Balloon basket

A basket for hot air balloons, characterised in that

• it comprises pneumatic elements, which can be inflated with compressed air, namely an upper ring (2), a lower ring (3), a plurality of struts (4), which essentially extend vertically from the lower ring (3) to the upper ring (2), a number of side wall elements (5), corresponding to the number of struts (4) and a floor (6),
• the two rings (2, 3) and the struts (4) comprise tube-like hollow bodies, whose walls are manufactured from reinforced elastomer,
• the side wall elements (5) and the floor (6) are double walled and comprise distance fabrics, whose two matrices are joined by threads and simultaneously provide the reinforcement for the sealing elastomer,
• the side wall elements (5) and the floor (6) have an airtight edging of similarly reinforced elastomer, whereby the side wall elements (5) and the floor (6) are airtight pneumatic elements,
• each of the pneumatic elements quoted (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) has at least one valve, which serves for the inflation with compressed air and similarly for deflation,
• the side wall elements (5) are joined to the upper ring (2), to the side in each case to a strut (4) and below to the lower ring (3).