Balloon toy

A buoyant balloon toy comprising a combination of:

• a plurality of balloons adapted with a positive buoyancy with respect to ambient, said positive buoyancy being equivalent to a mass M.sub.1 ;
• a hoop-like means adapted to sequentially, unencumberedly and repeatedly encircle said balloons, said hoop-like means having a mass M.sub.2 ;
• a like plurality of connection means adapted to rotatably and slipperyly engage the hoop-like means at a preselected point thereon and each further adapted to attach one of the balloons to said hoop-like means, all of said connection means having a total mass M.sub.3 ;
• said positive buoyancy exhibited by all of said balloons and equivalent to a mass M.sub.1 being at least equal to the total of the masses M.sub.2 and M.sub.3 whereby the balloons cause the combination of the plurality of balloons, the hoop-like means, and the like plurality of connection means to suspendly float in the ambient.

A buoyant balloon toy comprising the combination of:

• a balloon adapted with a positive buoyancy with respect to air, said positive buoyancy being equivalent to a mass M.sub.1 ;
• an aperture means forming an aperture having a mass M.sub.2 ;
• a first engagement means attached to said aperture means, said first engagement means having a mass M.sub.3, said first engagement means rotatably engaging the aperture means at a preselected place thereon;
• an attachment means for attaching the balloon to said engagement means, said attachment means having a mass M.sub.4 ;
• whereby said positive buoyancy causes the combination to float in air, the mass M.sub.1 at least equaling the total of the masses M.sub.2 plus M.sub.3 plus M.sub.4.