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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Neil Mandell, Yardley, PA (US);
Assignee:
C. M. Offray & Son, Inc., Chester, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
446220 ; 446222 ; 428 43 ; 156253 ; 1563084 ; 156290 ;
Abstract
A balloon structure is comprised of two heat-sealingly connected polymeric sheets forming a gas encompassing chamber and a connected inflation stem and is characterized by a separable integral tether-defining border strip surrounding at least a portion of the chamber, whereby the tether may be separated from the body of the balloon at all but an anchor point to provide a means for restraining the balloon. Optionally, the tether defining strip portions of the sheets may themselves be heat-sealingly connected, selectively to provide a double width tether or a tubular inflatable tether.