Male chastity apparatus, method, and system

• US 8,007,431 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2009
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: A.L. Enterprises, Inc.
• Original Assignee: A L Enterprises Incorporated
• Inventors: Miller, Doris, Miller, A. Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): Bianco; Patricia M
• Assistant Examiner(s): JACKSON, BRANDON LEE
• Application Number:
  US12/483,877
• Publication Number:
  US 20100147316A1
• Time in Patent Office: 809 Days
• Field of Search: 128/869, 128/883, 128/845, 128/885, 119/814, 119/838, 600/38, 600/39, 600/41
• US Class Current: 600/39
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/0096 Anti-rape devices

Abstract

A male chastity system comprises a housing and a partial ring configured for placement behind the scrotum of the user. The partial ring contains a gap. A bridge bridges the gap by attaching to the partial ring at first and second attachment points. The bridge comprises a rear portion and a front portion, and the partial ring and the bridge collectively form a ring. Guide pins extend at least partially through the rear bridge portion, attachment points, front bridge portion, and housing. A locking pin extends through the bridge and housing, a spacer on the locking pin spacing the housing from the ring, and a lock is applied to the locking pin.

Claims

1. A male chastity apparatus comprising:

a housing having an elongated at least partial enclosure configured to extend along at least a substantial portion of a length of a penis of a user;

a partial ring configured for placement behind the scrotum of the user, the partial ring containing a gap;

a removable bridge configured to bridge the gap of the partial ring, the partial ring and the bridge collectively forming a ring when the removable bridge is engaged with the partial ring, wherein the bridge and the partial ring comprise separate components;

a connector disposed between the ring and the housing, the connector rigidly attaching the ring to the housing.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ring is approximately cylindrical.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the ring comprises a relatively thin lower portion and a relatively thick upper portion, the ring gradually changing thickness between the lower portion and the upper portion.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bridge comprises a rear bridge piece and a front bridge piece configured to abut each other, and the partial ring comprises first and second mounts, the rear and front bridge pieces configured to engage the first and second mounts.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the connector comprises first and second guide pins, the first guide pin being inserted into the rear bridge piece and passing through the first mount, the front bridge piece, and the housing, and the second guide pin being inserted into the rear bridge piece and passing through the second mount, the front bridge piece, and the housing.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the connector comprises a locking pin configured to pass through the bridge and the housing, with a front portion disposed on the front side of the housing, the locking pin further configured to receive a lock on the front portion, the apparatus further comprising a spacer disposed on the locking pin between the bridge and the housing.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the locking pin comprises a head and a shaft, at least one of the head and the shaft having an oval-shaped cross-section, and wherein the locking pin head is recessed into the inner bridge piece, and wherein the spacer is recessed into the bridge and the housing.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a first primary housing component and a second primary housing component, the first and second components abutting each other along an approximately vertical plane, the first and second components together forming a cavity configured to receive the penis of the user.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a plurality of protrusions disposed on the first housing component and a plurality of depressions disposed on the second housing component, the protrusions engaging with the depressions as the first and second housing components abut each other.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the connector comprises a shaft disposed through the housing and at least partially through the ring.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises an approximately penis-shaped casing, the casing comprising an rear end and an front end, and further comprising a plurality of holes disposed approximately uniformly around the casing near the rear end.

12. A male chastity system, the system comprising:

a housing comprising a casing configured to contain the penis of a user and a flange attached to the casing;

a partial ring configured for placement behind the scrotum of the user, the partial ring containing a gap and a first attachment point and a second attachment point;

a bridge that is separate from the partial ring and configured to bridge the gap of the partial ring by attaching to the partial ring at the first and second attachment points, the bridge comprising a rear portion and a front portion, the partial ring and the bridge collectively forming a ring;

a first guide pin attached to the rear bridge portion and extending through the first attachment point, through the front bridge portion, and through the flange;

a second guide pin attached to the rear bridge portion and extending through the second attachment point, through the front bridge portion, and through the flange;

a locking pin disposed through the bridge and through the flange, a front portion of the locking pin disposed on the front side of the housing;

a spacer disposed on the locking pin between the bridge and the flange;

a lock disposed on the front portion of the locking pin.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the ring is approximately cylindrical.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the ring is relatively thin away from the bridge and relatively thick at the bridge.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein at least a portion of the locking pin is oval in cross section.