Balloon and spring clip

Claim 1

AN INFLATED, DEFLATABLE TOY COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION AN INFLATED TOY BALLOON HAVING A CONSTRICTED TUBULAR NECK PORTION FORMED WITH WALLS OF THIN SECTION; A TWOARMED LOCKABLE SPRING CLAMP AT ALL TIMES BIASED TO OPEN POSITION, SAID CLAMP BEING HELD CLOSED BY LOCKING IT AND BEING IN THE FORM OF A LOCKING TYPE SPRING CLIP ATTACHED TO THE SAID NECK PORTION OF THE BALLOON AND CLOSING THE SAME, SAID CLIP BEING CONSTITUTED OF A SINGLE PIECE OF FLAT METAL STRIP STOCK FOLDED ON ITSELF TO FORM TWO COEXTENSIVE ARMS WHICH ARE INTEGRAL WITH EACH OTHER AT ONE PAIR OF ADJOINING AND CORRESPONDING ENDS, THE FOLD OF THE CLIP HAVING AN APPRECIABLE RADIUS FORMING A CLOSED LOOP WHEN THE CLIP IS CLOSED ON THE NECK OF THE BALLOON, THE SEPARATE ENDS OF THE SAID ARMS HAVING MEANS FOR RELEASABLY LOCKING THEM TOGETHER, SAID ARMS BEING AT ALL TIMES BIASED APART AND WHEN RELEASED AND ALLOWED TO SEPARATE BEING CURVED AND BOWED AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, AND SAID ARMS WHEN LOCKED TOGETHER AT THEIR SEPARATE ENDS AND EXTENDING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID NECK BEING FORCIBLY HELD BY SAID LOCKING MEANS SO AS TO EXTEND SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT, AND SAID ARMS PINCHING THE NECK VIRTUALLY FLAT BETWEEN THEM AGAINST THE BIASING ACTION OF THE CLIP, THEREBY TO PREVENT EGRESS OF AIR FROM THE BALLOON, SAID MEANS FOR RELEASIBLY HOLDING THE SEPARATE ENDS COMPRISING A HOOK ON ONE OF THE ENDS, ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE OTHER END AND CONFINE THE SAME WITH THE ARMS SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT AND PARALLEL, AND DISPOSED CLOSELY ADJACENT EACH OTHER, SAID HOOK BEING CONSTITUTED OF A SHORT END PORTION OF THE ARM CARRYING IT, THE END PORTION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT AND MAKING AN ACUTE ANGLE WITH THE ARM PORTION, THE SEPARATE END OF THE OTHER ARM HAVING A SHORT PORTION BENT AT AN ANGLE TO THE ARM AND IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE SAID ONE ARM.