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US 5,314,250 AGranted
Inflatable container
OwnerUng L. Leeinventor
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Abstract
An inflatable container includes a plurality of vertical air conduits, a horizontal air conduit, and a one-way valve. A self-adhesive material may be formed on the container whereby upon inflating the container, the container self-stands and can be adhered to a wall or table.
Claims12
An inflatable container of a number-sided hedron comprising:
- a plurality of vertical air conduits disposed in at least one wall of the container, said container having an upper open end;
- a horizontal air conduit disposed around a perimeter of the upper open end of said container and in communication with said plurality of vertical conduits at opposing edges of each wall of the container, said horizontal air conduit having at least three passages of a smaller diameter than said horizontal air conduit and disposed therein at corners of the container for bending the horizontal air conduit in accordance with the number of said at least three smaller diameter passages so as to form the number sided-hedron during inflation;
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- a one-way valve attached to said horizontal air conduit for communicating with said plurality of vertical air conduits through said horizontal air conduit, said one-way valve being provided with a detachable air pump, whereby upon inflating, the inflatable container is fully inflated by air-pumping through the one-way valve from a folded position thereof so that the inflatable container self-stands effectively.
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