Patent ID: 6015379
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An erection aid for stiffening the male member, which is adapted to be wrapped around the body of the penis and to largely cover it, wherein the erection aid comprisesan elastic stiffening band, said stiffening band comprising, in a longitudinal direction,a) an initial edge,b) an initial portion (IAA) adjoining the initial edge,c) a stiffening portion (IVA) adjoining the initial portion,d) a terminal portion (IEA) adjoining the stiffening portion, ande) a terminal edge adjoining the terminal portion, and havingi) an upper edge adapted to come to rest in the sulcus (10) of the penis below the edge of the glans,ii) a lower edge adapted to come to rest near the root of the penis (14),and further having two faces adapted to form an outer face and an inner face,which stiffening band is stretchable in the longitudinal direction and wherein at least one of the faces of the elastic stiffening band is self-adhesive, the self-adhesive face being adapted to adhere to the skin of the penis and to the other face of the stiffening band solely by static friction, which stiffening band further comprises rigid reinforcements positioned in the stiffening portion, said rigid reinforcements extending between the upper edge and the lower edge of the stiffening band and being spaced apart from one another by elastic segments of the stiffening portion.