Patent ID: 6112781
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A method for filling expandable balloons with water by a user, the balloons having a neck portion, said method comprising the steps of:engaging the neck portion of an expandable balloon to a fitting member on a first end of a filling apparatus having a body portion defining a central cavity and having a pair of open ends;at least partially filling said central cavity of said filling apparatus with water through a second end of said filling apparatus formed into a mouthpiece portion for the user's mouth;exhaling into said mouthpiece portion to displace the water in said central cavity and force the water through said first end and fitting member and into the balloon to fill the balloon with water to the desired level; andremoving the filled balloon from said fitting member and sealing the neck of the balloon so that the water balloon may be used for play.