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(11) Patent No : AP 2003
(21) Application No : AP/P/2005/003252
(22) Filing Date : 22.09.2003
(24) Date of Grant & 18.05.2009
(45) Publication :
(30) Priority Data
(33) Country (31) Number (32) Date
US 60/411,989 19.09.2002
US 60/411,994 19.09.2002
(84) Designated State
GM GH KE LS MW MZ SL SD SZ
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(73) Applicant(s)
REDDY Alla .V. K, 9 Webster Court, Plainsboro, NJ-08536, United States of America
ALLA Madhusudhan Reddy, 9 Webster Court, Plainsboro, NJ-08536,
United States of America
ALLA Raghunatha Reddy, 9 Webster Court, Plainsboro,
NJ- 08536,
(72) Inventors
United States of America
REDDY Alla .V. K, United States of America
ALLA Madhusudhan Reddy, United States of
America
ALLA Raghunatha Reddy, United States of America
et al
(74) Representative
COGHLAN, WELSH & GUEST
ZIMBABWE
(51) International Classification A61F 6/06 (2006.01)
(54) Title
Female condom
(57) Abstract
A female condom (100, 200, 300, 700) having a highly elastic resilient pouch (104, 204, 304, 704) that is able to stretch from an original contracted configuration into an elongated configuration and then return to the original contracted configuration. The pouch (104, 204, 304, 704) may be fashioned with regular convolutions (112) that act in a spring-like manner for biasing the
condom (100) into the contracted configuration. Elastic biasing members (124) may be incorporated into the instruction of the condom for providing or augmenting the spring-like action of the condom (100). The condom of the invention may include a contoured V-shaped outer frame (102) which also may have a spring bias incorporated. The outer frame (102) may flex so as to better retain contact with the anatomy of the female when the condom is
(56) Documents Cited : US 60 35853 A US 5 176 152 A