[0001] The invention relates to a holder for a covering or the like for the pubic area of
a user, for example a textile covering such as a tanga.
[0002] Normally briefs are used for covering the pubic area. These are characterized by
a piece of fabric covering the buttock area, a piece of fabric covering the pubic
area and more or less wide strips of fabric which connect these two together. Although
as a rule such garments remain well in place on the user's body during a variety of
activities, they have the disadvantage that for reasons of a normative nature a larger
area of the user's body than is strictly necessary is covered and is not for example
accessible for sunrays.
[0003] An improvement on this is the tanga, where either the previously mentioned wide strips
of fabric guided over the user's sides are replaced by thin straps or the portion
covering the buttock area is absent and the portion covering the pubic area is held
in position by means of straps guided through the anal cleft and around the user's
sides. Although here the covered surfaces protected from the sun rays are relatively
small, the tanga still has the disadvantage that after sunbathing stripes can be visible
on the skin, particularly on the side. Apart from that in the case of male users it
is only with difficulty that the tanga retains its close fit, because the portion
covering the pubic area is only held in place by the straps, which merely exert a
laterally directed force on that portion.
[0004] Furthermore, tanga-like garments are known with a spring-like bracket and a piece
of fabric placed thereover, the bracket being held in position by engaging about the
mons veneris with a triangular shaped bracket part at the front and by engaging in
the anal cleft at the back. By means of this garment, that is particularly intended
for women, the user's sides are thus freed from covering fabric parts. A disadvantage
of this is, however, that the attachment to the user's body is not secure. Because
of this, in particular in the case of female users, the bracket can start sliding
laterally or, as a consequence of the user bending down, whereby the abdomen exerts
a displacing pressure on the bracket, in a downward direction, as a result of which
the pubic area may then become partially exposed.
[0005] An object of the invention is to provide a holder of the kind mentioned in the preamble,
which can leave the user's sides completely exposed, but still can be held in a very
secure and pleasant way against the user's body, in just about all the user's postures,
so that not only a tanga, but also other coverings or objects remain well in position.
[0006] For this purpose the invention provides a device for holding a covering, cover or
other objects in front of the pubic area of a user, for example a textile covering
such as a tanga, comprising carrier means for engaging the groin area of the user,
on either side of the pubic area, and for supporting a cover and securing means which
can be brought into a securing engagagement with the proximal side of the sphincter
of the user so as to thereby be secured into place, wherein the securing means are
substantially rigidly connected to the first carrier means. The sphincter ensures
that the securing means are held securely in place and with them also the first carrier
means, so that the covering of the pubic area also can constantly remain in position.
An additional advantage is that the device according to the invention is not essentially
dependant on the clamping forces on the body exerted by the bracket as far as the
operation is concerned, which can be highly unpleasant, but, on the contrary, because
of the presence of the securing means in the rectum, will be experienced as being
particularly pleasant.
[0007] Preferably, at the position of the securing means the first carrier means connect
to second carrier means which are joined with the first carrier means and are designed
for the engagement of the area of the anal cleft near the os coccygis, the second
carrier means preferably comprising portions for the engagement of the area near the
os sacrum. Preferably, the second carrier means are connected to the securing means
in a substantially rigid way. In this way the device according to the invention is
held in position in an especially secure manner, the securing means being moreover
almost fixed in their position as seen in the symetrical plane of the user.
[0008] According to an advantageous further development of the device according to the invention
the first carrier means and/or the second carrier means are elastically deformable
in the symetrical plane of the user. This ensures that the first carrier means and
possibly the second carrier means rest tightly on the user's body in order to provide
a good fit for the covering, it being observed that due to the presence of the securing
means this clamping force need not be so large that by this means alone the device
according to the invention would remain in place on the user's body.
[0009] According to a preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention the
first carrier means comprises two rod shaped parts extending on either side of the
pubic area, which can be biassed in a direction turned away from each other, i.e.
in a lateral direction. This ensures that in a lateral direction the covering will
also be nice and tight. The first carrier means and the second carrier means are preferably
integral with one another, and preferably form a bracket, made of wire e.g. metal
wire. This bracket may be easily made, that is out of a single metal wire, of which
the middle forms the outer end of the second carrier means and the ends form the ends
of the first carrier means. A textile covering, for example, can simply be arranged
on the bracket.
[0010] Preferably the securing means comprise a base attached to the first carrier means,
a head part, provided with surfaces engaging the proximal side of the sphincter, and
a shaft connecting the head part with the base. The head part thereof is provided
with surfaces for indirectly pressing against the prostrate gland via the rectum wall
and/or is provided with surfaces for indirectly presssing against the musculus levator
ani. Through this the previously mentioned pleasant sensation that the user will have
when wearing the device according to the invention will be heightened. This sensation
will be enhanced even more in the case of the first and/or second carrier means being
elastically deformable in the symmetrical plane of the user, in that the head part
then, possibly after selection, presses against the prostrate gland or the musculus
levator ani, which goes around the rectum on the dorsal side to the cavitas peritonealis.
In this last case it has been been noticed that the user has the tendency to walk
in an upright manner, as a result of which the aesthetic effect of the device according
to the invention will be further heigtened.
[0011] Preferably the device according to the invention is designed in such a way that the
first carrier means and/or the second carrier means can press against areas of the
body which can be of use in acupuncture, particularly the groin area.
[0012] The invention will now be described on the basis of a preferred purely exemplary
embodiment represented in the accompanying drawings. In the drawings:
fig. 1 shows the preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention in
perspective view, without textile covering; and
fig. 2 shows the device according to fig. 1, on a somewhat enlarged scale, with textile
covering.
[0013] The device 1 according to the invention is substantially made up of a bracket 2 of
synthetic material or (stainless) metal and a pawn shaped securing part 4. The bracket
2 is formed from a single wire, bent double in the middle so as to form two bracket
legs 2' and 2''. The bracket legs 2' and 2'' define a rear bracket portion 23 and
a front bracket portion 3, which merge into one another at the position of the securing
part 4. In the first bracket portion 3 the bracket legs 2', 2'' define wire portions
5, 6 which are intended to rest against the groin area on either side of the pubic
area of the user. At their upper end the wire portions 5, 6 are bent towards each
other in order to form more or less horizontal wire portions 9, 10, on the ends of
which protective caps 11, 12 are attached to protect the user against the sharp ends
of the wire portions 9 and 10. In the rear bracket portion 23 the bracket legs 2',
2'' form wire portions 7, 8 that are in such close proximity to one another that they
can both reach up through the anal cleft of the user so as to be able to engage about
the os sacrum with their portion 13.
[0014] The pawn shaped securing part 4 substantially comprises a base 14, which is provided
with passages 15, 16, for the passage of the bracket legs 2', 2''. In order to adjust
the device according to the invention to suit the user, the bracket legs 2', 2'' are
slidably accomodated in the base 14, and restrained as it were therein. After the
user has found the correct position, the position of the base 14 with regard to the
bracket legs 2', 2'' can be fixed with the help of a suitable adhesive (not shown).
The pawn shaped securing means 4 further comprises a head part 18 which is connected
to the base 14 by means of a shaft 17. Here this shaft is rod shaped but can also
be made by a more plate shaped body. The securing part 4 is preferably made of an
integral piece of wood, porcelain, metal, rubber, synthetic material or any other
such suitable material and is provided with a smooth surface. The head part 18 projects
from the the shaft 17, as seen in a radial direction from the shaft, and thereby forms
on the side facing the base a locking or stop surface 20 which is intended to rest
against the proximal side of the sphincter during use. In order to be able to permit
an easy insertion of the securing means 4 the front side of the head part 18 is so
made that it is conical and rounded off. In the areas thereof which are forewardly
and downwardly faced, in the position of use, surfaces 19 are formed, which, in the
case of male users, are intended to press against the prostrate gland indirectly via
the rectum wall. At the rear side of the head part 18, at the top, the locking surface
20 forms a surface 21 which is intended during use to press against the musculus levator
ani indirectly via the rectum wall.
[0015] The bracket 2 is as a whole resilient, both in a direction in the symetrical plane
of the user and in a direction perpendicular thereto, particularly on the upper front.
This not only ensures that the tanga garment 22 (see fig. 2), that is held under tension
by means of elastic band 24 attached thereto, is at all times nice and tight when
put on to the user's body. Moreover, a force can be exerted herewith to the securing
part 4, and in particular to the head part 18 thereof, in a direction in the symetrical
plane of the user. Through this the force with which the surface 19 indirectly presses
against the prostrate gland and the force with which the surface 21 indirectly presses
against the musculus levator ani, respectively, can be adjusted by the user to suit
his personal needs.
[0016] Due to the resilience of the bracket portions 3, 23, during walking and other rhythmic
movements the securing part 4 will move back and forth slightly, as a result which
the head part 18 has a massaging effect on the rectum wall and on the prostrate gland
and musculus levator ani which rests against it.
[0017] The covering 22 shown in figure 2 can easily be substituted by a similar covering
with another pattern or colour. The covering 22 is thereby arranged around the bracket
2 in the manner of a fitted sheet. It is also appealing that the rear bracket part
23 has a form which makes it possible to secure accessories such as ornaments, plumes
or tails and the like for amusment purposes.
[0018] The front bracket portion 3 offers the possibility of fixing all sorts of objects
or coverings, such as artifical genital organs. The wearer of the device can thus
suggest the presence of other e.g. male genital organs or organs larger than the actual
genital organs, either covered or not covered by fabric.
[0019] The wire parts 5, 6 can be bent in a plane perpendicular to the symetrical plane
of the user in such a way that they form a support surface for the testes of a male
user, so that the bulge in the briefs is enlarged. By this the user also has a more
pleasant sensation. This sensation can be enhanced still more by forming the wire
portions 5, 6 in such a way that they also apply a sideward pressure to the lower
area of the testes, as a result of which the blood pressure in the corpus spongiosum
is heightened.
[0020] The bracket portions 3 and/or 23 can be formed in such a way that the wire portions
can come to rest on places on the user's body which are suitable for acupuncture treatment.
The bracket can easily be adjusted to produce pressure forces necessary for that,
all the more because the bracket of the device does not have to produce the otherwise
necessary clamping forces as the securing part 4 substantially takes care of holding
the device in place on the body. Thus the wire portions 7, 8 and/or 13 can be formed
so as to press on to the os coccygis (Chang-chi'i-ang) or even to press underneath
the processus spinosus of the second vertebra lumbalis (Ming-Men).
1. Device (1) for holding a covering, cover or other objects in front of the pubic area
of a user, for example a textile covering such as a tanga, comprising first carrier
means (2, 3) for engaging the groin area of the user on either side of the pubic area
and for supporting a cover (22), and securing means (4) which can be brought into
a securing engagement with the proximal side of the sphincter of the user so as to
thereby be secured into place, wherein the securing means are substantially rigidly
connected to the first carrier means.
2. Device according to claim 1, wherein at the position of the securing means (4) the
first carrier means (2, 3) connect to second carrier means (2, 23) which are joined
with the first carrier means and are designed for for the engagement of the area of
the anal cleft near the os coccygis.
3. Device according to claim 2, wherein the second carrier means (2,23) comprise portions
(13) for the engagement of the area near the os sacrum.
4. Device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the second carrier means (2, 23) are connected
to the securing means (4) in a substantially rigid manner.
5. Device according to any one of the claims 1 to 4, wherein the first carrier means
(2, 3) and/or the second carrier means (2, 23) are elastically deformable in the symetrical
plane of the user.
6. Device according to any one of the previous claims, wherein the first carrier means
(2, 3) comprise two rod shaped parts (5, 6) extending on either side of the pubic
area, which can be biassed in a direction turned away from each other.
7. Device according to any one of the claims 2 to 6, wherein the first carrier means
(2, 3) and the second carrier means (2, 23) are integral with one another, preferably
in the form of a wire (2', 2'' e.g. a bracket made of metal wire.
8. Device according to any one of the previous claims, wherein the securing means (4)
comprise a base attached to the first carrier means 82, 3), a head part (18) provided
with surfaces (20) engaging the proximal side of the sphincter, and a shaft (17) connecting
the base with the head part (18).
9. Device according to claim 8, wherein the head part (18) is provided with surfaces
for indirectly pressing against the prostrate gland and/or is provided with surfaces
(21) for indirectly pressing against the musculus levator ani.
10. Device according to any one of the previous claims, wherein the first carrier means
(2, 3) and/or the second carrier means (2, 23) are provided with pressure means for
for acupuncture purposes.