Abstract: An inflatable ballon including an elastically expansible material formed into a closed shape so as to define an expansible chamber therein, the material having an inflation opening for supplying a pressurized gas thereto so as to inflate the material; an upper eye unit having an upper portion and a lower portion partially depressed into a top portion of the material substantially opposite to the inflation opening so that the top portion of the material surrounds the lower portion of the upper eye unit and the upper portion extends out from the material and by which the balloon can be connected to another object; a cylindrical tubular valve extending partially into the inflation opening for supplying the pressurized gas to the chamber, the valve including an inflation channel providing fluid communication between the chamber and ambient atmosphere; a plug insertable into the valve for closing the inflation channel; a lower connecting loop unit secured to a lower portion of the valve that extends from the infla

Abstract: A balloon in the shape of an apple when inflated, comprising an elastically expansible balloon having an opening for introducing a gas to inflate the balloon; an anchor wrapped at least partially by an external portion of the balloon; a valve secured to the balloon at the opening, the valve having a first end extending outwardly from the balloon and a second end extending inwardly within the balloon, the valve having a circumferential wall defining a first through aperture for introducing gas to inflate the balloon and a second aperture in the circumferential wall at the second end, and the valve further having a flange about which the balloon extends at the opening; two parallel elongated guides extending entirely within the balloon and having a first end for securing the external portion of the balloon to the anchor and a second end secured to the valve at the second aperture; and an adapter disc having a central aperture through which the balloon extends, the adapter disc being in abutting relation with th

Abstract: A food defrost and cooking apparatus includes a drum and a stand. The drum's position may be freely changed on the stand to shift the food in the drum during defrosting and cooking, but motion of the drum is limited by a camming arrangement between the stand and drum and a stop. The drum is also optionally vertically supportable on the stand for convenient loading.