Patent ID: 8715027

Claim:
An inflatable piñata, comprising: an inflatable body comprising a front wall, a rear wall, a left side portion, a right side portion, a top portion, and a bottom portion that define an exterior surface of an enclosed interior cavity of the inflatable piñata; one or more pouches coupled to each of the front wall, back wall, left side portion, and right side portion, each pouch including a bottom seam joined to the exterior surface at a bottom end, relative to the top portion, each pouch further including side seams joined to the exterior surface at a first side and a second side, the first side opposite the second side relative to the bottom end, each pouch further including an open top defined by an uninterrupted arc extending from its first side, outward and away from the exterior surface, and returning to its second side, respectively, each pouch extending outward and away from the exterior surface between the bottom end, the first side and the second side, each pouch having a maximum extension distance along the uninterrupted arc approximately midway between its first and second side, respectively, and each pouch tapering inward and toward the exterior surface proximate its bottom end, its first side, and its second side, respectively; and a valve coupled to the inflatable body and configured for selectively inflating and deflating the interior cavity, the inflatable body being inflatably and deflatably adjustable between a first, substantially flat configuration, and a second expanded configuration.