Patent ID: 8734324

Claim:
An apparatus ( 1 ) for applying traction to a penis ( 100 ) with, a base ( 110 ) and a glans ( 120 ), the apparatus comprising: a base member ( 10 ) adapted to be arranged around the base ( 110 ) of the penis ( 100 ); a retaining member ( 20 ) for fixation and support of the glans ( 120 ) of the penis ( 100 ); and at least one telescoping connection member ( 30 ) arranged between the base member ( 10 ) and the retaining member ( 20 ), the telescoping connection member ( 30 ) having a longitudinal axis (A); wherein the telescoping connection member ( 30 ) comprises: a first tube part ( 40 ) and a second tube part ( 50 ), the first tube part ( 40 ) being slidably arranged in the second tube part ( 50 ); a first spring ( 60 ) connected to the first tube part ( 40 ), the first spring ( 60 ) being compressible in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis (A) of the telescoping connection member ( 30 ); and at least one first engagement means ( 65 , 65 ′) arranged on the spring ( 60 ), and a plurality of second engagement means ( 55 , 55 ′) arranged in the second tube part ( 50 ), wherein each first engagement means ( 65 , 65 ′) is adapted to engage any of the second engagement members ( 55 , 55 ′) so as to releasably lock the first tube part ( 40 ) against longitudinal movement relative to the second tube part ( 50 ), wherein each of the first engagement means ( 65 ) defines a knob, and each of the second engagement means ( 55 ) defines an aperture formed in an inner wall of the second tube part ( 50 ), wherein the knob ( 65 ) has a rounded and/or inclined surface ( 68 ), which facilitates travel of the knob ( 65 ) in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis (A) of the telescoping connection member ( 30 ) against compression of the spring ( 60 ) when moving the first tube part ( 40 ) in relation to the second tube part ( 50 ), wherein the first tube part ( 40 ) is rotatable in relation to the second tube part ( 50 ), and wherein the inclined surface ( 68 ) extends in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis (A) of the telescoping connection member ( 30 ), whereby relative rotation of the first and second tube parts ( 40 , 50 ) causes the knob ( 65 ) to move in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis (A) of the telescoping connection member ( 30 ).