshold is met;
- and
- responsive to determining that the threshold is met, controlling a fan of the inflatable outdoor decoration apparatus to deflate an inflatable outdoor decoration of the inflatable outdoor decoration apparatus.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one computer readable storage medium (CRSM) that is not a transitory signal, the at least one CRSM comprising instructions executable by a processor system to:
- receive input from a sensor;
- use the input from the sensor to determine that a threshold is met;
- and
- responsive to determining that the threshold is met, control a fan to deflate an inflatable outdoor decoration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.