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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1996
William G Carroll, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
James R Cook, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Maxim, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A balloon decoration enclosure apparatus includes a generally flat closure disk having first, second and third spaced-apart slots, each extending from the perimeter of the disk toward the center thereof, to allow threading the neck of an inflated balloon up through the first slot, over the top of the disk and down through a second slot, and then under the disk and up through the third slot. When so positioned, the inflated balloon extends downwardly of the disk, and the mouth of the balloon extends upwardly a short distance. The disk includes a nipple extending upwardly from near the center of the disk for insertion into a centrally disposed opening of a retainer disk which is pressed down upon the closure disk. A decorative sheet of resilient material is disposed between the closure disk and retainer disk when the retainer disk is in place on the closure disk, so that the material extends upwardly and outwardly from the closure disk and retainer disk in a decorative, generally conical shape. A tie is disposed about the sheet of material to gather the material together at a location just above the retainer disk.