Patent ID: 7249991

Claim:
A balloon neck closure device for manually sealing the neck of a liquid or gas filled balloon having an integrally formed neck and body, comprising: a relatively thick closure disc formed of non-rigid, soft, flexible, resilient material having a flat top surface, a flat bottom surface, and a peripheral outer surface defining a shape having a first side segment and a second side segment disposed in diametrically opposed spaced apart relation; a first small hole and second small hole each disposed inwardly from said first side segment and said second side segment, respectively, in diametrically spaced apart relation; a first slit and a second slit extending outwardly from said first small hole and said second small hole to said first and second side segments of said outer surface, respectively, each said slit having opposed side surfaces at its juncture with said respective first and second hole that are biased normally closed by the resiliency of the disc material and diverge slightly apart at their outer end to define a respective first and second V-shaped entrance; wherein said disc is held manually and said first side segment is pushed laterally onto a stretched balloon neck such that the neck is received in said first slit V-shaped entrance, passes through said first slit and snaps into said first hole, said disc is slid down on the neck, and the neck is wrapped over said disc top surface, pulled inwardly through said second slit V-shaped entrance and said second slit to snap into said second hole, and then under said disc and inwardly back through said first slit V-shaped entrance and said first slit to snap into said first hole to extend outwardly from said top surface, thereby sealing the balloon neck.