Air propelled party streamer device

Abstract

A device for launching a plurality of party streamers using an air inflated envelope which is manually compressed to expel the streamers which are randomly disposed in a pocket in the envelope, the streamers being spirally wound with a weighted inner end and an unrolled outer end.

1 . An air propelled party streamer device comprising: 
 a sealed envelope having an air inflation conduit extending through a wall of said envelope, a one way valve on said conduit permitting manual inflation of said envelope, a pocket formed in said envelope wall,    a closure member for said pocket being operative to close said pocket within said envelope until such time as pressure within said envelope exceeds a predetermined level whereupon the closure fractures causing said pocket to violently discharge its contents,    a plurality of spirally wound rolled streamers within said pocket, each streamer having an inner end and an outer end, the inner end being secured to an axle member serving as an unrolling weight and the outer end being an unrolled extension which serves as an unrolling means, said axle member causing said streamer to unroll completely as the weight of said axle member causes the streamer to be extended lengthwise in an unrolled configuration.    
   
   
       2 . An air propelled party streamer device comprising: 
 an inflatable envelope of flexible plastic material having a conduit extending through a wall of said envelope with a one way valve permitting inflation of said envelope to an elevated pressure, a reversible pocket formed in a wall of said envelope being positionable within said envelope and reversible to a position outside of said envelope,    a closure for said pocket forming an enclosure within said envelope, said closure being frangible when the pressure in said envelope exceeds a predetermined level at which time the pocket assumes said position extending outside of said envelope,    a plurality of rolled streamers disposed within said pocket when said pocket is disposed within said envelope, each streamer having an inner end and an outer end connected by a spirally wound roll of thin material, each said roll having a light weight and having an axle member having a large weight compared to the weight of each said streamer roll and being secured to said inner end,    said streamers being rapidly expelled from said pocket when said pressure exceeds said predetermined level by applying hand pressure to the inflated envelope, the outer end of each streamer functioning to unroll the streamer while the weight of the axle member causes the streamer to extend to its full unrolled length.    
   
   
       3 . The air propelled streamer device of  claim 2  wherein said streamers contained in said pocket are oriented randomly with each said axle member having an axis randomly disposed with respect to the axes of the other axle members.  
   
   
       4 . The air propelled party streamer device of  claim 2  wherein each said streamer has a length of at least three feet and no more than four feet.  
   
   
       5 . The air propelled streamer device of  claim 2  wherein said outer end of each said streamer as disposed in said pocket is unrolled from said spirally wound roll to cause unwinding of each said roll when expelled from said pocket.  
   
   
       6 . The air propelled party streamer device of  claim 5  wherein the unrolled outer end of each said streamer is at least two inches and no more than three inches in length.  
   
   
       7 . The air propelled party streamer device of  claim 3  wherein the random orientation of said streamers in said pocket causes the rapid expelling of said streamers to spread said streamers over a wide area to optimize the dispersion of the fully unrolled streamers.  
   
   
       8 . An air propelled party streamer device comprising: 
 a containment envelope having a first portion which is inflatable by air pressure and encloses a second portion separate from said first portion and filled with a plurality of ribbon-like streamers, said second portion being a pocket having a mouth closed by a tape which is rupturable by said air pressure within said first portion, rupture of said tape causing said air pressure to violently expel said streamers from said pocket,    each said streamer being a roll of thin plastic material with a weighted inner end and an unrolled outer end to cause said streamer to unroll and extend to its full length when expelled from said pocket.    
   
   
       9 . The air propelled streamer device of  claim 8  wherein said envelope in its uninflated and flattened position is less than three by four inches.  
   
   
       10 . The air propelled party streamer device of  claim 8  wherein said weighted end comprises a section of tubing around which said streamer material is rolled, said plastic material of said streamer having a width and said section of tubing having a length equal to the width of the plastic material.  
   
   
       11 . The air propelled party streamer device of  claim 8  wherein each said streamer has a length on the order of 40 inches and a width on the order of {fraction (3/16)} inch.  
   
   
       12 . The air propelled party streamer device of  claim 8  wherein each streamer includes an inner end and an outer end connected by a spirally wound roll of thin ribbon-like plastic material, and an axle member being of a weight which is large compared to the spirally wound roll and being secured to said inner end, said outer end being an unrolled length of said ribbon-like material, said pressure for expelling said streamers being produced by manually squeezing said envelope, upon being expelled from said pocket the outer end of each streamer functioning to unroll the streamer while the weight of said axle member causes said streamer to extend to its full unrolled length.  
   
   
       13 . The air propelled party streamer device of  claim 8  wherein said streamer is loosely rolled to facilitate unrolling upon being expelled from said pocket and said weighted end being a length of plastic tubing having a mass to cause said weighted inner end to fall downwardly more rapidly than the thin plastic material of said streamer when expelled from said pocket.