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closing-tube may be modified by dispensing
with the valve and employing a screw-plug
k or its equivalent for effecting a closure.
By means of the form and construction de-
5 scribed I provide a novel, useful, and at-
tractive article which is adapted for patri-
otic, holiday, and all other gatherings, pic-
nics, and day and night parades, as well as
an object-lesson instructor, affording inter-
10 est and amusement to children and others.
The device may be also used in a variety of
ways for advertising purposes.
Having thus fully described my invention,
what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters
15 Patent, is-
As a new article of manufacture, an in-
flatable folding body provided with an inte-
gral elastic nipple b, a check-valved closure-
tube inserted into said nipple and provided
with an annular groove into which the nipple 20
is drawn by its own elasticity, a -wrapping
for holding the flexible nipple in said groove,
and a flange connected to the lower end of
said check-valved closure-tube for the at-
tachment of a holding-cord or the like, sub- 25
stantially as set forth.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand in presence of two subscribing wit-
nesses.
EDWARD GRAY BAILEY.
Witnesses:
LEE H. BRADY,
C. C. BRADY.