Fleshlight
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Fleshlights in different sleeves | |
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| Industry | Sex toys |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Steve Shubin |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, United States |
Area served | United States, Canada, Germany, Australia, and United Kingdom |
| Products | Fleshlight, Fleshlight Girls, Fleshjack, Fleshjack Boys |
| Parent | Interactive Life Forms, LLC |
| Website |
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The Fleshlight is a brand of male masturbator. It is used by inserting the male penis in its opening.[1][2] Fleshlights are sold in various forms including artificial vaginas or artificial anal openings. Fleshlight is primarily marketed to heterosexual men.
Product history
The Fleshlight was designed by Steve Shubin[3] who was granted a patent in 1998 for his invention, as a "device for discreet sperm collection",[4] and is marketed by Interactive Life Forms.[5] It consists of an inner masturbation sleeve which consists of flesh-like material while the external plastic case that houses the sleeve is fashioned to look like an oversized flashlight. The masturbation sleeve is available with vulva, anus, or mouth orifices, and comes in colors of flesh from a variety of ethnicities, as well as see-through, and 48 different internal textures.[6]
In 2011, the company that manufactures Fleshlight sent a complementary package of its products to the members of the SEALs team that killed Osama bin Laden.[7]
Similar products
The Fleshlight Girls brand consists of masturbation sleeves molded from the bodies of female pornstars.[8] A device called the Fleshjack is a spin-off marketed to homosexual men.[9] The Fleshjack Boys brand consists of masturbation sleeves in the form of mouths and anal openings, and also dildos, all of which are molded from the bodies of gay pornstars.[10]
References
- ↑ How to Use a Fleshlight, LoveHoney Buyers' Guide
- ↑ Answers to commonly asked questions about Fleshlight products, Fleshlight website
- ↑ Lynn, Regina (February 15, 2008). "Unexpected Sources Drive Progress of Sex Tech". Wired.
- ↑ U.S. Patent 5,782,818 and U.S. Patent 5,807,360
- ↑ Bussel, Rachel Kramer (September 21, 2006). "Boys' Toys". The Village Voice.
- ↑ Overview: Fleshlight internal textures, Fleshlight website
- ↑ "Sex-Toy Maker Thanks SEALs for Killing Bin Laden" by Adam Weinstein, Mother Jones, 10 May 2011
- ↑ "Fleshlight Girls". Sexcite. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ↑ "Fleshjack Wins Cybersocket Award". AVN. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ↑ "Fleshjack Boys". Retrieved January 23, 2014.
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