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Water grenade balloon

Assignee: NATIONAL LATEX PRODUCTS COMPANY
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Filing: 1993-05-21
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Granted: 1994-10-18
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Expires: 2013-05-21
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Abstract

Abstract A water grenade balloon which, when in the uninflated state, is characterized by: i) a main body having a latex sidewall having thin, outwardly projecting, intersecting longitudinal and latitudinal ribs; and ii), an integral elongate neck terminating in a rolled latex ring defining an inflation aperture. When inflated, the water grenade balloon is characterized by a smooth, uninterrupted, rounded body devoid of ribs and having darkened lines formed thereon defining discrete spaced square boxes wherein the bottom edges and the lower portions of the side edges of each box are relatively thick and prominent and the upper side and top edges are less prominent, thinner and finer, and wherein relatively thin fine darkened lines extend diagonally from each corner of each box toward diagonally adjacent boxes.

Inventors

  • 👤 H. Ross Gill, III

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 11:54
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63H; A63H27/00; A63H27/10; A63H2027/1075

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 183 words
A balloon comprising: a) an inflatable latex sidewall terminating at one end in an integral neck having an integral rolled latex ring at its distal end surrounding said neck and defining an inflation aperture; b) said latex sidewall, when in the uninflated state, being characterized by: (i) a plurality of thin, outwardly projecting, longitudinal ribs; and, (ii) a plurality of thin, outwardly projecting, latitudinal ribs intersecting said longitudinal ribs; and, c) said latex sidewall, when in the inflated state, being characterized by a smooth, uninterrupted, rounded surface devoid of outwardly projecting ribs and having a plurality of darkened lines formed thereon, said lines defining a plurality of discrete spaced boxes each having: (i) relatively thick and prominent bottom edges; (ii) left and right side edges which are relatively thick and prominent at their lower ends and which gradually decrease in prominence and thickness at their upper ends forming relatively fine lines; (iii) a top edge comprising a relatively thin fine line; and, (iv) a fine line extending diagonally from each corner of each box toward diagonally adjacent ones of said spaced discrete boxes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 183 words
A balloon comprising: a) an inflatable latex sidewall terminating at one end in an integral neck having an integral rolled latex ring at its distal end surrounding said neck and defining an inflation aperture; b) said latex sidewall, when in the uninflated state, being characterized by: (i) a plurality of thin, outwardly projecting, longitudinal ribs; and, (ii) a plurality of thin, outwardly projecting, latitudinal ribs intersecting said longitudinal ribs; and, c) said latex sidewall, when in the inflated state, being characterized by a smooth, uninterrupted, rounded surface devoid of outwardly projecting ribs and having a plurality of darkened lines formed thereon, said lines defining a plurality of discrete spaced boxes each having: (i) relatively thick and prominent bottom edges; (ii) left and right side edges which are relatively thick and prominent at their lower ends and which gradually decrease in prominence and thickness at their upper ends forming relatively fine lines; (iii) a top edge comprising a relatively thin fine line; and, (iv) a fine line extending diagonally from each corner of each box toward diagonally adjacent ones of said spaced discrete boxes.

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