Sound muffling cup
OwnerMonya Scullyinventor
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Abstract
The invention is directed to providing a sound muffling cup into which an enraged person can shout to release tension while avoiding disturbing other persons. The cup comprises an elongated body portion having a substantially closed end wall at one end, and brim shaped to provide a mouthpiece at the other end. The body portion is of a size such that the fingers can be at least partially wrapped around the body portion for holding of the cup, and the mouthpiece is of a size and contour such that it can be place over the mouth with substantially the entire brim contacting the skin along a generally elliptical line spaced from the lips and on the mouth side of the nose and chin.
Claims5
Sound muffling cup into which an enraged person can shout to release tension while avoiding disturbing other persons, comprising
- an elongated body having a closed end wall at one end and a brim shaped to provide an open mouthpiece at the other end,
- a first body portion adjacent said closed end wall being of a size such that the fingers can be at least partially wrapped around said first body portion for holding the cup,
- said mouthpiece being of a size and contour such that it can be placed over the mouth with substantially the entire brim contacting the skin along a generally eliptical line spaced from the lips and on the mouth side of the nose and chin,
- a second body portion adjacent said mouthpiece diverging from said first body portion to the brin and being coaxial with said first body portion,
- an axially disposed hollow tube mounted on said closed end portion and having an open end facing said open mouthpiece, and
- four rib-baffles substantially equally spaced apart from each other and extending radially from said hollow tube to said first body portion,
- whereby sound waves are trapped and compressed by the fins and the tube so that they are hardly audible at close range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.