Patent ID: 6913018

Claim:
A condom donning device for donning a condom on an erect penis, the condom having a tubular wall having an inner side and an outer side and which is rolled up into an elastic hem ring which defines an entrance opening and which is formed on the outside of the tubular wall in an initial configuration of the condom, the condom donning device comprising: first and second condom support formations for defining an internal space through which an erect penis can extend, the support formations defining a separation axis and being separable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the separation axis, each support formation defining at least one hook-like holding formation in which the hem ring of the condom can be received in an arrangement wherein the hook-like holding formation extend into the entrance opening of the condom and are disposed adjacent an inner side of the tubular wall thereof, each hook-like holding formation having a curved profile in which the hem ring of the condom can be received and held in an arrangement permitting unrolling of the hem ring of the condom when the support formations are displaced along the shaft of the penis for unrolling and donning the condom, in use, each hook-like holding formation defining a condom contacting surface which contacts the inner side of the tubular wall of the condom and which conforms to the shape of the hem ring, the condom contacting surface contacting the hem ring in an area where the hem ring extends through an arc, each support formation defining at least one restraining formation which is positioned on the support formation to prevent displacement of the hem ring of the condom in a direction away from the hook-like formations, thereby to resist removal of the hem ring of the condom from the holding formation during unrolling of the condom, in use.