ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,462, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Stallion Sport Ltd. (Kowloon, Hong Kong).
"Water balloon and quick-release system therefor" was invented by Joseph Lin (Carson, Calif.), Wai Tung Chau (Tuen Mun, Hong Kong) and Chun Kit Simon Chan (Tsing Yi, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water balloon system has a filling assembly having a film body that has a water distribution channel extending through the film body, a main inlet provided at one end thereof and communicating with the water distribution channel, and a plurality of water balloons connected along the film body, each water balloon having an interior that communicates w...