Patent ID: 9254445
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: A63H

Claim Text:
1. An interactive entertainment device for lighter-than-air balloons comprising: (a) a tether having a first end connected to a balloon and a second end attached to a reel; (b) a motor mechanically connected to the reel; (c) a pressure-activated switch in electrical communication with the motor and an electrical source, wherein the motor is activated when an electrical connection is made between the motor and the electrical source; and (d) a housing for enclosing the pressure-activated switch, the motor and the reel, said housing comprising a first and a second curved sidewalls that are attached to each other at a first end of the housing and can move closer to each other upon the application of pressure at a second end of the housing, thereby activating the pressure-activated switch, wherein the housing further includes an opening in through which the tether extends, wherein the reel freely rotates around an axis in one direction so as to allow the tether to unwind in response to an upward force exerted by the rising of a lighter-than-air balloon, and moving the first and a second curved sidewalls closer to each other activates the motor and the motor rotates the reel around the axis in the opposite direction so as to wind the tether around the reel and lower the lighter-than-air balloon.