Heavier than air balloons with optical fiber decorative light arrays

Abstract

Heavier than air balloons with optical fiber decorative light arrays, which include a balloon attached to a hollow tube, or stick, which has one or more lengths of optical fibers inside or outside, with the balloon having an optional skirt, the optical fibers are adjacent to or integral with the skirt, which optical fibers each have a protective jacket or cladding to prevent light from escaping therefrom, with portions of the jacket or cladding removed at selected locations along their lengths to permit light patterns to be emitted therefrom, to form a decorative array, upon shining of a light into their ends.

1 . A heavier than air balloon which is filled with air, or nitrogen or other heavier than air gas with optical fiber arrays comprising,
 a hollow tube attached to said balloon,   said hollow tube containing one or more lengths of optical fibers therein, each of said fibers having an outer protective jacket or cladding therealong, to prevent light from escaping therefrom,   portions of said fiber jacket or cladding being removed at selected locations along their lengths to permit light to be emitted therefrom, and   adjacent to said balloon forming patterns to form a decorative array, and a light source to provide light to said fibers.   
   
   
       2 . A heavier than air balloon as defined in  claim 1  in which,
 said locations provide selected light patterns.   
   
   
       3 . A heavier than air balloon as defined in  claim 1  in which,
 said balloon has a skirt extending therefrom, and said optical fiber lengths extend over said skirt.   
   
   
       4 . A heavier than air balloon as defined in  claim 3  in which,
 said optical fibers are integral with and extend downwardly with said skirt.   
   
   
       5 . A heavier than air balloon as defined in  claim 1  in which,
 said hollow tube is connected to a base and said light source is in said base.   
   
   
       6 . A heavier than air balloon as defined in  claim 1  in which,
 said base is provided with a stake which can be stuck into the ground   
   
   
       7 . A heavier than air balloon as defined in  claim 1  in which,
 said optical fibers extend upwardly and then downwardly over said balloon.