Patent ID: 6918392

Claim:
A condom applicator for supporting a condom, the condom in a substantially unstretched condition having an inner diameter defining a condom circumference at an open cross-section thereof, said applicator comprising: an axial tubular wall having first and second axially opposed open ends and an outer surface, said wall having a compressed configuration in which said first open end defines a compressed opening having an applicator circumference not substantially greater than the condom circumference, said wall further having an expanded configuration in which said first open end defines an expanded opening greater than said applicator circumference and sized to permit axial insertion of a penis; and means for detachably securing the condom at said first open end such that the condom circumference conforms to applicator circumference at the outer surface of said wall with the cross-section of the condom covering said first open end, whereby the cross-section of the condom is expanded to the size of said expanded opening by expanding said wall from its compressed configuration with the condom secured thereto to its expanded configuration with the condom secured thereto.