Device for controlling incontinence

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING INCONTINENCE, COMPRISING: A SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED FRAME HAVING SPACED UPRIGHT ARMS INTERCONNECTED BY A CROSS MEMBER, SAID ARMS BEING RESILIENTLY MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, SAID UPRIGHT ARMS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL BUT EXTENDING DIVERGENTLY FROM EACH OTHER AT RELATIVELY SMALL ANGLES IN THEIR UNSTRAINED POSITIONS; A SECOND CROSS MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING PROXIMATE EACH OF ITS ENDS ADJUSTABLY RECEIVING AN UPRIGHT ARM OF SAID U-SHAPED FRAME THERETHROUGH, SAID OPENINGS BEING SPACED APART AND HAVING RESTRAINING EDGES FOR ENGAGING SAID ARMS IN VARIOUS POSITIONS OF ADJUSTMENT, SAID RESTRAINING EDGES BEING SPACED APART A SHORTER DISTANCE THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ENGAGEMENT SURFACES OF SAID ARMS IF ALLOWED TO ASSUME UNSTRAINED POSITIONS, THE ENGAGEMENT SURFACES OF SAID ARMS AND THE RESTRAINING EDGES OF SAID SECOND CROSS MEMBER BEING FURTHER FORMED WITH COMPLEMENTARY SERRATIONS, AND EACH OPENING OF SAID SECOND CROSS MEMBER BEING FORMED WITH A LATERAL LOCKING RECESS HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME WIDTH AS SAID ARMS AND INTO WHICH SAID ARMS CAN BE MOVED TO PROVIDE A SAFETY LOCK, WHEREBY SAID SECOND CROSS MEMBER CANNOT BE INADVERTENTLY SLID UP OR DOWN RELATIVE TO SAID ARMS, A RAISED CENTER PORTION PROVIDED ON ONE OF SAID CROSS MEMBERS PROJECTING TOWARD THE OTHER CROSS MEMBER, AND A CENTER CURVATURE FORMED ON THE OTHER CROSS MEMBER, WHEREBY SAID SECOND CROSS MEMBER MAY BE ADJUSTABLY POSITIONED ON SAID ARMS FOR CLAMPING SAID DEVICE ONTO A PENIS AND APPLYING A RADIALLY DIRECTED PRESSURE TO ITS URETHRA WITHOUT TWISTING.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING INCONTINENCE, COMPRISING: A SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED FRAME HAVING SPACED UPRIGHT ARMS INTERCONNECTED BY A CROSS MEMBER, SAID ARMS BEING RESILIENTLY MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, SAID UPRIGHT ARMS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL BUT EXTENDING DIVERGENTLY FROM EACH OTHER AT RELATIVELY SMALL ANGLES IN THEIR UNSTRAINED POSITIONS; A SECOND CROSS MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING PROXIMATE EACH OF ITS ENDS ADJUSTABLY RECEIVING AN UPRIGHT ARM OF SAID U-SHAPED FRAME THERETHROUGH, SAID OPENINGS BEING SPACED APART AND HAVING RESTRAINING EDGES FOR ENGAGING SAID ARMS IN VARIOUS POSITIONS OF ADJUSTMENT, SAID RESTRAINING EDGES BEING SPACED APART A SHORTER DISTANCE THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ENGAGEMENT SURFACES OF SAID ARMS IF ALLOWED TO ASSUME UNSTRAINED POSITIONS, THE ENGAGEMENT SURFACES OF SAID ARMS AND THE RESTRAINING EDGES OF SAID SECOND CROSS MEMBER BEING FURTHER FORMED WITH COMPLEMENTARY SERRATIONS, AND EACH OPENING OF SAID SECOND CROSS MEMBER BEING FORMED WITH A LATERAL LOCKING RECESS HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME WIDTH AS SAID ARMS AND INTO WHICH SAID ARMS CAN BE MOVED TO PROVIDE A SAFETY LOCK, WHEREBY SAID SECOND CROSS MEMBER CANNOT BE INADVERTENTLY SLID UP OR DOWN RELATIVE TO SAID ARMS, A RAISED CENTER PORTION PROVIDED ON ONE OF SAID CROSS MEMBERS PROJECTING TOWARD THE OTHER CROSS MEMBER, AND A CENTER CURVATURE FORMED ON THE OTHER CROSS MEMBER, WHEREBY SAID SECOND CROSS MEMBER MAY BE ADJUSTABLY POSITIONED ON SAID ARMS FOR CLAMPING SAID DEVICE ONTO A PENIS AND APPLYING A RADIALLY DIRECTED PRESSURE TO ITS URETHRA WITHOUT TWISTING.