U.S. patent number 3,759,253 [Application Number 05/245,539] was granted by the patent office on 1973-09-18 for human male appliance.
Invention is credited to Charles A. Cray.
United States Patent |
3,759,253 |
Cray |
September 18, 1973 |
HUMAN MALE APPLIANCE
Abstract
An appliance for use by the human male for facilitating erection
of the penis which reacts on a circulatory blood flow in a manner
which will impede the flow of blood from the penis and
simultaneously not materially impede the flow of blood to the
organ.
Inventors: |
Cray; Charles A. (Toledo,
OH) |
Family
ID: |
22927075 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/245,539 |
Filed: |
April 19, 1972 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
600/41 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A61F
5/41 (20130101); A61F 2005/414 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A61F
5/41 (20060101); A61f 005/00 () |
Field of
Search: |
;128/79,325,327,346,68.1 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Trapp; Lawrence W.
Claims
What I claim is:
1. An appliance for facilitating erection of the penis
comprising:
a main body portion having a front and rear wall and an opening
extending from said front wall to said rear wall; and
means extending inwardly of the opening for reducing egress of
blood from the penis while allowing a substantially normal ingress
of blood thereto, said means comprising a pair of spaced apart ribs
extending longitudinally between said front and said rear walls
providing an arterial bypass in the upper region of the opening and
a pair of spaced apart rib-like members providing a urethae cradle
in the lower region of the opening.
2. The invention claimed in claim 1 wherein said body portion is
formed of a pliable elastomeric material.
3. The invention defined in claim 2 wherein said material is
natural rubber.
4. The invention defined in claim 1 wherein said spaced apart ribs
are formed on an arc of 3 millimeters radius, and said spaced apart
rib-like members are formed on an arc of 8 millimeters radius.
5. The invention defined in claim 1 including finger grasping tabs
extending laterally from said main body.
6. The invention defined in claim 5 wherein said tabs are provided
with depressions to facilitate manipulation of the appliance.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The penis, a male organ of copulation, is made up of three
cylindrical masses of erectile tissue, covered by skin and
subcutaneous tissue without fat.
Two of the tissue masses are lateral and known as the corpora
cavernosa and the third mass is median and is known as the corpus
cavernosum urethrae because it contains the urethea.
The tissue masses are termed cavernous because of the relatively
large size of the venous spaces existing in the tissue. The tissue
is referred to as erectile tissue because the venous spaces may
become distended with blood during sexual excitement causing the
penis to become firm and erect. An an increase in blood supplied to
the tissue occurs, the process is known as an erection. As the male
ages, the above process may lessen and even at times due to various
reasons other than age, become so reduced as to make the male organ
completely incompetent or impotent. Such impotency causes great
concern to the person thus involved and poses a very definite
threat to the marriage union.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to produce an appliance for use by
the male to overcome the above referred flaw in the male nature,
whether the condition is of a temporary or permanent period.
The object is achieved by an appliance which reacts on the
circulatory blood flow in a manner which, in effect, will impede
the flow of blood from the penis and simultaneously not materially
impede the flow of blood to the organ.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The above, as well as other objects and advantages of the invention
will become readily apparent from reading the following detailed
description of an embodiment of the invention when considered in
connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of an appliance embodying the
features of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a side view of the appliance as illustrated in FIG.
1;
FIG. 3 is a top view of the appliance illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2;
and
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 1,
2 and 3 taken along 4--4 of FIG. 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring to the drawings, there is illustrated an appliance,
generally indicated by reference numeral 10, to be used by the
human male to facilitate erection of the penis. The appliance 10 is
typically formed of a soft, pliable elastomeric material, such as
suitably compounded natural rubber having a 30 Durometer rating and
a 2,000 PSI tensile strength.
The appliance 10 includes an annular center body portion 12 having
finger grasping side tab portions 14 and 16. The side tab portions
14 and 16 are provided with depressions 18 and 20, respectively, to
facilitate the manipulation of the device by the user as will be
explained in greater detail hereinafter.
The annular center body portion 12 has an opening which extends
from the front surface 22 to the rear surface 24. Extending
generally radially inwardly from the interior wall of the annular
body portion 12 is a pair of spaced apart ribs 26 and 28, the
exposed inner surfaces of which are smoothly curved in the shape of
a section of a generally right circular cylinder, the axes of which
extend perpendicularly to the front and rear surfaces 22 and 24,
respectively. The ribs 26 and 28 are spaced apart in order of 8 mm.
to form an arterial ingress bypass 29.
On the lower inner surface of the annular center body portion, is a
pair of spaced apart inwardly extending rib-like members 30 and 32
which are of a more gentle curvature than the opposing ribs 26 and
28. Similarly to the configuration of the ribs 26 and 28, the
rib-like members 30 and 32 are in the shape of a section of a right
circular cylinder of a larger diameter than the ribs 26 and 28.
In a preferred embodiment, the curvature of the ribs 26 and 28 is
formed on an arc of a 3 mm. radius, the curvature of the rib-like
members 30 and 32 is formed on an arc of an 8 mm. radius. The
approximate diameter of the annular opening in the center body
portion 12 is of the order of 22 mm. The length of the appliance is
58 mm., the width 35 mm., and the depth 15 mm.
In operation, the appliance 10 is fitted over the penis usually
with the assistance of a suitable lubricant such as a petroleum
jelly or the like. The appliance 10 is typically grasped by the
side tab portions 14 and 16 and slipped from the distal to the
proximal end of the penis. The appliance 10 is disposed, during
installation and use, with the ribs 26 and 28 positioned above the
rib-like members 30 and 32 as illustrated in FIG. 1. When the
appliance 10 is properly seated, the penis is supplied with an
influx of blood through the extensions of the femoral and
hypergastric or internal illiac arteries which typically are
situated in the region between the ribs 26 and 28 allowing the
normal rate of influx of blood flow to the penis. The space between
the ribs 26 and 28 establishes an arterial bypass permitting the
normal rate of influx of the blood to the cavernous venous tissue
of the penis. In the situation where the male human is experiencing
impotency, as the incoming blood continues to fill the spongy-like
tissue, the venal system allows the blood to pass back and
completely out of the tissue. However, with the appliance 10
properly positioned on the penis, the ribs 26 and 28 function as
right and left corpora cavernosa resistors and effectively reduce
the egress of blood from the spongy cavernous tissue of two of the
cylindrical masses, while the rib-like members 30 and 32 cooperate
to provide a urethae cradle and have a similar function to reduce
the egress of blood from the median cylindrical tissue masses on
either side of the urethrae. The configuration of the rib-like
members 30 and 32 does not curtail, but rather permits, free egress
of the seminal fluids.
Accordingly, it will be appreciated that substantially a normal
unrestricted flow of blood is permitted to enter the tissue of the
penis primarily through the arterial system in the region the
arterial ingress bypass 29, while the venal blood flow from the
tissue is restricted by the cooperative relation of the spaced
apart ribs 26 and 28 and the substantially diametrically spaced
apart rib-like members 30 and 32.
In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have
explained the principle and mode of operation of my invention and
have illustrated and described what I now consider to represent its
best embodiment. However, it is to be understood that within the
spirit and scope of the appended claims the invention may be
practiced otherwise than as specifically illustrated and
described.
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