# US 9,751,024 B2 · Balloon > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,751,024 B2 - Document ID: US9751024B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/895,627 - Filed: 2015-02-09 - Published: 2016-08-11 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2014-07-17 - Assignees: Takara Kosan Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Takara Kosan Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Takemi Morita; Mitsunori Yoshida; Akira Nakamura; Satoru Taniguchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751024B2 ## CPC - A63H 27/10: Balloons (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00; {other than toy aspects B64B1/40}) - A63H 3/06: Air-filled or inflatable toy figures (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00) - A63H 2027/1025: {Fabrication methods or special materials therefor} - A63H 2027/1075: {Special shapes or constructions} - A63H: TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS ## Abstract A balloon can maintain a bent state even if a bent state-holding member is not used. A balloon includes two plastic films that are stacked and sealed at a peripheral edge. The balloon includes a first part, a second part, and a bending part that is situated between the first part and the second part. The bending part includes a gas passage through which the interior of the first part and the interior of the second part communicate with each other, and a bending sealed part that is formed by sealing the two plastic films situated opposite to each other in an inward area relative to the peripheral edge. An outer edge of the bending sealed part extends beyond the bending part so as to be situated within the first part and the second part. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A toy balloon comprising two plastic films that are stacked and sealed at a peripheral edge, the toy balloon including a first part, a second part, and a bending part that is situated between the first part and the second part, the bending part including a gas passage through which an interior of the first part and an interior of the second part communicate with each other, and a bending sealed part that is formed by sealing the two plastic films situated opposite to each other in an inward area relative to the peripheral edge, an outer edge of the bending sealed part extending beyond the bending part so as to be situated within the first part and the second part, and no through-hole being formed inside the outer edge, and the bending part bending due to tension applied to the bending sealed part by filing the toy balloon with a gas and inflating the toy balloon so that the second part is spontaneously turned relative to the first part and a bent state of the toy balloon is maintained. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The balloon as defined in claim 1, wherein the outer edge of the bending sealed part is arched from the bending part toward at least one of the first part and the second part. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The balloon as defined in claim 1, wherein at least one pair of the gas passages are provided on either side of the bending sealed part in a widthwise direction of the bending part. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The balloon as defined in claim 1, wherein a plurality of the bending sealed parts are formed along a widthwise direction of the bending part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The balloon as defined in claim 1, wherein a clinging part includes two arms, end parts of the two arms, and a connection part that connects base ends of the two arms, and forms an approximate ring shape when the balloon is filled with a gas and inflated, and the connection part includes a protrusion that protrudes into an inner space defined by the approximate ring shape at a position opposite to the bending part. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The balloon as defined in claim 2, wherein at least one pair of the gas passages are provided on either side of the bending sealed part in a widthwise direction of the bending part. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The balloon as defined in claim 2, wherein a plurality of the bending sealed parts are formed along a widthwise direction of the bending part. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The balloon as defined in claim 3, wherein a plurality of the bending sealed parts are formed along a widthwise direction of the bending part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The balloon as defined in claim 8, wherein a plurality of the bending sealed parts are formed along a widthwise direction of the bending part. ### Claim 10 A toy balloon comprising two plastic films that are stacked and sealed at a peripheral edge, the toy balloon including a first part, a second part, and a bending part that is situated between the first part and the second part, the bending part including a gas passage through which an interior of the first part and an interior of the second part communicate with each other, and a bending sealed part that is formed by sealing the two plastic films situated opposite to each other in an inward area relative to the peripheral edge, and an outer edge of the bending sealed part extending beyond the bending part so as to be situated within the first part and the second part, an entire inner surface of the outer edge being sealed, the bending part bending due to tension applied to the bending sealed part by filling the toy balloon with a gas and inflating the toy balloon so that the second part is spontaneously turned relative to the first part and a bent state of the toy balloon is maintained. ### Claim 11 A toy balloon comprising two plastic films that are stacked and sealed at a peripheral edge, the toy balloon including a first part, a second part, and a bending part that is situated between the first part and the second part, the bending part including a gas passage through which an interior of the first part and an interior of the second part communicate with each other, and a bending sealed part that is formed by sealing the two plastic films situated opposite to each other in an inward area relative to the peripheral edge, and an outer edge of the bending sealed part extending beyond the bending part so as to be situated within the first part and the second part, no through-hole being formed inside the outer edge, the bending part bending due to tension applied to the bending sealed part by filling the toy balloon with a gas and inflating the toy balloon so that the second part is turned at approximately a right angle relative to the first part and a bent state of the toy balloon is maintained.