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US 4,903,958 AGranted
Balloon amusement device
AssigneeFernando DiCarlo
InventorsFernando DiCarlo, Tony DiCarlo
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Abstract
An amusement device constructed to simulated a gift package, e.g. for a birthday, or for Christmas. The package is subdivided into a compressed air chamber and a balloon storage compartment. When the person receiving the gift package attempts to open it, the balloon is automatically inflated so as to pop out of the package.
Claims27
An amusement device comprising:
- a compressed air container having an air discharge port;
- a movable wall structure mounted on said container in overlying relation to said air discharge port to form a balloon storage compartment;
- a deflated balloon located within said storage compartment, said balloon having an inflation neck in sealed fluid communication with said air discharge port;
- means to retain the balloon in fluid communication with the air discharge port;
- means controlled by the movable wall structure for preventing the flow of compressed air through the discharge port into the balloon;
- whereby movement of the wall structure away from the container permits compressed air to flow into the balloon, the balloon being maintained in fluid communication with said discharge port after inflation of the balloon by the compressed air flow.
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An amusement device comprising:
- a container subdivided into a storage compartment and a chamber containing compressed gas,
- a balloon sized and adapted when deflated to fit in the storage compartment,
- means interconnecting said chamber and the balloon for fluid communication therebetween,
- lid structure attached to the container and movable between a closed position wherein the storage compartment is closed and said fluid communication is blocked and an open position wherein there is fluid communication between the chamber and balloon, and
- means to releasably retain the lid structure in its said closed position and actuable to release the lid structure to move the lid structure to its said open position by expansion of the balloon by fluid communication between said chamber and the balloon, the balloon being maintained in fluid communication with the discharge port after expansion of the balloon.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.