Abstract: A one layer self-sealing, self-regulating, two-way flat valve for fluid containers, such as toy balloons and the like formed of two heat sealed film layers, is provided. The container having two container film layers joined at the perimeters thereof, an exterior opening in one of the layers, and a valve film layer attached to an inner surface of the same container layer. The valve film layer forms an integral fluid channel through which fluid is guided into the container from the exterior opening such that as the container attains maximum fluid capacity, the fluid channel automatically collapses. Perpendicular creases which form along the container surfaces cross the fluid channel to effectively seal the container.

Abstract: A gas inlet including an inlet body having a gas passage, a tube body and a plug body, wherein the tube body and plug body are connected to the inlet body via a thin strip. The tube body has a close end and a cut and is suitable to be fitly fitted into the gas passage, while the plug body is suitable to be plugged into the tube body, whereby by means of plugging or removing the tube body and plug body, an inflatable product can be rapidly inflated or deflated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-sealing flexible plastic valve for a non-latex balloon. The valve is made from two flexible plastic sheets, bonded together to define a valve inlet, a valve outlet and a valve passageway. The inlet end of one sheet extends beyond the other to provide a positioning tab to be bonded to the balloon sheet such that the valve inlet is within the balloon stem. A bonding barrier at the inlet end avoids sealing during fabrication and facilitates automated insertion of the valve into the balloon.

Abstract: An inflatable marking device for marking a position comprising an inflatable balloon for receiving a lighter than air gas for inflating the balloon to cause the balloon to rise to mark a position. A line is secured at one end around the throat of the balloon and at the other end to a handle to maintain the balloon at the desired position. The handle is provided with a nipple for receiving the throat of the balloon, a spool around which the line is wound, and a shoulder to keep the line from overlapping onto the nipple when unwinding the line from the spool. One end of the handle is an opening for sealing around a gas cartridge when the cartridge is inserted therein, and a pin valve is positioned within the opening for engaging the cartridge to cause the gas to escape from the cartridge, through the nipple, and into the balloon.

Abstract: A mass produced, self sealing valve for inflating toy balloons and adapted to be retained with the balloon to maintain the inflation thereof. The valve has an elongated tubular shank closed at one end and open at the other, with a sealing disc secured to the shank and extending therefrom in a generally orthogonal plane. The shank is perforated intermediate the disc and the closed end of the shank. An elastic sleeve encompassing the shank and overlying the perforation permits pressurized gas to pass via the shank thrugh the perforation and past the sleeve, but prevents the escape of pressurized gas from the interior of the associated balloon. The sleeve is provided with exterior lengthwise ribs to prevent squealing of the valve under pressure.

Abstract: A one-piece valve for a closed enclosure. The valve is formed in the thickness of at least a part of the wall of the enclosure. The valve comprises an inside cavity communicating with the outside of the enclosure by means of a first hole, and with the inside of the enclosure by means of at least one second hole. The valve element is an integral part of the enclosure and occupies the central part of the cavity of the enclosure. The valve can be used for closing inflatable enclosures, particularly balloons, which can be inflated or deflated at will by the user.

Abstract: A valve for an inflatable body has the inside of a valve member within the body having opposed wall portions normally superposed on one another and movable upon forcible separation. The inside of the opposed wall portions are coated with a viscid, non-hardening material preferably a polyglycol which minimizes leakage of helium and a like gas through the valve when the body is inflated.

Abstract: There is disclosed a toy balloon tire and a wheel. The wheel is an assembly of two hub members each having a peripheral rim about its outer end. An annular land is provided between the opposite ends, and a through passageway is provided in one hub member communicating with a port discharging into the tire. A valve is provided to seal the passageway. The balloon tire has a central opening in one of its sidewalls which is surrounded by a bead. The bead is received over the hub of the wheel and is seated against an annular rim of one of the hub members. The wheel can have a mechanical valve member mounted in the through passageway. Alternatively, the tire itself can seal the passageway and function as the valve. In the preferred embodiment, the passageway discharges into the interior of the tire through a port which is located in the annular land of the hub, between its opposite ends.

Abstract: A nozzle for inflatable objects being made of a plastic material, including a nozzle seat which is subject to engage with the inflatable object in such a manner that it is normally retracted in the inflatable object but also being extendable from the surface of the inflatable object when being pulled out; and annular wall extended from the nozzle seat which defines an air inlet; a plug for insertion into the air inlet; a plug arm extended from the annular wall and connecting the plug with the nozzle seat; a plug extension extended from the plug at a position remote from the plug arm and having two holes; a tie at a side of the air inlet opposite the plug arm being passable through the two holes on the plug extension; and a piece of one-way membrane extended from a lower face of the nozzle seat which during inflation allows air to blow in through the air inlet but which blocks air from flowing out of the air inlet when the nozzle seat is protruded from the surface of the inflatable object.

Abstract: A recreational device comprising an elastomeric body portion capable of holding compressed gas and having a surface temperature reducing coating integrally formed therewith on the outer surface thereof. The device is used in water sports where flotation is desired to reduce creature discomfort and physiological damage.

Abstract: An inflatable bag comprises a small sack which is charged with sodium bicarbonate and accommodating a small externally breakable container filled with an acidic solution. The small sack is enveloped in an inflatable bag member which is made of a synthetic resin having no permeability to the gas which is generated as a reaction between the sodium bicarbonate and the acidic solution. As the small container is collapsed by external pressure, the acidic solution flows out of the container into reaction with the sodium bicarbonate, thereby generating carbon dioxide gas. The small sack is punctured by the gas pressure with a sound of a bang or a whistle and, thereafter, the inflatable gas member is gradually inflated. It is possible to use a plurality of small sacks made of a material which exhibits small extension, such that one small sack is contained in another sack.

Abstract: A gas-inflatable bladder toy is disclosed, in which a plurality of films are stacked with their peripheral edges being sealed for forming a bladder to be inflated by filling a required pressure gas therein, said bladder being adapted to be fed with an external gas and provided with an air valve in a flat double cylindrical form for checking an internal gas, or alternatively in which the same construction of the bladder contains a plurality of receiving bags separately receiving certain foaming agents which are chemically reacted upon mixing to produce a gas, these filling bags being broken by an external force. In accordance with the gas-inflatable bladder toy of the invention, the shape of the receiving body containing the preexpanded bladder 1 may be quite different from the shape of the expanded bladder 1 after opening the receiving body 7 and expanding to the given shape, thereby to provide an exciting bladder toy with a surprising effect.

Abstract: An inflation valve, adapted for sealed attachment within a stem of a balloon, includes a valve body defining a longitudinal passage for receiving a fill tube therein, such as a straw. Insertion of an open distal end of the fill tube to a first position within the passage will facilitate communication of a pressurized fluid, such as air or helium, through a fill port defined in the valve body and into the inflation chamber of the balloon. After filling, the fill tube is moved axially forwardly to a second position for sealing-off communication of the open distal end of the fill tube with the fill port.

Abstract: A valve assembly for filling balloons comprising an elongated generally tubular body member having an upper section and a lower section divided by a transverse interior wall, a radially outwardly directed flange defining a circumferentially extending channel for the bead at the mouth of a balloon, means defining at least one outlet port in the sidewall of the lower section and at least one opening in the side wall of the upper section spaced downwardly from the upper terminal edge thereof.

Abstract: A toy wheel formed with a balloon tire and hub is disclosed in which the tire can be inflated with a valve mechanism contained within the hub of the wheel. The hub is an assembly of hub and cap members which are interlocked together. The tire is a balloon with a single central opening at one end which is received over the hub, and the opposite end of the balloon is captured between the interlocked hub and cap members. The inflation valve comprises an air passageway through the hub member which is surrounded by a valve seat on its inside end. The valve seat is intersected with at least one axial slot along the inside end of the hub member to provide a release air passageway. The valve seat is preferably sealed by a sealing portion of the balloon. A pin with an enlarged diameter head is received in the air passageway to provide a valve operator which, when depressed, lifts the sealing portion of the balloon off the valve seat and releases the air pressure through the axial slot.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cap plug for a balloon which includes a body mounted on a mouth portion of a balloon, an attachment connected to the body through a detachable connecting means and a yarn for connecting the body and the attachment. The connecting means has four outwardly directed engaging pawls provided on the body and an engaging groove provided in the attachment and engageable with the engaging pawls. The desired connection is achieved by moving each of the engaging pawls into the corresponding engaging groove, and relatively rotating the attachment and the body to bring the engaging pawl into firm engagement with the engaging groove. The engagement between the body and the attachment is released by rotation thereof in a direction opposite to that when they are connected.

Abstract: Device for inflating balloons, particularly balloons supported by tubular shafts, comprising a one-way valve mounted in or at one end of the shaft to be inserted into the neck of the balloon. The valve is provided externally with a projection and rings to deform the neck of the balloon elastically, and ensure the retention of the inflation pressure of the balloon. This sealing may be improved by a tapered sleeve. The valve is made of two parts joined together and forming a cylindrical cavity enclosed by two bases, of which one is smooth surfaced with a central axial hole and the other one is provided with radial ribs and a central axial hole opening into the balloon. A sealing element which may be a thin sheet, a sphere or a hollow piston with tapered element, slides freely in the cylindrical cavity. The valve can also be of a type manually inserted and placed at one end of the supporting shaft.

Abstract: A check valve for a water bag, balloon toy, or the like, comprising a flat fluid pipe of plastic film open at its base end and its tip end. A flat valve body is disposed in the flat pipe and is closed along its lateral sides which are sealed to closed sides of the fluid pipe. The valve body is also closed at its side disposed towards the tip end of the fluid pipe but is open at its side disposed towards the base end of the fluid pipe. Fluid is able to flow inward in a direction from the tip end of the fluid pipe to the base end thereof through gaps between the inner surface of the fluid pipe and the outer surface of the valve body. However, fluid flow in the outward direction expands the valve body and closes the gaps to prevent outward flow.

Abstract: A toy balloon has an inflation valve secured thereon to selectively fill a chamber of the balloon with a fluid, such as helium. The valve comprises a stem defining a filling passage therethrough for communicating a pressurized fluid source with the inflatable chamber of the balloon and an elastomeric plug reciprocally mounted in the passage for movement in a first direction towards the chamber to openly communicate the passage with the chamber to permit filling thereof and for further movement in a second, opposite direction away from the chamber to seal the passage to prevent escape of the fluid from the balloon. The inner surface of the stem and/or the outer surface of the elastomeric plug may be suitably sized and tapered to permit the sleeve to compress the plug for sealing purposes when it is moved in its second closing direction. An annular bead may be formed internally on the sleeve to compress the plug to form an annular static seal between the sleeve and the plug.

Abstract: A noise making valve for a toy balloon includes a casing enclosing a moveable valve body and a resonant reed disposed upstream of the valve body. A perforated membrane substantially closing the end of the casing opposite the balloon is depressable to lift the valve body from its seat, causing emission of a tone. The valve body is positively enclosed in the casing, and the reed is protected by folded-over tabs, such that no part of the valve is removable by the user. Safety features also include an enlarged trumpet shape and a restriction preventing a complete sudden ejection of the valve from the balloon.

Abstract: An electric light balloon containing a balloon, a housing for insertion into the balloon, access for inflation, illumination device, power supply, and a way for activating the system wherein the housing contains an orifice at its top end directly in line with the longitudinal axis of the balloon to allow direct light to enter the balloon from the bulb.