Patent ID: 6672309
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A condom comprising a flexible tubular body having an open end, a closed end, an outer surface and a smooth inner surface, said tubular body formed of a thin homogeneous elastomeric membrane and having a generally constant diameter from the open end to the closed end to define a longitudinally extending chamber, and said tubular body having a plurality of outwardly extending flexible projections extending outwardly from said outer surface of said tubular body and fixed thereto along one side thereof in which the stiffness of said flexible projections are greater than the stiffness of said flexible tubular body; andin which the thickness of said flexible projections are greater than the thickness of said thin membrane material and wherein said projections have a length to width ratio of between about 5:1 and about 9:1.