Abstract: The Glans-stripper provides a naked glans during sex by holding the tucked up foreskin at the root of the erection leaving the hands free for other use. The more sensitive inside layer of the foreskin will be stretched outwardly all over the erection and the completely naked glans will be stretched out by pulling its skin tight with its bridle. If wanted the Glans-stripper can easily be constructed by the consumer himself using the loose parts. A do-it yourself kit can be made out of a combination of these loose parts. Loose parts like a spherical shaped and beadlike form K(-) made out of two hinging parts with a clasp to fasten them up. A length of about 15 meters of flat cotton (sports) shoelace material rolled up around a piece of carton. Elastic ribbon made out of two pieces of elastic ribbon connected to each other by a thin but very strong thread making thin but very strong separations between interruptions of a buttonhole long. Small tube like forms with a cut from one end to the other that can be glued around the ends of the shoe-lace material to prevent them from raveling.
Glans-stripper, apparatus to hold the tucked up foreskin at the root of the erect penis.
The Glans-stripper is ment for men with a glans that is covered by their foreskin during an erection. The Glans-stripper provides a naked glans during sex by holding the tucked up foreskin at the root of the penis leaving the hands free for other things. The more sensitive inside layer of the foreskin will be turned to the outside to be streched all over the erection and the sensitive glans will be totally naked and streched out because of its skin being pulled tight by its bridle that is being pulled tight by the tucked up fore-skin. All of the designs of the Glans-stripper and the parts described in this application ought to be made from material that is of no risk to the health, does not tast bad and is not unpleasant to touch with the teeth. The Glans-stripper is made of a part A that can hold the tucked up foreskin at the root of the erection and a part B that can hold A by connecting A to rest of the body so A will not slide back together with the foreskin. I have made three basic designs.
In Design 1 part A is a piece of elastic ribbon (which is called in the netherlands 'sportelastiek') whose ends are indissoluble connected to each other and to the middle of part B. The outline of the circle formed by A should be in between % and % of the outline formed by the root of the erection to be functional for most men. The width of the elastic ribbon should be 1 to 1 Yz cm. If the outline of A is to big the foreskin will be slipping and if the outline of A is to small the circulation of the blood will be congeald. Part B is made of the same shoe-lace material as a flat cotton shoe-lace that is commonly used in sports shoes. Part A and part B can be sewed together or they can be tied together or they can be riveted together with a rivet. Also glue could be used. Both halves of part B are led through the same spherical shaped and beadlike form K(l) that clenches the shoe-lacematerial V so tight K(l) will not move during normal use of the Glansstripper but can be moved if wanted to adjust the size by using force or by performing a paticular action. Part A will hold tight the foreskin at the root of the erection and both halves of B will go from the upper side of the root of the erection along both sides of the root of the scrotum in the direction of the anus around where K(l) holds both halves of B together so they can split and go along both sides of the hips to the front of the body to be tied together like shoe-laces. If necessary both halves of B can be connected to each other by using a fastener and the length of both halves could be adjusted like a guy-rope of a tent.
In Design 2 (figure 2) A is a piece of elastic ribbon with buttonholes. The buttonholes are in line with each other and the fastener is a spherical shaped and beadlike form K(2). K(2) has connected to it on one side an end of the elastic ribbon and on the other side the middle of part B. Both halves of part B must be led through the buttonhole that is needed to make the desired size of part A. By pulling part B and the other end of the elastic ribbon at the same time Design 2 can be closed easily when it is placed and afterwards it can be opened just as easily as well. A variation to Design 2 (figure 1) is not to connect part B at an end of the elastic ribbon to K(2) but more to the middle of the elastic ribbon. The fastener will still be formed by K(2) but in stead of part B a piece of shoe-lacematerial with on the other end of it an other beadlike form K(3) will be connected to K(2). If K(3) is pushed through the needed buttonhole this variation on Design 2 can easily be closed when it is placed by pulling K(3) and the other end of the elastic ribbon at the same time. In Design 3 part A is made using part B by leading the middle of part B dubbelfolded through an extra beadlike form K(4) and a form PK wich looks like a flattened version of K(4). This way the middle of part B
will form a noose that can be used as part A. PK can be like a little discus with a hole. K(4) and PK need to clenche the shoe-lacematerial V so thight that one has to use force to move them. Both ends of B has to be led through the middle of the two parts of B that will be in between K(4) and PK when they have not been pulled together completely. By holding K(4) and by pulling B at the same time K(4) and PK can be pulled together which results in an extra manner of holding tight B. The total amount of resistance B has to undergo must be big enough to make the size of A a stable one. After leaving K(4) the two halves of B should be led through an extra independent noose L before they are led through the middle of the two parts of B that are in between K(4) and PK. The independent noose L should be big and firm enough to be held firmly. L can be made from a piece of shoe-lacematerial. By pulling L part B can be pulled back from in between K(4) and PK so there will be enough room to pull K(4) and PK to enlarge the size of A that is enclosing the erection. If part B has to be able to surround the erection too its length should be adjusted by enlarging it. The size of part A can best be determined up front and be placed around the penis before it is erected. Design 1 too can best be placed around the penis before it is erected. To place it around the erection it can be stretched around the fingers to bring it past the glans. By holding the erection by its skin and by holding part B close to part A part A can be moved along the erection bit by bit by moving it from one side to the other over and over again.
Also a cylindrical form made of firm but flexible plastic just small enough to strech part A of Design 1 as far as possible and thin enough to be brought to the root of the erection without being to small. The cylindrical form can be like a rolled up rectangle whose endings can be shoven over one another so the consumer can adjust the size himself.
The Glans-stripper can be made out of loose parts and if wanted in a simple manner by the consumer himself. A part of the Glansstripper is the elastic ribbon with buttonholes of Design 2. If the seperations between the buttonholes are kept as small as possible the minimal distance required to adjust the size of part A can be kept as small as possible. The minimal distance of the buttonholes depends upon the size of K(2). It should be easy to pull K(2) through the buttonhole that is needed just by pulling part B. The elastic ribbon with the buttonholes can be formed by two pieces of elastic ribbon that are tied together with a thin but very firm thread with interruptions of a buttonhole long. A thread thin but firm enough to keep the seperations thin but firm enough so the middle of part B can be folded around it to construct Design 2 without creating an uncomfortable lump as K(2) is placed as tight as possible to the elastic ribbon. A thread thin but firm enough to make sure the elastic ribbon with the buttonholes will not have to endure the heavy wear and tear that would appear if it was made from the same materials common elastic ribbon with buttonholes is made from. To create a seperation the thin but very firm thread can be led through both of the elastic ribbons near an edging and then be knotted together. To avoid a thickening because of the knot the thin but very strong thread can be laced through the material of the elastic ribbons. In the case of customary elastic ribbon with buttonholes the thread that is to weak to make suitable elastic ribbon containing buttonholes with durable and very strong but very small seperations could be replaced by a thread that is strong enough to create suitable seperations that are firm and durable and thin enough. A total width of the elastic ribbons of 1 to 1 Vi cm could be enough. Also more than two pieces of elastic ribbon could be used being connected to each other in the above manner to create several rows of buttonholes in between them. If in these several rows the starting
points of the buttonholes are not on a level with each other the size of part A can be adjusted with a length less than a buttonhole long. The pieces of elastic ribbon can also be connected using an elastic cord which goes from the edging of one ribbon to the edging of the other ribbon and up and fro between them using steps
i of half a buttonhole long. The elastic ribbon and the elastic cord can be connected to one another using a thin but very strong thread so it can be used to connect Part B to it. On the ribbon the length could be indicated in centimeters and it could be sold for example 3 meters in length and rolled around a piece of carton. As decoration or for pleasure or stimulation a structure could be attached to the elastic ribbon. A part of the Glans-stripper is the shoe-lace material V that is commonly used for making flat plaited cotton
i laces ment for sports shoes. It could be sold for example 15 meters hi length and rolled around a piece of carton so the consumer can make several parts B himself. On V the length could be indicated in centimeters. A part of the Glans-stripper is the spherical shaped and beadlike form K(-) with a hole. If K(-) is one part in whole V could be glued to the inside of the hole. Through an extra hole which leads to the middle of the hole containing V glue could be injected. In stead of using glue the extra hole could contain screw-thread and a screw to press V firmly against the side of its hole. The extra hole goes straight through K(-) containing a pin/ bolt that crosses the hole of V only partialy. The pin/ bolt contains free space on its crossing with the hole of V. By turning the pin/ bolt the free space will be replaced by a piece of the pin/ bolt resulting in pressing V tight because there is not enough room left for V anymore. If the extra hole has no screw-thread it should enclose the pin/ bolt so tight it can be turned but not fall out.
K(-) can also be made out of two parts. One part containing a gully and the other part containing a ledge. The ledge fits the gully and together they can hold V tied in between them. The two parts of K(-) can be hold firmly together using two countersinked screws. The two parts can also be connected through a hinge and be pressed together with a fastener like a screw or a clasp. The fastener and the hinge an the clasp can be countersinked to prevent the consumers from damaging themselves. On the bottom of the gully and on the top of the ledge there can be a raw or rugged structure to have more grip on V.
A part of Design 3 is a small discuslike and beadlike form PK. PK is a flattened version of form K(-). PK and K(4) can be integrated with one another to look more like one spherical shaped and beadlike form. Instead of one hole K(-) can contain two holes through which V can be led. If necessary the holes can have a different diameter so the smallest hole will have more grip on V than the other one. K(-) can be a pointed screw with a head as flat as the head of the lower part of the rivet, the flat head of the lower part of the rivet the little tube is connected to. The pointed screw can be pushed through the elastic ribbon and through V. A little spherical shaped and beadlike form could be turned onto the screw to squeeze it all together. In Design 1 this could be used to connect the elastic ribbon of part A to itself and to the shoe-lacematerial of part B.
All kinds of shapes or structures could be attached to K(-) or any other part of the Glans-stripper as decoration or to stimulate.
A part C of the Glans-stripper wich is like a small rectangle of firm plastic which is bend into a little archer's bow. The endings of the little bow can be bend outwards and they contain a little slit through which V or the elastic ribbon can be led. C can take the pressure of V or the elastic ribbon to spare the tube through which the sperm has to travel outside during an ejaculation.
A part R of a Glans-stripper consisting of a little rolled up rectangle which looks like a little piece of a thin drinking-straw containg a cut from one end to the other. R can be placed around the ends of the shoe-lacematerial and than be glued to it to prevent it from unraveling. R could be made out of shrinking stocking/ plastic with if necessary a raw or rugged structure on the inside to have more grip on the shoe-lacematerial. After being heated the piece of shrinking stocking/plastic should shrink to enclose the shoe-lacematerial tightly.
A do-it-yourself kit could be made out of a combination of the mentioned parts of the Glans-stripper that are needed to make one or several of the Designs. The contents can be supplied with a needle and some strong (fishing) thread, rivettes, a small piercer or (metal) pricker that fits into the hole of the little tube that is a part of the lower part of the rivet, glue and some bags or small boxes the selfhmde Glans-strppers can be kept in. The strong (fishing) thread can be used to pull the shoe-lacematerial through the elastic ribbon or through the hole of K(-) if K(-) is made out of one part.
Below I will try to give a short impression of why my inventions are an improvement compared to the
present state of the technology.
Because part A of Design 1 is made out of elastic ribbon without any fastener enlarging the risk of damaging
parts of the body.
Because Design 1 and 2 can hold the foreskin at the root of the erection without hindering the circulation of
the blood seriously and without forcing the erection to take on a different shape and it does not take much
space.
Because B does not connect A to the scrotum nor does it connect A behind the back to some kind of belt.
Because B is led alongside the root of the scrotum in the direction of the anus around where it is brought
together in order to be able to split and go around the body to the belly at the front where it will be connected
to each other. This ensures the user of the Glansstripper with the upmost freedom of movement and it
prevents him from huge differences in the force by which B is pulling A.
Because the fastener of Design 2 always can be closed fast and faultless while the risk of damaging parts of
the body beause of the shape of the fastener is brought back to a minimal and because it is easy to let the size
be the same every time and because the size is a stabel one.
Because the size of Design 3 can be easily adjusted and still be a very stabel one. If necessary the size can
also be enlarged easily during use and the shape of it reduces the risk of damaging parts of the body.
Because the three Designs can easily be washed with the rest of the duty laundry and because they take very
little space when they are not used.
Because the elastic ribbon with the buttonholes has seperations so small and so strong it will be durable and
will not endure the heavy wear and tear common elastic ribbon with buttonholes would do and because part
B can be connected to a seperation by wrapping it arround one and because the minimal length needed to
adjust A with will be limited to just the space needed for K(-) to be able to get through the buttonhole.
Because a large amount of shoe-lacematerial of 15 meters rolled up around a piece of carton gives the
consumer the opportunity to fix the needed length himself in whole and not La part and can do so for several
times while the total length of shoe-lace material that has to be purchased by a single consumer will be within
an acceptable range for him/ her and because it is easier and cheaper than using ready made shoe-laces that
most of the times still need to be shortened or even enlarged.
All my versions of K(-) are an improvement because of one or more of the following reasons:
During the act of leading V through K(-) or placing K(-) around V and making K(-) hold on tight to V the
handhold K(-) supplies one with will be as much as possible for it's size and if the heads of the screws or the
bolts (or the fastener or the hinge) will be countersinked what makes it easier to hold the screwdriver in place
it will be as easy and as safe as possible to work with and to make it hold on tight to V. The surface of the
insides of part K(-) touching V is bigger what provides K(-) with more grip and it makes K(-) also more
suited for a raw or rugged structure on the insides. K(-) can have an extra hole to insert glue. K(-) holds on
thight to V with much pressure and makes no use of a mechanisme based on a spring or a springlike effect
that can not provide the same pressure. K(-) can have two sides that are one because they are connected by a
hinge. A clasp could make two sides and a hinge even easier to close and to open. The clasp could be
countersinked and easily be opened with for example a tooth of a fork for which the room could be provided
for.
Part C, the little archer's bow, does not exist for these designs of the Olansstripper.
The tubelike parts R to prevent the endings of V from raveling are an improvement because they are made
from plastic and they can easily be placed around V and be glued to V by the consumer himself.
A do-it-yourself kit to make the Glanstrippers does not exist and it is an improvement because the consumer
can make the Glansstrippers himself easily in the size and manner he wants and he can replace the parts that
are worn out and it is cheaper than buying them ready for use.
Claims.
All of the designs and parts of the Glans-stripper ought to be made from materials that are not hazardous to the health when used normally, that do not have an offensive taste and are not offensive to touch with the mouth or the teeth.
1.
A Glans-stripper made out of a part A formed by a piece of elastic ribbon whose ends are indissoluble connected to each other and to the middle of part B. The outline of part A is about % to 3/4 of the outline of the root of the penis. The width of the elastic ribbon is about 1 to 1 l/z cm. Part B is made out of flat plaited cotton shoe-lace material commonly used in sports shoes. The endings of B are both led through the same spherical shaped and beadlike form K(-) that clenches the shoe-lacematerial so tight it will not slip while being used normally but can be moved by a specific action to adjust the size. The length of one half of part B is the outwardly measured distance from the top of the root of the erection to the anus and from the anus to the belly increased with 25 cm. The total length of the shoe-lacematerial B is made of has a measure of twice that distance. Part K(-) clenches B somewhere near the anus.
2.
A Glans-stripper made out of an elastic ribbon with buttonholes. The buttonholes are in one line with each
other. As fastener a spherical shaped and beadlike form K(-) is used. One side of K(-) is connected to the
elastic ribbon and the other side of K(-) is connected to the middle of part B (as in claim 1). Before using the
Glansstripper both halves of B should be led through the buttonhole that is needed for the size wanted by the
customer.
Instead of B a piece of shoe-lace material with a spherical shaped beadlike form K(3) at the end of it could be
connected to one side of K(2) and the middle of B could be connected to the elastic ribbon a bit further on.
3.
A Glans-stripper made out of a lengthened version of B (as in claim 1). The middle of B is led through an extra spherical shaped and beadlike form K(4) as well as through a flattened version of K(4) called PK which looks like a little discus with a hole. The middle of B is now part of an adjustable band that can be placed around the penis. Both halves of B are led through the space between the two pieces of B found in between K(4) and PK when these are not pressed together totally. Afther leaving K(4) both halves of B are led through a noose L that is big and strong enough to be grasped firmly. Noose L can be made out of shoe-lacematerial.
4.
A Glans-stripper with an accessory and this accessory has as characteristic features that it is made out of a cylindrical form that is small and strong enough to strech the band of Design 1 as far as possible and that is big and thin enough to be placed around the erection to be brought to the root of the erection.
SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26)
The accessory can also be made of a rectangle that already is bend or can be bend into a cylindrical form which size can be adjusted by sliding one end of the rectangle over the other. The rectangle can be made out out of firm but flexible plastic.
5.
A Glans-stripper with a part that also could be sold individually and this part has as characteristic features that it is made out of two pieces of elastic ribbon that are connected to each other with one edging by means of a thin but very strong thread. The interruptions between the connections are a buttonhole long. A thread thin but strong enough to connect the elastic ribbons and to form seperations between the buttonholes thin but strong enough to wrap the middle of B around it to make Design 2 without creating a discomfortable lump by pulling a seperation together that is to long. A thread thin but strong enough to avoid the heavy wear and tear that would appear if the seperation/ connection was made of the material that is commonly used to make elastic ribbon. To form the seperation/ connection the thin but extra strong thread is led through the ribbons near an edging and knotted together. To avoid a thickening because of the knot the thin but very strong thread could be laced through the material of the elastic ribbon. In the case of customary elastic ribbon with buttonholes the thread that is to weak to make the suitable elastic ribbon could be replaced with a thin but very strong thread so the seperations between the buttonholes would be as strong and durable and small as possible.
In stead of two pieces of elastic ribbon three or more pieces could be used so two or more rows of buttonholes will be formed in between them. If the beginnings and endings of the buttonholes in the several rows are not at the same level the size of A can be adjusted with steps smaller than the length of a buttonhole. The pieces of ribbon can be connected using an elastic cord that goes from the edging of one piece to the edging of the other piece and up and fro between them taking steps of half a buttonhole long. On the ribbon the length can be indicated in centimeters.
6.
A Glans-stripper consisting of individual parts that has to be put together by the consumer himself and this part could also be sold individually and this part has as characteristic features that it is made out of flat cotton shoe-lacematerial with a length of about 15 meters rolled up around apiece of carton. The length could be indicated on the shoe-lacematerial in centimeters.
7.
(The shoe-lacematerial is called 'V').
A Glans-stripper with a part K(-) that also could be sold individually and this part K(-) looks like a spherical
shaped and beadlike form and this part K(-) has one or more of the following characteristic features:
-K(-) has an extra hole which leads to the middle of the hole surrounding V. Using this extra hole glue can be
injected to glue V to the hole V is surrounded by.
-The extra hole contains a screw with a flattened point with which V can be pressed hard to the wall of the
hole V is surrounded by.
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-The extra hole only partially crosses the hole V is surrounded by. In the extra hole a bolt is enclosed. At the
crossing with the hole of V the bolt contains free space so the hole V is surrounded by will not be narrowed.
By turning the bolt the free space will be replaced and the hole V is surrounded by will be narrowed at the
cossing with the extra hole and the bolt resulting in V being pressed hard to the wall of the hole V is
surrounded by.
-K(-) is formed by a pointed screw with a head as flat as the head of the lower part of a rivet. The point of
the screw can be pushed through the elastic ribbon and B after which a spherical shape can be turned onto the
screw to press the ends of the elastic ribbon and B together. K(-) can be used to construct Design 1.
-K(-) is formed out of two parts containing countersinked screws to press them together so they can hold on
tight to V. One part contains a gully and the other part contains a ledge. The ledge fits into the gully enabling
them to hold on to V so thight V can not slip.
-The two parts can be connected through a hinge and pressed together with a fastener as a screw or a clasp to
hold on tight to V so it can not slip. The hinge and the fastener like a screw or clasp can best be
countersinked.
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-A raw or rugged structure could be attached to the part of K(-) that touches V to have more grip on V.
-The spherical shaped and beadlike form K(-) is flattened to a little discuslike form PK that contains a hole.
The flattened discuslike form PK and the attendanting form K(-) Design 3 could be constructed with can be
integrated with one another to be more like one spherical shaped and beadlike form.
-To the spherical shaped and beadlike form K(-) structures and forms could be attached to decorate or to
stimulate.
-In stead of one hole V can contain two holes through which V could be led. The size of one hole could be
smaller than the size of the other hole to let one hole have more grip to V than the other hole does.
8.
A Glans-stripper with a part C that also could be sold individually and this part C has as characteristic features that it is formed by a Ittle rectangle which is bend into a little archers's bow. The ends of the little archer's bow can be bend outwards and they contain a little slit through which V or the elastic ribbon can be led. C can take the pressure of V or the elastic ribbon to spare the tube through which the sperm has to travel outside during an ejaculation.
9.
A Glans-stripper that could be constructed by the consumer himself with a part that also could be sold
individually with as characteristic features that it is formed by a little rectangle of thin and firm but flexible
plastic that is rollud up into a little tube containg a cut from one ending to the other. R can easily be placed
around the ends of the shoe-lacematerial and than be glued to it to prevent it from unraveling.
R could also be a little tube of shrinking stocking/plastic with a raw or rugged structure on the inside to have
extra grip on V. After being heated the shrinking stocking/plastic should have shrunk to enclose V tightly.
10.
SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26)
A Glans-stripper with as characteristic features that the consumer has to construct it himself and that all the parts are brought together in a do-it-yourself kit that contains all the parts a consumer needs to construct a design of the Glans-stripper himself. The do-it-yourself kit can also contain more different parts or all the parts needed to construct more than one of the designs of the Glans-stripper or all of them. Parts like one or several sorts of elastic ribbon, a sufficient but not extreme length of flat cotton shoe-lacematerial, one or more versions of K(-), the little archer's bow C, the little tubes R to prevent the endings of the shoe-lacematerial from raveling. The do-it-yourself kit can be completed with a needle and a length of strong thread like fishing thread, rivettes, a small pricker/ piercer that fits into the hole of the tubelike form connected to to lower part of the rivet, glue, strong cotton thread and bags or small boxes the selfmade Glansstrippers can be kept in.
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| 2 | 6518-delnp-2006-pct-304.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 2 | 6518-delnp-2006- abstract.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 3 | 6518-delnp-2006-pa.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 3 | 6518-delnp-2006- claims.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 4 | 6518-delnp-2006-form-3.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 4 | 6518-delnp-2006- description (complete).pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 5 | 6518-delnp-2006-correspondence-others.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 5 | 6518-delnp-2006- drawings.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 6 | 6518-delnp-2006- pct-101.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 6 | 6518-delnp-2006- form-1.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 7 | 6518-delnp-2006- pct- search report.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 7 | 6518-delnp-2006- form-2.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 8 | 6518-delnp-2006- form-5.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 9 | 6518-delnp-2006- pct- search report.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 9 | 6518-delnp-2006- form-2.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 10 | 6518-delnp-2006- form-1.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 10 | 6518-delnp-2006- pct-101.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 11 | 6518-delnp-2006-correspondence-others.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 11 | 6518-delnp-2006- drawings.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 12 | 6518-delnp-2006-form-3.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 12 | 6518-delnp-2006- description (complete).pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 13 | 6518-delnp-2006-pa.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 13 | 6518-delnp-2006- claims.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 14 | 6518-delnp-2006-pct-304.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 14 | 6518-delnp-2006- abstract.pdf | 2011-08-21 |
| 15 | 6518-DELNP-2006_EXAMREPORT.pdf | 2016-06-30 |
| 15 | 6518-DELNP-2006-Form-13-(04-04-2008).pdf | 2008-04-04 |