Patent ID: 8292335
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A balloon-tying device for assisting in tying a balloon, the balloon having a filling end, the balloon-tying device comprising: a base having a top surface and a bottom surface substantially opposite the top surface; a pair of spaced tying prongs each having a base end and a top end, the base ends of the tying prongs secured to the top surface of the base; a ridge extending from the top end of each of the tying prongs; a first slot substantially parallel to and adjacent the first edge; a second slot substantially parallel to and adjacent the second edge; a first strap portion having a first end and a second end; and a second strap portion having a first end and a second end; wherein the filling end of the balloon is wrappable around the tying prongs and fed between the tying prongs; wherein the ridges maintain the filling end of the balloon from inadvertently slipping from the tying prongs during the tying process; wherein the base has a first edge, a second edge substantially opposite and parallel to the first edge, a third edge between and substantially perpendicular to the first edge and the second edge, and a fourth edge substantially opposite and parallel to the third edge and between and substantially perpendicular to the first edge and the second edge, the base being substantially rectangular with the first edge and the second edge having a length less than the third edge and the fourth edge; wherein the first end of the first strap portion is securable through the first slot; and wherein the first end of the second strap is securable through the second slot.