Patent ID: 6929118
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A packaged condom comprising, in combination, a rolled condom and a package therefor; wherein said rolled condom has an open end having a flexible ring portion, a closed end, and a rolled and folded tubular wall therebetween, said rolled condom having a greater diameter than height when said tubular wall is in said rolled and folded condition; said package comprising a top wall and a bottom wall, and being sealed one to the other around their respective peripheries so as to enclose said rolled condom therein, with said closed end of said rolled condom facing said top wall of said package and said open end of said condom facing said bottom wall of said package; and a peel-off label covering a substantial portion of each of said top and bottom walls, and comprising a top label portion and a bottom label portion with a connecting neck portion therebetween which is wrapped over one peripheral edge of said top and bottom walls; at least two cuts in each of said top and bottom walls being arranged in a radially directed “X” pattern from the center of each of said top and bottom walls, and being directed at the peripheral edges of said top and bottom walls in directions which are substantially 90° apart; a plurality of notches formed in the edges of said sealed together top and bottom walls in locations at which at least said two cuts are radially directed; and wherein, before use, said peel-off label covers all of the cuts in each of said top and bottom walls.