Patent Publication Number: US-2013253264-A1

Title: Device for promoting and increasing sexual arousal having a vibration unit

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The invention relates to a device for promoting and increasing sexual arousal, comprising a vibration unit. 
     BACKGROUND 
     A corresponding device has been disclosed by the document DE 20 2005 000 061 U1, which is designed as a penis ring with a vibration function. The penis ring is attached at the base of the penis in the region of the testicles. However, the stimulation of such penis rings is restricted by virtue of the fact that the vibration only has an effect on the base of the penis. As a result of the superficial arrangement, the vibration cannot affect the whole penis. Moreover, as a result of the superficial arrangement of the vibration, a large part of the vibration dissipates in the air and cannot contribute to increasing the stimulation and promoting the sexual excitation. 
     Moreover, devices are known in the form of hollow penis-extension elements or extension attachments, which are placed over the glans of the penis as an attachment and which are likewise equipped with a vibration function. Here, too, a significant part of the vibration oscillation remains unused. The effective vibration is restricted to the region of the glans of the penis and the vibration can in this case likewise not be transmitted to the whole penis. Since the glans is completely covered by the extension element, the sensitivity of the penis is reduced during sexual intercourse. 
     Finally, the document US 2007/0261700 A1 has also disclosed a device, which is embodied as a penis sleeve with a vibration function. The penis sleeve is placed over the whole shaft of the penis and can leave the glans uncovered. 
     Since the shaft of the penis is completely covered, the sensitivity of the penis during sexual intercourse is disadvantageously reduced when using this device. 
     The invention is based on the object of developing a device for promoting and increasing sexual arousal which avoids the disadvantages of the known devices and which has a negligibly small influence on the sensitivity of the penis during sexual intercourse and at the same time enables an improved promotion and increase of sexual arousal by means of a vibration unit. 
     SUMMARY 
     The device according to the invention comprises a rear ring and a front ring, by means of which the device completely surrounds a preferably round and elongate body at the front and rear end thereof in an annular fashion. An intermediate part extends between the two rings of the device, which intermediate part partly covers the body in the region between the rings. The vibration unit is arranged and integrated within the device, and the device consists of an elastic, skin-compatible and slippery material. 
     In an expedient embodiment of the invention, the device consists of silicone. This material is used, inter alia, by make-up artists and in the field of orthopedics and has been found to be particularly advantageous in respect of skin compatibility and in respect of softness, elasticity and slippage. 
     In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the body is formed by a penis. Here, the rear ring of the device can then expediently be arranged at the base of the penis and the front ring can expediently be arranged rearward of the base of the glans of the penis. Depending on user preference, the device can also be placed on the penis in a different fashion. 
     The device according to the invention results in the penis being increased in its circumference over the length of the device. This is advantageous in the case of males who have complexes due to the lack of thickness of their penis. The lack of thickness is compensated for by the device according to the invention. Moreover, this can also fulfill the wish of the partner to feel something thicker in the genital region during sexual intercourse. 
     A further advantage in the device according to the invention consists of the fact that it leaves three sides and the glans of the penis uncovered. Only one side or part of the penis is covered by the intermediate body and the base and the region rearward of the glans of the penis is covered by the two rings. Since three sides of the penis and the glans are exposed, the sensitivity of the penis is not or only insignificantly adversely affected during sexual intercourse. 
     A very significant advantage of the invention should be seen in the fact that the vibration unit is completely integrated into the device, i.e. is situated completely within the device. The effects of the vibration unit or the vibration oscillations therefore extend to the whole device and are not spatially delimited. The device, which vibrates overall when the vibration unit is switched on, in turn transmits the vibration oscillations to the penis, which, as a result thereof, can be re-functioned to be a fully functional vibrator, wherein, to be precise, the sensitivity of the penis remains unchanged. 
     Since the vibration unit is situated completely within the device and is integrated into the latter, there is the option of pushing the device onto a different elongate object other than a penis. The vibration oscillations are then transmitted to the utilized elongate part, and in this fashion the device can also be used as vibrator by women and can be inserted into the female vagina. The device according to the invention can also be used for anal stimulation. 
     In accordance with an expedient embodiment of the invention, the battery for operating the vibration unit is an integrated component of the vibration unit itself, wherein the vibration unit can be wirelessly switched on and off by means of a remote control and wherein the intensity of vibration strength can be set. 
     In this embodiment of the invention, the vibration unit is arranged in replaceable fashion within the device and so the vibration unit can be removed through a small opening in the device when the battery is empty and needs to be replaced by new one. As a result of the elastic material, the small opening can be opened up far enough for it to be possible to remove the vibration unit. 
     In addition to this, it is also possible for the battery for operating the vibration unit to be arranged outside of the vibration unit and outside of the device in a battery box and to be connected to the vibration unit by means of a cable. The battery box comprises a switching element, by means of which the vibration unit can be switched on and off and by means of which the intensity of the vibration of the vibration unit can be set. The advantage of this solution consists of the fact that it is easier to replace the battery. 
     In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, provision is made for a flexible, stretchable attachment ring on the rear ring of the device, by means of which attachment ring the testicles of the penis can be attached to the device. The attachment ring exerts a certain amount of pressure, which is perceived as being particularly pleasurable by some users. Additionally, the attachment ring transfers the vibration to the testicles, as a result of which a stimulating effect is advantageously triggered. 
     In another advantageous embodiment of the invention, an arc-shaped stiffening element is integrated into the device, which stiffening element has a design which is stiff in the longitudinal direction and flexible in the transverse direction. 
     As a result of the flexible design in the transverse direction or in the circumferential direction of the penis, the strengthening element can, in terms of its shape, be matched to the arc-shaped circumference of the device. By contrast, the strengthening element has a stiff design in the longitudinal direction of the device. This is advantageous in the case of persons with penile erectile problems. As a result of the stiffness of the inherently elastic device as a result of the strengthening element, the partner feels a stiff penis during sexual intercourse, as a result of which the sexual excitation can be further increased when using the device. 
     In an expedient embodiment of the invention, the strengthening element substantially extends in the intermediate part of the device and also, in part, in at least one of the two rings of the device. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       In the following text, the invention will be described in more detail on the basis of the exemplary embodiment illustrated in the drawing. In detail: 
         FIG. 1  shows a perspective illustration of an exemplary embodiment of a device according to the invention; 
         FIG. 2  shows a cross-sectional view of the device according to the invention as per  FIG. 1 , along the cut A-A; 
         FIG. 3  shows a schematic side view of the device, which is placed onto a penis, as per  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 4  shows a schematic illustration of the device according to the invention as per  FIG. 3 , wherein the device is rotated by 180° and the intermediate piece extends on the lower part of the penis; 
         FIG. 5  shows a schematic side view of the device according to the invention with a stiffening element; 
         FIG. 6  shows a cross-sectional view of the device according to the invention as per  FIG. 5 , along the cut B-B, and 
         FIG. 7  shows a schematic top view of the device according to the invention as per  FIG. 5 , without penis. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       FIG. 1  illustrates, in a schematic perspective illustration, a device  10  which comprises a rear ring  12  and a front ring  14 . The rear ring  12  forms a rear opening  20  and the front ring  14  forms a front opening  22 . 
     An intermediate part  16 , embodied with an arc-shaped design, extends between the two rings  12 ,  14  as a component of the integral device  10 . The device consisting of one part is made of silicone. This material is particularly skin-compatible, elastic and also slippery. 
     As can be identified both in  FIG. 1  and in the cross-sectional view along the cut A-A in  FIG. 2 , a vibration unit  18  is, as an integral component, situated within the device  10  in the region of the rear ring  12  in the upper part thereof. The vibration unit is connected to a battery box  36  through a small opening  40  via a cable  34 , in which battery box there is a battery (not illustrated) for operating the vibration unit  18 . A switching unit  38  of the battery box  36  can be used to switch the vibration unit  18  on and off, and the vibration strength can also be set by the switching element  38 . 
     Additionally, it is also possible to use within the device  10  a vibration unit with an integrated battery. In this case, it is possible to dispense with the cable  34  because said cable is often perceived to be bothersome. The vibration unit is operated wirelessly by means of a remote control. 
     For the purpose of replacing the battery or replacing the vibration unit  18 , the vibration unit  18  can be removed and reinserted through the small opening  40  in the device  10 , which small opening can be widened as a result of the elastic material of the device  10 . 
     The device  10  illustrated in  FIG. 3  shows an extendable flexible attachment ring  34  for male testicles  28  at the base of the penis  24 . When the vibration unit  18  is switched on, the vibration is also transmitted to the testicles  28 , as a result of which the sexual excitement can be increased even further. The attachment ring  30  is an integral component of the device  30 . 
       FIG. 3  illustrates the usage function of the device  10 . The rear ring  12  reaches around the penis  24  at the base thereof and the front ring  14  reaches around the penis  24  rearward of the base of the glans  26 . The two rings  12 ,  14  are interconnected by the intermediate part  16 , which, for example, covers the upper half of the penis  24  and leaves the lower side and the two other lateral sides of the penis  24  exposed. The glans  26  is also exposed. As a result, the sensitivity of the penis is maintained during sexual intercourse. 
     As a result of the integral arrangement of the vibration unit  18  within the device  10 , the vibration radius of the vibration unit  18  is extended, and what is achieved is that the whole device  10  vibrates and the vibration oscillations are also transmitted to the penis  24 . Herein lies a substantial advantage of the invention because the human penis as a result can, in practical terms, itself be re-functioned to be a fully functional vibrator while the penis remains sensitive. 
     However, the device  10  according to the invention can also be placed over any other elongate round body and extend around the latter with its two rings  12 ,  14 . During operation of the device, the vibration oscillations are then transmitted to this elongate body. As a result, it is possible for women to use the device  10  with the elongate body as a vibrator, and for example to insert the latter into the vagina. Additionally, the vibrator is also suitable for anal stimulation. 
     In the usage function of the device  10  illustrated in  FIG. 4 , the intermediate part  16  is situated adjoining the bottom of the penis  24 . In addition to the glans  26 , the two side parts of the penis and the upper part of the penis  24  remain exposed in this case. This position of the device  10  is advantageous because the penis  24  is particularly sensitive on the lower side and can easily be stimulated by contact with the vibrating intermediate part  16  and the rings  12 ,  14 . This is due to the fact that a particularly sensitive spongy body of the penis  24  extends at the bottom of the penis  24 . 
     In the embodiment of the invention as per  FIG. 5 , a stiffening element  32  is integrated within the device, which stiffening element extends over part of the intermediate part and over part of the two rings  12 ,  14 . The vibration unit  18  is arranged above the stiffening element  32 . 
     The stiffening element  32  is embodied in the style of a link conveyor, i.e. the stiffening element  32  is flexible in the circumferential direction of the device  10  and stiff in the longitudinal direction of the device  10 . The stiffening element  32  overall supports and improves the vibration function of the device  10 . The integrated arrangement of the stiffening element  32  is illustrated in the cross-sectional view as per the cut B-B in  FIG. 6 , and  FIG. 7  clarifies the arrangement within the device  10  in a top view. 
     LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS 
     (is part of the description)
       10  Device     12  Rear ring     14  Front ring     16  Intermediate part     18  Vibration unit     20  Rear opening     22  Front opening     24  Penis     26  Glans     28  Testicles     30  Attachment ring     32  Stiffening element     34  Cable     36  Battery box     38  Switching element     40  Opening   A Cut   B Cut.