Patent ID: 9186594
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A63H,B64B,B64D

Abstract:
1. A party balloon comprising: a flexible wall having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a balloon cavity, the flexible wall having an inlet portion defining an opening into the balloon cavity through which gas under pressure is directed into the balloon cavity in order to inflate the balloon, said wall being at least partially transparent or translucent; a self-contained illumination device comprising a frame, and a light emitting LED diode and a battery source for the LED diode which are together mounted in the frame, the frame being provided with a projection and the illumination device being mounted inside the balloon cavity to the inner surface of the flexible wall by an attachment element which engages from outside the balloon wall with the projection of the frame; and a parachute dimensioned for slowing the speed of movement of the illumination device in the event of rupture of the flexible wall of the balloon when the balloon is in an inflated condition, said parachute being in the form of a sheet of flexible material which is inside the balloon cavity and connected to the illumination device, this sheet of flexible material having a central region and a free periphery inside the balloon cavity and this sheet of flexible material being attached only at the central region directly to the illumination device, with the free periphery of this sheet being free of attachment.