In a foil balloon dispensing apparatus folded or rolled-up foil balloons are accommodated and are each provided with an adapter part including an attachment section connected to a foil balloon and a guide section which is removably connected to the attachment section and which is disconnected from the attachment section after the foil balloon is inflated but both sections remain attached to one another by a string wound up on the adapter part and connected to the attachment and guide sections for holding and guiding the foil balloon after its removal from the dispensing apparatus.

The general inventive technology in this application includes methods and apparatus for producing a modular balloon cluster. Such modular balloon clusters may include a plurality of helium-free balloons coupled with a central modular adaptor forming a cluster. In certain cases, multiple modular adaptors may be positioned on a display pole and may even be positioned in an offset manner forming a continuous spiral balloon cluster display.

A nozzle includes an expansion portion and a coupling portion having an inner end, an outer end, and an air hole extending from the inner end through the outer end. A connecting portion is connected between the expansion portion and the inner end and includes an opening intercommunicating with the air hole. The nozzle is coupled with a neck of a balloon. The expansion portion spreads the neck. The opening is received in the neck. The air hole intercommunicates with an inflation space defined in the balloon when a gas with a sufficient pressure is filled into the air hole. The air hole does not intercommunicate with the inflation space when no gas with the sufficient pressure is filled into the air hole.

An apparatus in various embodiments with an elongate slot or slit with opposing contacting faces for receiving a ribbon of an inflated balloon therein for collecting as a balloon bouquet assembly, during the sequential process of inflating and tying individual balloons to ribbons. A method is disclosed of sequentially receiving in a balloon collector a ribboned inflated balloon for assembly of a balloon bouquet.

A balloon weight and tether assembly includes a balloon weight; a securement tab including a first locking arm providing a male member having an outer periphery and a second locking arm providing a female member having an inner periphery; and a tether having a first end coupled with the balloon weight and a second end coupled with the securement tab; where the male member and the female member are adapted to mate to thereby grip a neck or a tail of an inflated balloon between the outer periphery of the male member and the inner periphery of the female member.

In a method embodiment, an example method for simultaneously filling balloons with water, using an apparatus sufficiently compact to be operated while being held by hand, is disclosed. The method includes attaching the apparatus to a water supply. The apparatus includes a fitting comprising an inlet configured to connect to the water supply and a bulkhead joining the at least three branch assemblies. Each branch assembly includes a tube and an automatically-sealing balloon with a neck disposed around and removably attached to the tube. The method further includes simultaneously providing water from the attached water supply to each balloon of the balloon-filling apparatus. The method further includes detaching one or more of the balloons from the balloon-filling apparatus using a force comprising gravity each detached balloon and the water contained therein. Each detached balloon automatically seals upon detachment.

A pneumatically switched balloon light comprises a balloon body which has an air inlet; a battery case located in the balloon body, wherein the battery case is provided with two adjacent batteries and an LED light connected with the batteries; a shield body located in the air inlet, wherein one end of the shield body is removably connected with the battery case, and the other end is made with a breather hole; a valve cover arranged in the shield body and separated from the breather hole; and an insulating piece, one end of which is fixedly connected with the valve cover, and the other end is inserted between the batteries; and the shield body is made with the breather hole for the air intake and discharge, and the shield body and the battery case can be directly fixed in the balloon body.

A portable balloon tying device having a vertically extending tube with a first end and an opposing second end joined by a transition and an elongated channel extending outwardly as a cantilever from the transition. The first end defines a lower extent of a radiused arcuate surface for being received against a web of a hand between adjacent fingers of a person for using the portable balloon tying device, to cushion a loading and movement of the portable balloon tying device against the web which reduces fatigue and hurting during balloon tying use.

A balloon shaping support rod comprises a rod body, a first positioning groove is reserved in the upper end of the rod body, a second positioning groove is reserved in the lower end of the rod body, and a plurality of air inlet holes are reserved in one side of the second positioning groove. According to the device, a common balloon is apple-shaped after being blown up, and meanwhile, the device is convenient to operate, low in cost and beneficial to popularization.

A holder for an inflatable balloon includes an elongate blank formed from cardboard or similar biodegradable yet resilient material that can be folded at its mid region and having an opening at a first end for receiving the inflation stem of an inflated balloon, and in one embodiment has at its other end portion a pressing element and slots formed in the end portions to be aligned when the elongate element is folded upon itself to pinch the stem of the inflated balloon. In another embodiment, a receptacle is provided by engaging tabs and slots at the respective end portions.