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US 5,314,447 AGranted
Male condom device and method of using same
OwnerDavid M. Papurtinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to mechanical barrier condom prophylactic and contraceptive devices of tubular construction that have a closed end and an open end. The condom device is a continuous sheath that, when in place over the male genitalia, covers, and conforms to the general shape of, the entire erect penis, including the base of the penis shaft, and the entire scrotum.
Claims12
A prophylactic and contraceptive condom device, comprising:
- a single and continuous sheath of thin walled tubular construction having a closed first end and an open second end, said sheath shaped such that, when the device is in place over the male genitalia, the sheath covers the penis, including the base of the penis shaft, and the scrotum, and is retained adjacent the open second end by the posterior of the scrotum, said sheath including a penis covering segment and a scrotum covering segment;
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- a portion of the penis covering segment being wound in combination with a portion of the scrotum covering segment into a toroidally shaped winding of more than 360 degrees, such that said penis covering segment portion and said scrotum covering segment portion are interleaved as alternate layers within said toroidally shaped winding.
A method of achieving venereal disease prophylaxis and contraception comprising the steps of:
- providing, in combination:
- a single and continuous sheath of thin walled tubular construction having a closed first end and an open second end, said sheath shaped such that, when the sheath is in place over the male genitalia, the sheath covers the penis, including the base of the penis shaft, and the scrotum, and is retained adjacent the open second end by the posterior of the scrotum, said sheath including a penis covering segment and a scrotum covering segment;
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- a portion of the penis covering segment being wound in combination with a portion of the scrotum covering segment into a toroidally shaped winding of more than 360 degrees, such that said penis covering segment portion and said scrotum covering segment portion are interleaved as alternate layers within said toroidally shaped winding;
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- positioning said continuous sheath over the male genitalia and unwinding at least a portion of the toroidally shaped winding to cover the penis, including the base of the penis shaft and the scrotum.
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A prophylactic and contraceptive condom device, comprising:
- a thin walled tubular portion, having a closed end for enclosing a penis shaft;
- an enlarged means, integral with said tubular portion, for enclosing the base of the penis shaft and the scrotum and having an open end defined by a first ring that terminates said enlarged means, said enlarged means being retained adjacent the open end by the posterior of the scrotum when said device is in place over the male genitalia;
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- a plurality of handles integrally attached to the first ring, each handle being comparable in size to the width of a human finger or thumb and each handle being positioned so as to be easily gripped between the thumb and fingers;
- wherein the tubular portion and the enlarged means are wound together to form a coil.
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A prophylactic and contraceptive condom device, comprising:
- a thin walled tubular portion, having a closed end for enclosing a penis shaft;
- an enlarged means, integral with said tubular portion, for enclosing the base of the penis shaft and the scrotum and having an open end defined by a first ring that terminates said enlarged means, said enlarged means being retained adjacent the open end by the posterior of the scrotum when said device is in place over the male genitalia;
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- a plurality of handles integrally attached to the first ring, each handle being comparable in size to the width of a human finger or thumb and each handle being positioned so as to be easily gripped between the thumb and fingers;
- wherein the handles are formed by bonding a third elastic ring, of dimension larger than the opening in the open end of the enlarged means, at a plurality of points on the first ring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.