Patent ID: 6814644
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: A63H,F16K

Abstract:
A valve and retainer assembly for a balloon comprising:a balloon including a neck portion having an open mouth; and a valve and retainer assembly including: a unitary valve body including a stem portion integral with a retainer portion, said stem portion being hollow from a first end to a second end thereof, said retainer portion including a sealing shoulder extending radially outwardly from said stem portion, said second end of said stem portion providing a disk valve aperture and at least one fill aperture, said at least one fill aperture communicating with the hollow of said stem portion, and an annular ring integral with said sealing shoulder and extending above said sealing shoulder, around a perimeter thereof, such that a recess is defined below a top of said annular ring; and a disk valve including a flexible flapper disk having a top surface and a bottom surface and a plug extending from said bottom surface of said flapper disk, wherein said plug is retained by said disk valve aperture and said bottom surface of said flapper disk covers said at least one fill aperture in said second end of said stem portion; wherein said open mouth of said balloon is received around said annularring.