Patents Represented by Attorney Edward T. Callahan
  • Patent number: 5299434
    Abstract: A safe-sex device comprising an ornamental brooch that includes an emblem suggesting a message to a viewer that the wearer of the brooch carries a prophylactic against venereal infection, the emblem being positioned either inside or outside the clothing worn by the wearer. The brooch includes a clasp for removably attaching the emblem to the clothing. A packet having flexible foil walls containing the prophylactic, namely, a condom, is positioned in a packet holder that is removably mounted to the brooch located either behind the clothing out of sight of the viewer or external to the clothing behind the emblem. The packet holder has biasable holding walls that have a recess and a button that are located within the augmented borders of the condom, which is configured as a closed plane curve, so that the packet holder is removably gripped between the biasable holding walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Inventor: Judith L. Kaufman