Balloon and pinwheel toy with connecting adaptor

An aerial toy comprising a balloon adapted to be filled with a lighter-than-air gas and having an upper portion and a lower portion, a pinwheel having a base portion, means for connecting said base portion to said lower portion of said balloon, and means including a kite string secured to said upper portion of said balloon for tilting said toy forwardly upon filling of said balloon with a lighter-than-air gas so that said toy is capable of rising upwardly when the kite string is let out and upon tugging of said kite string, the toy will tilt forwardly, said balloon having a filling stem extending from its lower portion, said connecting means including an adaptor connected to the base of said pinwheel and adapted to receive said filling stem of said balloon, said adaptor having a first portion with a flared opening for receiving the lower portion of said balloon adjacent said stem and a hollow cylindrical second portion extending therefrom to an open end, an opening in said first portion for receiving the stem of said balloon, a first slot extending from said opening along said cylindrical second portion to said open end for enabling the stem of said balloon to be pulled along said slot into the interior of said cylindrical second portion, a second slot extending along said cylindrical portion from said open end and offset from said first slot, said second slot being adapted to receive and pinch the end portion of said filling stem closed, and means including a cap member to be fitted over said open end to hold said stem in position within said second slot, the outer wall of said cylindrical second portion and said cap member each having a respective projection extending exteriorly and adapted to have a stretched portion of said stem wrapped therearound to secure the cap member to said cylindrical second portion.