Patent ID: 7047975

Claim:
A female condom, comprising: a tubular pouch of resilient membranous material having an open end and a closed end; an external biasing member connected to said pouch and providing a resilient bias to expand said open end for retaining, in use, said open end external of a vaginal canal; and an internal biasing member connected to said tubular pouch and providing a resilient bias serving, in use, to expand an intermediate section of said pouch outwardly against a distal portion of a woman's introitus; said tubular pouch including a distal portion extending between the intermediate section and the closed end, and a proximal portion extending between the open end and the internal biasing member, said internal biasing member being configured and positioned relative to said outer biasing member such that the inner biasing member is, when the condom is installed within a woman's vagina, pushed distally by the introitus to create a force pulling against the outer biasing member, to thereby tent the proximal pouch portion against the introitus in the general shape of an hour-glass; wherein the internal biasing member forms an outwardly facing recess extending circumferentially at least partially around said intermediate section of said pouch, the internal biasing member comprises a ring, said recess being formed in said ring.