Abstract:
A therapeutic apparatus for relieving sexual frustrations in women without sex partners which includes a generally rectangular, substantially flat, platform with a pair of longitudinal rails mounted along the axis of the platform. A housing includes a lower flange for being operatively received within continuous slots formed at the lateral interior of the rails for constraining the movement of the housing to back and forth reciprocal motion between the tracks. An assembly is mounted to the front of the housing which includes an elongated, generally cylindrical artificial penis for simulating the look and feel of an erect human male&#39;s penis and an annular pad of relatively soft material disposed adjacent the front of the housing and about the base of the artificial penis for simulating the look and feel of a male&#39;s pubic hair. A rod is provided with a handle at one end so that the user, once the platform is disposed between the user&#39;s spread legs and thighs with the front end immediately adjacent her vulva, can reciprocally move the housing and the artificial penis attached thereto into and out of her vagina until she receives sexual gratification, preferably in the form of an orgasm.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     This invention relates generally to a therapeutic apparatus, and more particularly to a therapeutic apparatus for relieving tension and sexual frustration in women without sex partners. 
     2. Description of the Prior Art 
     There have always been men and women who are or become sexually frigid, impotent, or unable to practice normal sex for one or more reasons. For example, a woman&#39;s husband or spouse may be overly obese so as to render sex nearly impossible. Furthermore, diabetics may often become impotent, as do user&#39;s of certain medications over long periods of time. Even further, however, since men die a considerable number of years before their wives, the wife is quite often left without her normal or usual sex partner and has nowhere to turn for sexual satisfaction. 
     Conventional therapeutic devices available in the market place include various types of vibrators and sex sides. Many of these sex aides require the use of another partner, either male or female. Furthermore, many do not provide the true &#34;feel&#34; of a male penis and hence do not result in true sexual gratification, enjoyment, or satisfaction. Many are simply artificial, such as plastic vibrators, and cannot satisfy the true needs of a partnerless woman who wants not only the ultimate climax or orgasm, but also the feeling that she is actually having sex with a partner. 
     Therefore, a long-felt but unfilled need has existed and continues to exist in the art for a therapeutic apparatus for more closely simulating sexual intercourse, which has the look and feel of a real male penis, and which can be used at any tempo, manner, or degree of gentleness or roughness, as desired by the user. 
     The present invention solves many of the problems of the prior art while avoiding many of its shortcomings. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     It is an object of the present invention to provide a therapeutic apparatus for relieving sexual tension and frustration in women without sex partners. 
     It is another object of the present invention to provide a therapeutic apparatus which utilizes a continuously erect, yet resiliently pliable, artificial penis for simulated sexual intercourse wherein the penis has both the look and feel of a real male&#39;s penis. 
     It is a further object of the present invention to provide a therapeutic apparatus for simulated sexual intercourse which provides the required degree of gentleness or roughness as desired by the user. 
     It is still another object to provide a therapeutic apparatus for simulating sexual intercourse which is entirely self-operated by the user. 
     It is still a further object of the present invention to provide a therapeutic apparatus which provides a rapid cam-operated thrust at the end of each stroke. 
     It is yet another object of this invention to provide a pad encircling the base of the penis to simulate the look and feel of male pubic hair. 
     It is yet a further object of the present invention to provide a therapeutic apparatus which can be manually-operated by the user in any number of comfortable positions for achieving sexual gratification by simulated sexual intercourse. 
     The present invention provides a therapeutic apparatus for relieving sexual frustration, tension, and a lack of &#34;fulfillment&#34; in women, and usually in women without sex partners. A generally rectangular, substantially planar, platform means includes a body portion having a front end, a rear end, and a longitudinal axis. The platform means is dimensioned for placement between the female user&#39;s partially spread legs and thighs such that the front end of the body portion of the platform is operatively disposed adjacent the user&#39;s exposed vulva. A pair of longitudinal rail members are operatively carried by the top surface of the body portion of the platform and the rails are provided with a continuous inwardly disposed slot in each for engaging a corresponding laterally outwardly extending flange on the bottom of the housing. This prevents motion in any direction except along the path of the tracks or rail means. A manually operable member is provided for selectively moving the housing means reciprocally back and forth along the track means for penetrating and entering the vagina of the user and withdrawing therefrom in the act of simulated sexual intercourse. A penial assembly is operatively mounted proximate the front of the housing means. The assembly includes an elongated, generally cylindrical, resilient tubular member for simulating the look and feel of an erect human male&#39;s penis and further including an annular pad of relatively soft material operatively disposed adjacent the front of the housing and about the base of the tubular member for simulating the look and feel of a human male&#39;s pubic hair. 
     These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become more fully understood after reading the Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment, the claims, and the Drawings which are briefly described hereinbelow. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the therapeutic apparatus of the present invention; 
     FIG. 2 is a sectional side view of the therapeutic apparatus of FIG. 1 taken along view lines 2--2 thereof; 
     FIG. 3 is a top sectional view of the apparatus of FIG. 2 taken along view lines 3--3 thereof; 
     FIG. 4 is a sectional end view of the apparatus of FIG. 2 taken along view lines 4--4 thereof; 
     FIG. 5 is a sectional front view of the apparatus of FIG. 2 taken along view lines 5--5 thereof; 
     FIG. 6 is a partially exploded view of the apparatus of FIG. 2 taken along view lines 6--6 thereof; 
     FIG. 6A is a partially sectional, partially perspective view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 at a first predetermined position; 
     FIG. 6B is a partially sectional, partially perspective view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 in a second predetermined position; 
     FIG. 6C is a partially sectional, partially perspective view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 in a third predetermined termination position. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     FIG. 1 illustrates the therapeutic apparatus 11 of the present invention as including a box-like housing 13, a penial assembly 15, a platform assembly 17, a track or rail assembly 19, and a manually-operated operating device 21. 
     The box-like housing unit or apparatus 13 includes a top 23, a bottom 25, a front 27, a rear 29, a left side 31, and a right side 33. The housing 13 also includes a trailing stop-engagement member 35, as hereinafter described. 
     A penial assembly 15 includes a generally circular or annular wool pad 37 and an artificial or simulated male penis 39. The penis 39 includes a base or base portion 41 at the rear end of the elongated shaft 43 and a penetration end, tip, or head 45 of the penis 39 disposed at the front end thereof. 
     The platform assembly 17 includes a rear platform member or platform panel 47, a center platform member or central panel 49, and a front platform member or front platform panel 51. A hinge member 53, such as a conventional piano hinge, connects the rear panel 47 to the central panel 49, while a second, substantially identical, piano hinge 55 hingedly connects the central panel 49 to the front panel 51. The top surface of each of the panels is designated by reference numeral 57, the bottom platform surfaces are designated by the reference numeral 59, and the platform sides are designated by the reference numeral 61. 
     The track assembly 19, in the embodiment of FIG. 1, includes a generally planar intermediate web or base portion 63 having a top surface 64. The sides of the base portion 63 connect at the opposite lateral ends to the tracks or rails 65. Disposed laterally inward of the tracks or rails 65 are continuous elongated hollow slots 67 disposed between the top portion of the tracks 65 and the top surface 64 of the base member 63. 
     Furthermore, a screw or similar externally-threaded member 69 is disposed between the rails 65 and the top surface 57 of the central panel 49. The screws 69 include a screw head portion 71 and an elongated, externally-threaded screw body portion 73 which threadedly engages an aperture (not shown) in the top surface 57 of the central plate or platform member 49. A coiled spring 75 is disposed vertically over the longitudinal screw body 73 with one end being compressed against the lower surface of the rail 65 and the opposite end being compressed against the top surface 57 of the central panel 49 so that the action of the spring 75 upon the screw member 69 is to provide for shock absorption of the housing 13 as it rides along the tracks 65. 
     Referring briefly to FIG. 6, the slot 67 can be described with reference to the base member 63 and the rails or tracks 65. In FIG. 6, the lower portion of the housing 13 forms the bottom 25. The top surface 64 of the intermediate base 63 is disposed a predetermined distance from the lower surface 25 of the housing 13 due to the contact of the wheels 97 with the top surface 64 of the base 63. The stop member or stop posts 77 is shown as including an internal screw member having a head 89 and an elongated, externally-threaded body portion 91. This member holds or secures the cap of resilient material including the stem or collar portion 83 and the head or mushroom-shaped portion 81 over the threaded member 89, 91 for preventing unnecessary shock when the trailing stop-engaging bar or member 35 comes into contact therewith. Additionally, the trailing contact member will also be coated with a layer of resilient material for further decreasing physical shock when contact is made. 
     A generally L-shaped track member 85 has one leg portion disposed horizontally with reference to the plane of the top surface 64 of the base 63 and its laterally outward leg disposed vertically with respect thereto. A slot or open recess 67 is formed between the lower surface of the upper leg 85, the inner surface of the vertically downward leg portion of member 85, and the top surface 64 of the base member 63. This elongated, continuous recess or slot 67 enables the flange-like extension 87 at the bottom 25 of the housing 13 to extend a predetermined distance into the slot 67 and be constrained therein since a similar flange on the opposite side engages a similar slot in the opposite track. In this manner, the motion of the housing along the tracks or rails 65 is constrained to back and forth reciprocal movement only to prevent damage should it otherwise jump the track. 
     In FIG. 1, the manually-operable operating device 21 is shown as including a generally elongated. Longitudinal, intermediate, rod-like portion 83 having a housing-engaging rear end 85 and a forward end shaped in the form of a handle 87 adapted to be gripped by the user to physically and manually operate the therapeutic apparatus 11 of the present invention by moving it toward and away from her vagina while it is constrained within the tracks for repeated insertion and withdrawal for artificially simulating sexual intercourse. 
     FIG. 2 shows an eyelet 101 at the rear end 85 of the elongated rod-like member 83 and a pin or screw-type member 103 inserted through the aperture of the eyelet 101 to secure the manually-operable rod 83 to the housing 13. 
     The penial apparatus 15 is further shown as including a generally hard or at least partially rigid plastic inner core member 106 having a relatively thick covering of resilient material forming an outer coating or covering 107 over and about the inner core member 106. A condom, rubber, or prophylactic 105 may then be removably placed on and taken from the resilient foam portion, as desired by the user, to prevent infections and the like so that a new prophylactic would be used each time the apparatus of the present invention is used to prevent infections, irritations, or even disease. 
     The wool pad or annular pad 37 includes a generally cylindrical disk-like interior of resilient material 113 covered by an outer covering 109 having wool, fur-like or hair-like material 111 on the external surface thereof. A first generally cup-shaped member 115 is provided within an annular support collar 117 which extends radially outwardly as the plastic disk serves as a base or rear surface of the pad 37. An elongated cylindrical rod or shaft has an intermediate portion 125, a rear portion 127, and a front portion 123. The front portion 123 is adapted to be operatively fitted within the hollow interior of the cup-shaped portion 117, while the intermediate portion 125 passes between bearings 119 disposed between the intermediate shaft portion 125 and the collar 121 formed about the aperture containing the bearings 119 and the shaft 125. The front end portion 127 of the shaft includes a bifurcated pair of arms having apertures therethrough, and a pin 131 is fitted through the apertures and through the central aperture of a cam follower wheel 129 whose outer peripheral surface 133 rotates about the lateral axis of the pin member 131. An annular ring or stop collar 135 is provided along the intermediate portion 125 of the shaft adjacent to but disposed a predetermined distance from the rear end 127 thereof. The front surface 137 of the annular collar or ring member 137 serves to abut one end of a coiled spring 139 which is operatively fitted over and around the external periphery of the intermediate shaft portion 125 while the opposite end of the spring 139 is housed abuttedly against the rear surface 141 of the bearings 119. In this manner, the elongated shaft can be moved forward, as hereinafter described, to insert the artificial penis further into the vagina of the user by an extra rapid thrust providing an additional distance of penetration over and above that which can be accounted for by the motion of the housing along the tracks, as hereinafter described. 
     A cam wheel 143 includes an outer eccentric cam surface 149 and a cam shaft 145 disposed within the cam 143 via bearings 146. A pin 157 passes through an eyelet 155 to fasten one end of a link assembly 151 to the cam 143 while the intermediate portion 153 of the link 151 passes through an aperture 158 in the rear 29 of the housing 13 and encircles a laterally, outwardly-extending stop-engaging member 161 wrapped within a resilient plastic material 159 for shock reduction purposes, as previously described. The end portion 158 of the link 151 is shown as extending through a bottom portion of the aperture or the slot 156, as previously described. 
     In FIG. 2, the stop member 77 is shown as being mounted on the top surface of one of the rails 65, and a pair of wheels 97 are operatively mounted by axies 165 adjacent the lower portion of the housing 13 for supporting the weight of the housing thereon and for rolling the housing back and forth between the tracks 65 as described. The lower surface portion 99 of the rotating wheels 97 extend through the wheel apertures 93 and ride upon the intermediate rail-connecting base member 63 in the preferred embodiment of the present invention. The wheel axies 185 are mounted for rotation or journalled in collars disposed on the opposite inside bottom portions of the housing 13. 
     FIG. 3 is a sectional top view of the apparatus of FIG. 2 taken along view lines 3--3 thereof. FIG. 3 shows the outer peripheral surface 133 of the cam follower wheel 129 bearing against and riding on the exterior peripheral eccentric surface 149 of the cam wheel 143. Furthermore, the opposite ends of the axies 165 are shown as being journalled into the side 33, and the lower surfaces 99, not shown, of the wheels 97 are shown as extending through the wheel apertures 163 to contact the riding or rolling surface 163. Furthermore, the link 151 is shown as being connected at one end by pin 157 through the eyelet 155 to the cam 143, while the cam shaft 145 is shown as passing through the bearings 146 before having its opposite ends journalled into collars 147. Lastly, the link member is shown as having a portion passing through the aperture 156 and encircling the stop member-engaging rod or member 35 whose laterally extending portion 167 is shown in FIG. 3. Furthermore, the rigid central core 106 is shown as being disposed centrally along the axis of the cylindrical member 39. 
     FIG. 4 shows the spring members 75 about the members 73 for supporting the base member 63 a predetermined distance above the surface 57 of the central panel 49. This provides shock absorption properties. FIG. 4 shows the relationship of the laterally outwardly-extending flange portions 87 entering the recesses or slots 67 formed by the rails 85 to constrain the motion of the housing 13 to reciprocal motion back and forth motion between the tracks and to no other direction of movement. FIG. 5 shows an opposite end view of the housing 13 and shows the cam follower wheel-driven shaft 125 and the annular spring abutment member 135 which enables the spring for pulling back the penis 39 after it has been thrust inward at the end of each stroke. 
     FIG. 6, was previously described but also shows a wheel 97 as having its outer peripheral portion 99 disposed or riding upon the upper surface 64 of the base 63 for smooth back and forth motion of the housing 13. 
     FIG. 6A shows the position of the therapeutic apparatus 11 of the present invention at either the end of the return stroke or the very beginning of the insertion stroke since the pin member 185 abuts the forward side of the stop member 77 to prevent any further rearward motion. Assuming that the user then grips the handle 87 at the front end of the elongated rod 83 and pulls the apparatus forward, to the right as shown in FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 6C, the head of the penis 45 and a portion of the elongated shaft 43 will push open the vulve and enter the vagina. The distance moved by the head end of the penis will be equal to the distance traversed by the wheels of the housing 13. 
     FIG. 6B shows the therapeutic apparatus 11 of the present invention having been pulled forward until the laterally extending stop-engaging member or portion 167 is about to engage or abut the stop member 77. At this point, the distance of movement or penetration of the penis 39 is again equal to the distance traversed by the wheels of the housing 13. However, FIG. 6C shows the forward motion of the housing 13 after the member 167 has engaged the stop member 77 as at point 183 to eventually stop the forward motion at a second predetermined termination position or a final predetermined position with respect to the position of the head of the penis 45. 
     The depth of penetration after engagement of the member 167 with the stop member 77 is a function of two variables rather than one. The first variable is identical to that previously described in that the shaft 43 of the penis 39 is inserted an additional distance into the vagina which is exactly equal to the distance travelled by the housing 13 from the first predetermined position at which the extension portion 167 first contacts the stop member 77 to the termination position-plus an exta added distance which is provided with a rapid inward thrust adjacent or near the end of the stroke. The additional distance can be given as the distance of the gap 179 between the rear surface of the plastic member 177 on the rear of the pad 37 and the front surface of the front 27 of the housing 13. The distance d3 measured in this gap plus the distance travelled by means from the point of initial engagement with the stop member 77 to the arrival at the termination position, as defined by the length of the link member 121, etc. so that the penis actually thrusts rapidly inward a distance d5 equal to the sum of d3 and d4. Again, since this is done as a quick initial thrust for added satisfaction and stimulation, it provides or results in an additional feeling of naturalness to the sex act. 
     In operation, after the stop member-engaging portion 167 contacts the stop post or stop member 77, the housing 13 can only move a predetermined distance d4 forward on its wheels until it reaches the termination position. As this occurs, the cam wheel 143 will be rotated by the force applied to the extending ends 167 of the stop member-engaging rod 159, and the cam follower wheel 129 riding on the eccentric surface of the cam 143 will push the rod 125 forward against the bias of the spring member 139 to its maximum point of penetration. The force of the compressed spring 139 will then quickly withdraw a portion of the shaft a distance from its point of maximum penetration in readiness for the rearward movement of the housing 13 under the control of user by means of the operation of the elongated bar 83. 
     It will be realized that the therapeutic apparatus of the present invention may be used anally on both men and women, as well as vaginally on a female user, from either a position wherein she is reclining on her back or a position wherein she is reclining on her stomach. Furthermore, any number of positions can be enjoyed with the apparatus of the present invention by using a little imagination and practice. Not only does the feel and look of the artificial penis and pad provide a much more life-like simulation of sexual intercourse, but the extra thrust and partial withdrawal at the end of each forward thrust or cycle greatly adds to the natural feeling of the act and greatly adds to the sexual satisfaction. gratification, and stimulation further assisting the user to more rapidly reach a climax or orgasm. Even without the cam-operated and thrust and withdrawal motion, the present invention is still far superior to anything known in the prior art for true stimulation of sexual intercourse. Many psychological as well as physical problems can be alleviated using the present invention as a therapeutic apparatus including, but not limited to, the psychological need for sexual gratification, satisfaction, and a feeling of &#34;completeness&#34; or &#34;wholeness&#34;. The present invention provides a true feel and look of both the male penis and the male&#39;s pubic hair, and enables the user to operate the apparatus in either a very slow and gentle manner or in a very fast and erratic manner, depending upon the user&#39;s particular wants and desires. Furthermore, the artificial penis 39 could be interchangeable with various penis&#39;s of other shapes, sizes, curvatures, and diameters, as desired. Still further, the intermediate base 63 connecting the track 65 could eliminated together with the shock absorption springs 75 so that the track 65 could be disposed directly upon the top surface 57 of the intermediate panel 49, if desired. 
     It will be recognized by those of ordinary skill in the art that various modifications, variations, substitutions, changes, and alterations can be made in the form, structure, detail, and method of operation of the present invention, without departing from the actual spirit and scope of the invention, which is limited only by the appended claims.