Valve for inflatable article

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A VALVE AS FOR AN INFLATABLE ARTICLE OF THE TYPE HAVING A VALVE HOUSING OF ELASTIC MATERIAL IN THE WALL THEREOF PROVIDED WITH A VALVE RECEIVING APERTURE THERETHROUGH, COMPRISING: A RELATIVELY RIGID ELONGATED STEM HAVING AN OUTER END PORTION FOR ANCHORING RECEPTION IN AIR-SEALING RELATION WITHIN SAID VALVE HOUSING APERTURE TO PRESENT AT LEAST AN INNER END PORTION OF THE STEM WITHIN THE ARTICLE; SAID STEM HAVING AN INFLATION NEEDLE RECEIVING PASSAGE EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM AN OUTER END OF THE SAME TO A SUBSTANTIAL DEPTH; RESILIENT GUIDE MEANS AFFIXED IN SAID PASSAGE INCLUDING A GUIDE OPENING ALIGNED WITH AN INNER EXTENT OF SAID PASSAGE FOR INWARD YIELDING, AIR-SEALING PROJECTION OF AN AIR-INFLATION NEEDLE THERETHROUGH TO PRESENT AN AIR OUTLET PORT IN THE INNER END OF THE NEEDLE WITHIN SAID INNER PASSAGE EXTENT; AND CLOSURE MEANS CARRIED BY SAID STEM AND OPERABLE WHEN SAID INFLATION NEEDLE IS IN SAID AIR-SEALING RELATION TO SAID RESILIENT GUIDE MEANS FOR PASSAGE OF INFLATION MEDIUM BETWEEN SAID INNER PASSAGE EXTENT AND THE INTERIOR OF THE INFLATABLE ARTICLE, THE OUTER END OF SAID STEM HAVING A BORE THEREIN OF GREATER DIAMETER THAN SAID INNER PASSAGE EXTENT TO DEFINE A PERIPHERAL SEAT FOR SAID RESILIENT GUIDE MEANS AND A GUIDE PLUG BEING AFFIXED IN SAID BORE TO RETAIN SAID GUIDE MEANS ADJACENT SAID SEAT, AND HAVING A GUIDE PASSAGE THEREIN CONSTITUTING AN OUTER EXTENT OF SAID NEEDLE-RECEIVING PASSAGE, SAID STEM HAVING IRREGULAR PORTIONS ADJACENT THE OUTER END THEREOF ADAPTED TO BE ANCHORINGLY EMBEDDED IN THE ELASTIC MATERIAL OF THE VALVE HOUSING, SAID IRREGULAR PORTIONS INCLUDING EXTENSION OF THE MATERIAL OF SAID GUIDE PLUG.