Condom donning device

A condom donning device and package assembly comprising

• a condom having a tubular wall having an inner side and an outer side and which is rolled up into an elastic hem ring which defines an entrance opening and which is formed on the outside of the tubular wall in an initial configuration of the condom;
• a condom donning device for donning the condom on an erect penis, the condom donning device comprising first and second condom support formations which together define an internal space through which an erect penis can extend, the support formations defining a separation axis and being separable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the separation axis, each support formation defining at least one hook-like holding formation in which the hem ring of the condom is received and held in an arrangement wherein the hook-like holding formations extend into the entrance opening of the condom and are disposed adjacent an inner side of the tubular wall thereof, each hook-like holding formation having a curved profile in which the hem ring of the condom is received and held in an arrangement permitting unrolling of the hem ring of the condom when the support formations are displaced along the shaft of the penis for unrolling and donning the condom, in use, each holding formation defining a convexly—curved condom contacting surface which contacts the inner side of the tubular wall of the condom and which conforms to the rounded shape of the hem ring, each support formation defining at least one restraining formation which is positioned on the support formation to prevent displacement of the hem ring of the condom in a direction away from the hook-like formations, thereby to resist removal of the hem ring of the condom from the holding formations during initial stages of unrolling of the condom, in use;
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• a package in the form of a pouch of packaging film in which the condom and at least the hook-like holding formations and the restraining formations of the support formations are contained, the package including two pouch halves which define a line of weakness between them which is in register with the separation axis along which the support formations are separable, in use, the line of weakness permitting rupturing of the package along said line of weakness when the support formations are separated from one another, in use.