Patent ID: 8307612

Claim:
An apparatus for filling a balloon with a fluid and tying a knot in the neck of the balloon, comprising: a filling device body adapted to engage a source of fluid under pressure; a balloon barb extending outwards from the body; a fluid passageway in the body, the fluid passageway communicating with a control for the passage of fluid from the source to the balloon barb; a tying device extending from the body substantially parallel to the balloon barb, the tying device being detachable from and reattachable to a receptacle in the body of the filling device; a keyway located in one of the tying device and an inner surface of the receptacle; and a key in the other of the tying device and the receptacle, the key corresponding in dimensions to fit in the keyway, the key removably fitting into the keyway when the tying device is inserted in the receptacle of the body of the filling device.