Inflatable Toy with Pop Mechanism and Pop Target

Abstract

An inflatable toy having a balloon, a pop mechanism, and a pop target sticker. The pop target sticker has an alignment marker and is applied to the balloon surface. The pop mechanism has a blunt popping device that is aligned with the sticker alignment marker and activated to pop the balloon. When the balloon is popped, the deflated balloon remains in one piece, and the popping sound intensity is reduced.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An inflatable toy, comprising: a pop mechanism and a pop target wherein the pop mechanism has a blunt popping device, and wherein the pop target is a separate sticker placed on the surface of the balloon and wherein the pop target has a top surface and a bottom surface comprising an adhesive. 
     
     
         2 . The inflatable toy of  claim 1  wherein the pop target further comprises an alignment indicator edge. 
     
     
         3 . The inflatable toy of  claim 1  wherein the pop mechanism blunt popping device is frictional. 
     
     
         4 . The inflatable toy of  claim 1  wherein the pop target has a reusable tacky surface on the top surface and on the bottom surface. 
     
     
         5 . The inflatable toy of  claim 4  wherein the pop mechanism blunt popping device is frictional. 
     
     
         6 . The inflatable toy of  claim 1 , wherein a popping sound is modulated by air escaping through a plurality of apertures. 
     
     
         7 . The inflatable toy of  claim 1 , wherein the pop target has an aperture between 1 mm and 1 cm in diameter has a deflating period from about 1 second to about 10 seconds and a decibel from about 70 decibels to about 30 decibels at standard temperature and pressure. 
     
     
         8 . A method of popping the inflatable toy of  claim 1 , the method steps comprising:
 inflating the inflatable toy to an inflated state,   placing a pop target on the inflated toy surface,   contacting a pop mechanism to the pop target on the inflatable toy,   activating the pop mechanism to initiate contact with a blunt popping device friction point to the inflatable toy surface; so that the motor drives the spinning friction device to cause a friction puncture that causes the inflatable toy to be in a deflating state for approximately 1 second to approximately 20 seconds until the inflatable toy reaches a deflated state.