US 11,833,440 B2
Inflatable ornament apparatus
Kristy Moore, Friendswood, TX (US); Jennifer Leigh Couch, Houston, TX (US); and Amberly Hall, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to HOLIBALL INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by HOLIBALL INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/203,686.
Application 18/203,686 is a continuation of application No. 29/866,778, filed on Sep. 27, 2022.
Application 29/866,778 is a continuation of application No. 29/866,776, filed on Sep. 27, 2022.
Application 29/866,778 is a continuation of application No. 17/187,072, filed on Feb. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,484,808.
Application 29/866,776 is a continuation of application No. 17/187,072, filed on Feb. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,484,808.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/989,225, filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0302376 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63H 27/10 (2006.01); F21V 3/02 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC A63H 27/10 (2013.01) [F21V 3/023 (2013.01); A63H 2027/1058 (2013.01); A63H 2027/1075 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A decorative ornament comprising:
(a) an inflatable and deflatable globe having a generally round shape and a circumference of between 2 feet and 10 feet, the globe being a resilient polymer material;
(b) an air opening of the globe including an internally threaded or ridged internal surface, the air opening allowing inflation air into an interior of the globe, and the air opening being located adjacent a top of the globe;
(c) a plug removably received in and contacting the air opening to restrict undesired air egress from the interior of the globe, the plug comprising:
(i) a threaded or ribbed section;
(ii) a flared and conical stopper;
(iii) an elongated middle section, the stopper being located between the threaded or ribbed section and the middle section;
(iv) a hanger opening, the middle section longitudinally extending between the stopper and the hanger opening;
(d) a topper covering the plug and the air opening, the topper comprising:
(i) a single and centrally located hole in a laterally enlarged upper surface, the upper surface having a circular periphery;
(ii) multiple longitudinally elongated fingers downwardly extending from the upper surface with each of the fingers including a curved end;
(iii) a gap located between facing lateral edges of each pair of the fingers, each of the gaps extending a majority of a longitudinal length between the end and the upper surface; and
(e) a flexible and looped hanger extending through the hanger opening in the plug, the hanger opening being accessible to the looped hanger through the single hole in the topper.