Patent ID: 6984992

Claim:
A condom testing apparatus comprising: a plurality of electrically conductive mandrels having condoms loaded thereon; a first set of condom-contacting electrode members; a second set of condom-contacting electrode members separated from said first set of condom-contacting electrode members such that no one of said condoms contacts both said first and said second sets of condom-contacting electrode members simultaneously; a gapped electrical circuit between each of said mandrels and said first set of condom-contacting electrode members and between each of said mandrels and said second set of condom-contacting electrode members during testing; means to sense the status of said electrical circuit between each of said mandrels and said first set of condom-contacting electrode members and between each of said mandrels and said second set of condom-contacting electrode members; wherein said first set of condom-contacting electrode members tests less than 100 percent of the circumference of each of said condoms and said second set of condom-contacting electrode members tests less than 100 percent of the circumference of each of said condoms.