| 摘要 |
A balloon game (20, 55, 64, 72), and methods of playing and assembling the same, employing: (a) a conventional balloon (21); (b) a relatively small, soft projectile such as a simulated basketball (25), a simulated football (62), a simulated clown's nose (71), or other projectile (79) adapted to be retained loosely captive within the balloon (21); and (c), a target such as a basketball hoop (23), football goal posts (61), clown's face (65), or other targets (74, 75, 76, 77) adapted to be inserted into the uninflated balloon (21) and fixedly secured to the inner surface of the sidewall (22) thereof in such a manner that when the balloon (21) is inflated and its constricted neck portion (26) is sealed by tying and/or knotting (28), the particular projectile (25, 62, 71, 79) can be propelled at and/or through selected target (23, 61, 66, 74, 75, 76, 77) by the simple expedient of: (i) grasping the balloon (21) and holding the same in a fixed position in space; (ii) stretching the lower extremity (26) of the balloon (21) so as to elongate the same and retract the projectile (25, 62, 71, 79); (iii) aiming the projectile at a selected one of the targets (23, 61, 66, 74, 75, 76, 77); and (iv), releasing the stretched lower extremity (26) of the balloon (21) so as to cause the balloon to revert to its normal, unstretched, inflated state, thus propelling the retracted projectile (25, 62, 71, 79) towards the selected target (23, 61, 66, 74, 75, 76, 77).
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