Patent ID: 8584695

Claim:
An air valve for an inflatable device, comprising: a housing having an upper end, a lower end, and an opening extending between the upper and lower ends, the housing being sealingly attachable to the inflatable device; a check valve having a body member with an upper end, a lower end, an outer surface sized and shaped to be selectively matingly received in the opening of the housing, and an inner surface defining a passageway, and the check valve being coupled to the housing by a first tether; a cap having an upper end, a lower end, and an outer surface sized and shaped to be selectively matingly received in the passageway of the check valve, and the cap being coupled to the housing by a second tether; the first tether being coupled to the housing independently of the second tether; a first pull tab on an outward end of the first tether, and the check valve being coupled to the tether intermediate the first pull tab and the housing; and the first pull tab having a hole sized and shaped to closely receive the cap therethrough.