The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Toray Plastics (America), Inc., N. Kingstown, RI (US);
Anagram International, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Gianfranco Chicarella, North Providence, RI (US);
Nao Yokota, Anpachi-Gun, JP;
Tracy A. Paolilli, East Greenwich, RI (US);
John J. Fitch, Middletown, RI (US);
Todd Richard Sarnstrom, Ellsworth, WI (US);
Dean Borchardt, River Falls, WI (US);
Paul Andrew Ansolabehere, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Steven Sargeant, Kingston, RI (US);
Larissa M. Boutin, Warwick, RI (US);
Robert T. Ervolino, North Kingstown, RI (US);
Douglas J. Bower, Charlestown, RI (US);
Delaware Hood, Wakefield, RI (US);
Toray Plastics (America), Inc., N. Kingstown, RI (US);
Anagram International, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
Described are stretchable and formable lighter than air balloons including a high barrier lamination. The stretchable and formable balloons stretch when overinflated instead of failing. The balloons are formed from a lamination including a polyester film with a total thickness of 4 μm to 12 μm including a biaxially oriented polyester core layer and at least one amorphous copolyester skin layer. The polyester film has an Elongation % in the transverse direction (TD) or machine direction (MD) of greater than 125%.