Ornate adjustable weight for helium balloon
a balloon and adjustable technology, applied in the field of balloon weight, can solve the problems of unnecessarily high balloon weight, unfavorable balloon weight production, and high labor intensity, and achieve the effects of reducing the weight of the ribbon holding the balloon down, avoiding the need for adhesive or ties, and reducing the weight of the balloon
Inactive Publication Date: 2006-12-28
ANAGRAM INT INC
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"The invention is a balloon weight in the form of a ribbon that keeps the balloon from flying away. The weight of the ribbon can be adjusted by cutting it, and it is designed to be easily secured to the balloon without the need for adhesive or ties. The technical effects of the invention include keeping the balloon in place, adjustable weight for different size balloons, and an improved mechanism for securing the balloon to the tether."
Problems solved by technology
Many municipalities and other governmental agencies consider such balloons to pose at least some threat to the environment.
The operation is extremely time consuming, and occasionally ineffective.
As can be appreciated, this process is quite labor intensive.
Indeed such prior art balloon weights are typically designed as a body with a definite weight such that each weight is only suitable for balloons with the same or similar buoyancy.
Thus, a whole series of balloon weights of a similar form, but a different mass must be produced, wherefore several tools are necessary and also several articles have to be sold in shops, making the balloon weights unnecessarily expensive.
Moreover, the latches of prior balloon weights have typically been structurally complex and not given to ease of manufacture and use.
Weights such as this that attach to the balloon by an adhesive share the problem of coming loose from the balloon inadvertently.
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[0020] As used in the present invention, a “ribbon” shall be defined as a length of flexible material that is flexible enough that it may be coiled.
[0021] The present invention is generally shown in the Figures as reference numeral 10.
[0022] In one aspect, the present invention is a balloon weight 10 attached to a lighter than air balloon 12, the balloon weight 10 comprising a ribbon 14 having a length L of sufficient weight in itself to prevent the balloon 12 from flying away. The length L of the ribbon 14 is adjustable by cutting the ribbon 14 to adjust the weight of the ribbon 14 for balloons of various sizes and for various environmental conditions.
[0023] A ribbon suitable for the present invention is available from Lawrence Ko, Axis, Hong Kong.
[0024] As shown in FIG. 2, the length L of the ribbon can be adjusted by cutting the ribbon 14 with a simple tool, such as a scissors. Further, as also can be seen in FIG. 2, the appropriate length L of ribbon can be derived by uncoil...
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An adjustable balloon weight attached to a balloon. The balloon weight is a ribbon having a length of sufficient weight in itself to prevent the balloon from flying away. The balloon weight includes a snap-on connector integral with the ribbon and attaching the balloon to the ribbon. The balloon weight is adjusted by cutting the ribbon.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a balloon weight, and in particular to a balloon weight that is in the form of a ribbon having a weight sufficient to keep the balloon from floating away and is also simply adjustable to various balloon buoyancies by varying the length of the ribbon. The present invention also relates to an improved attachment mechanism between the ribbon and the balloon. [0002] The use of balloons as a “favor” or at parties, celebrations, and other events is now extremely well known. Millions of balloons are so used each year. Generally such balloons are attached to either a stick and a cup or a ribbon so that they can be restrained by the user. Additionally, the balloons are typically filled with helium gas to provide a “lift”, allowing them to stay aloft at the end of the tethered ribbon. Of particular concern of many localities is assurances that such inflated balloons are restrained from free flight into electrical power lines ...
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IPC IPC(8): A63H27/10
CPCA63H27/10A63H2027/1041A63H2027/1008
Inventor GREENWALD, ROBERT E.SIFFERLIN, MARK S.SABLE, PAUL J.
Owner ANAGRAM INT INC