Patent ID: 11866209
Assignee: TINNUS ENTERPRISES, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 12:
13. A method for simultaneously filling water balloons using an apparatus sufficiently compact to be operated while being held by hand, comprising:
attaching the apparatus to a water supply, the apparatus having:
at least three branch assemblies each having an automatically-sealing water balloon with a neck disposed around and removably attached to a first end of a tube;
a fitting having an inlet configured to connect to a fluid source and a bulkhead joining the at least three branch assemblies at respective second ends of their respective tubes, the fitting and the at least three branch assemblies at least partially defining fluid paths extending from a common point within the fitting to the inside of each balloon container of the at least three branch assemblies;

simultaneously providing water into each balloon of the at least three branch assemblies; and
detaching from the apparatus one or more of the balloons having water provided therein, each of the one or more balloons automatically sealing upon detachment.