Patent ID: 9409100
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A63H

Claim Text:
1. A confetti popper device comprising: a tubular body, the body defining an interior space; a quantity of confetti disposed within the interior space; a cover covering a first opening of the body, the first opening in communication with the interior space and the quantity of confetti, the cover configured to release from the first opening upon application of a pre-defined pressure on the cover within the interior space; a balloon positioned within the interior space, an inflation end of the balloon having a mouth positioned at a second opening of the body; the quantity of confetti positioned between the balloon and the cover; an air pump, the air pump in communication with the balloon inflation end having a nozzle positioned through the mouth of the balloon, and configured to pump a quantity of air into the balloon, thereby inflating the balloon; and wherein the air pump is configured to inflate the balloon from a deflated state not having the quantity of air in it, to an inflated state having the quantity of air pumped into it by the air pump, while the balloon remains at least partially in the interior space of the body, the balloon, when in the inflated state being constructed and arranged to apply the pre-defined pressure within the interior space to release the cover, causing the confetti to be ejected from the interior space by the pre-defined pressure applied by the balloon while the balloon remains at least partially in the interior space of the body.