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US4942885:
Article of clothing for use as a condom
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Davis, Anton; Jamaica, NY 11433
Simmons, Kelvin A.; Massapequa, NY 11758
Blair, Richard; Brooklyn, NY 11207
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1990-07-24
/ 1989-04-05
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| Application Number: |
US1989000333241
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61F 6/04;
Core:
A61F 6/00;
IPC-7:
A61F 13/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
128/842;
128/844;
Original:
128/842;
128/844;
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| Field of Search: |
128/842,843,844
604/347,349,351,352,353,350
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| Priority Number: |
| 1989-04-05 |
US1989000333241 |
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| Abstract: |
An article of clothing prevents transmission of sexually-transmitted diseases, such as infestation of Phthirius Inguinalis to the pubic area of the wearer. The article of clothing includes a codpiece-like element that has snaps thereon for releasably attaching a condom mounting plate assembly to the codpiece-like element. A condom is held in the plate assembly.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Gernstein, Terry M. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Hafer, Robert A.; Sam, Charles H.
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| Family: |
None
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| Claim |
We claim:
1. An article of clothing for preventing transmission of sexually-related diseases comprising:
- (A) a monolithic body portion which includes
- (1) a waist-encircling band having an anterosuperior portion, a posterosuperior portion and an anteroposterior portion when worn by a user,
- (2) a codpiece-like element including
- (a) a superior portion pendently attached to said waist-encircling band anterosuperior portion,
- (c) said codpiece-like element being sized and shaped to cover essentially the entire pubic area of a user and to have said inferior portion thereof located between the user's leges when worn and having an opening positioned thererin to receive a user's penis therethrough,
- (3) two buttocks encircling straps each attached at one end to said band posterosuperior portion and at the other end to said codpiece-like element inferior portion to extend posterioranteriorly between the user's legs when worn; and
- (B) condom-attaching means which includes
- (1) a flexible plastic annular mounting plate assembly sized to surround said codpiece-like element opening,
- (2) mounting plate fastener means on said codpiece-like element, said mounting plate fastener means including a plurality of angularly spaced apart snaps located circumjacent to said codpiece-like element opening,
- (3) fastener receiving means on said mounting plate assembly for co-operating with said mounting plate fastener means to releasably secure said mounting plate assembly to said codpiece-like element, said fastener receiving means including a plurality of angularly spaced apart snap receiving elements,
- (4) condom mounting means on said mounting plate assembly for mounting a condom on said mounting plate assembly in a position to cover said codpiece-like element opening, said condom attaching means mounting plate assembly including two concentric annular plate elements,
- (5) one annular plate element of said two concentric annular plate elements including a plurality of openings defined therethrough,
- (6) mounting plate coupling means for releasably coupling said two concentric annular plate elements together, said mounting plate coupling means being positioned adjacent to said snap fasteners on said codpiece-like element, and including
- (a) a plurality of projecting snap fastener-receiving elements mounted on the other condom mounting means annular plate element in position to be received through said angularly spaced apart openings in said one annular plate element,
- (b) each projecting snap fastener-receiving element including
- (2) a base located at a proximal end of said body and which is fixedly mounted on the other annular plate element,
- (3) said elongated body extending through said other annular plate element,
- (4) a groove defined in said elongated body, and
- (5) a blind-ended bore defined in a distal end of said elongated body, said blind-ended bore being sized and shaped to snappingly receive one of said angularly spaced apart snaps mounted on said codpiece-like element to releasably couple said other annular plate element to said codpiece-like element with said one annular plate element trapped between said codpiece-like element and said other annular plate element,
- (c) a projection mounted on said one annular plate element to extend into each of said angularly spaced apart openings, each of said projections being flexible and sized to engage into a groove of a snap fastener-receiving element to snappingly lock said body to said one annular plate element,
- (d) a plurality of dimple-like projections on said other annular plate element, and
- (e) a plurality of dimple-like depressions defined in said one annular plate element in position to receive a one dimple-like projection in each dimple-like depression and capture a condom between said dimple-like projection and said one annular plate element.
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