Balloon launching apparatus

Claim 1

A BALLOON LAUNCHING SYSTEM COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A SUPPORT FOR SAID BALLOON, AND A CANOPY SECURED TO SAID SUPPORT THAT ENSHROUDS SAID BALLOON DURING ITS INFLATION, SAID CANOPY HAVING AN ELONGATED OPENING THROUGHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH OF SAID CANOPY TO ONE END THEREOF THEREBY FORMING A PAIR OF OPPOSING MATING FLAP PORTIONS, SAID CANOPY FURTHER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LOOPED TIES SPACED ABOUT ITS OPEN PERIPHERAL EDGE, A THREADING LOOP SECURED AT THE END OF ONE OF SAID FLAP PORTIONS, A STUD ALSO SECURED TO SAID SAME FLAP PORTIONS AS THE THREADING LOOP OVER WHICH SAID LOOP CAN BE ENGAGED, AN EYELET OPENING IN THE OTHER OF SAID FLAPS, A STRAP SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID CANOPY AND HAVING AN EYELET OPENING AT ITS OTHER END IN REGISTER WITH SAID FIRST EYELET AND WHEREIN BOTH OF SAID EYELET OPENINGS ARE ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED OVER SAID STUD, AND A PLURALITY OF LOOPED TIES SPACED ABOUT THE OPEN PERIPHERAL EDGE OF SAID CANOPY AND THROUGH WHICH SAID THREADING LOOP CAN BE THREADED TO FORM AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH THE NECK PORTION OF SAID LOOP, WITH THE LOOPED TIES HELD THEREBY, IS CONFINED BENEATH THE SAID STUD BETWEEN THE OUTER FLAP OF SAID CANOPY AND THE STRAP ENGAGED ON SAID STUD, THE BALLOON WILL BE RESTRAINED IN SAID CANOPY.