Abstract: The invention discloses an inflation valve for inflating containers, which includes a housing including a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end, the housing being adapted to be secured to a container at the second end, and adapted to receive a gas filling nozzle at the first end; a disc adapted to close-off the second opening; and a resilient member associated with the housing and the disc, and being adapted in its inoperative position to hold the disc against the second, opening to close it off, and when gas is released by the filling nozzle into the housing to allow the disc to move away from the second opening against the action of the resilient member.