Self-sealing balloon and method of manufacture

A self sealing balloon assembly comprising:

• a balloon manufactured of one of an elastic material and a latex material, said balloon having a tubular balloon neck segment extending in fluid communication between a balloon unfinished edge and a balloon gas retaining expansion cavity;
• a moldable adhesive ring carried by an interior surface of said tubular balloon neck segment, said moldable adhesive ring having a moldable adhesive cross sectioned profile formed into a ring shape, said moldable adhesive ring circumscribing an interior circumference of a portion of a length of said interior of said tubular balloon neck segment, wherein the moldable adhesive ring is fabricated of a moldable material having adhesive properties;
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• an adhesive staging segment formed about a peripheral surface of said moldable adhesive cross sectioned profile of said moldable adhesive ring, said adhesive staging segment temporarily substantially encapsulating said peripheral surface of said moldable adhesive cross sectioned profile,
• wherein said adhesive staging segment is shaped from said tubular balloon neck segment.

A method of manufacturing a self sealing balloon assembly comprising steps of:

• obtaining a quick seal balloon fabrication form comprising at least one balloon form member, each of said at least one balloon form comprising a balloon body mold segment extending from a balloon neck mold segment and an adhesive material dispensing section located about a circumference of a central section of said balloon neck mold segment;
• applying an adhesive material about an circumference of a portion of a length of an exterior surface of said balloon neck mold segment, said moldable adhesive ring having a moldable adhesive cross sectioned profile formed into a ring shape;
• applying balloon material upon an exterior surface of said balloon body mold segment and further extending upward onto a portion of said balloon neck mold segment to a location beyond said adhesive material dispensing section, wherein said balloon material is applied to said quick seal balloon fabrication form either prior to or subsequent to said application of said adhesive material forming a tubular balloon neck extending from, contiguous with, and in fluid communication with a balloon gas retaining expansion cavity, wherein the moldable adhesive ring is located and carried by an interior surface of the tubular balloon neck;
• shaping an adhesive staging segment into a loop, wherein said adhesive staging segment substantially encapsulates said moldable adhesive ring, retaining the moldable adhesive ring within an interior of the tubular balloon neck;
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• removing said shaped balloon from said quick seal balloon fabrication form.