Patent ID: 8181654

Claim:
A condom assembly comprising: a condom having a tubular region with an opening and having an inside diameter; and a ring on which the tubular region of the condom is rolled, with the opening of the tubular region of the condom expanded by the ring, wherein the ring comprises: a rigid ring that is the core of the ring, wherein the rigid ring has an outside diameter larger than the inside diameter of the tubular region of the condom, and the rigid ring is sufficiently rigid to withstand compression by the condom without deformation; a rotor that is an annular hollow sheath covering the rigid ring, wherein the rotor and the rigid ring have a common circular central axis lying within the rigid ring, the rotor is rotatable about the common circular central axis with respect to the rigid ring, and the rigid ring is separated from the condom by the rotor; and a lubricant located within the rotor, between the rigid ring and the rotor, the ring being removable from the condom after unrolling of the condom from the ring by rotation of the rotor with resect to the rigid ring about the common circular central axis.