Popular Science Monthly 



667 



undoubtedly would be more effective, the 

 inventor seems to have been overcome by 

 a feeling of pity at the last moment, 

 for he directs that the projections are 

 to be tipped with balls or 

 knobs "to prevent them 

 from injuring anything 

 they come into contact 

 with." He frankly admits 

 that the attachment is a 

 "prodding device," and 

 declares it will prevent 

 snoring "by prodding the 

 wearer in the event of ly- 

 ing on the back." 



The combined brace and 

 prodder could be used by 

 day, as well as by night. 

 "The prodding device could be worn with are accorded to the wearer by his victims, 

 the brace at all times," the inventor ex- Despite this, the inventor, with the in- 



plains, "and would serve to remind the consistency common to genius, contends 

 wearer to straighten up in case of a ten- that "the object of the invention is to im 

 dency to lean forward, thus pre- pj a p V a| V ei prove, simplify and cheapen the con 



Here is a real masterpiece. 

 The device, turned one way, 

 will completely silence the 

 snorer. Reversed, it allows 

 him a little musical leeway 



venting too great dependence 

 upon the brace itself for sup- 

 port." On this point there 

 seems to be no room for 

 argument. 



In addition to these many 

 advantages, this appliance 

 might have another use, on 

 which a tip is offered to the 

 inventor free of charge. In 

 the privacy of his home, if the metal pro- 

 jections were a little longer than indicated 

 in the patent application, the wearer 

 might use the prodding device as a 

 hat rack and clothes hanger when 

 he is not in bed. 



A California man has invented 

 what may be called the anti-snoring 

 shield de luxe. It is illustrated at the 

 top of this page. Ade- 

 quately to set forth its 

 many special features, ex- 

 tra attachments and added 

 attractions would be no 

 mean job for a circus press 

 agent. It seems doubtful, 

 however, whether anybody 

 except an engineer ever 

 could learn to wear the 

 thing successfully, because 

 of the complicated valve 

 system by which it filters 

 the snores out of slumber — 

 or graduates them to suit 

 the ear in the event that 

 limited special privileges 



Through this one-way 

 valve the snorer exhales 

 through the mouth if he 

 wishes, but there mouth- 

 breathing option ends 



The man who devised this 

 apparatus has probably suf- 

 fered many things in Pullman 

 sleepers or elsewhere. He 

 has not the least compas- 

 sion on anybody who snores 



struction of the device by 

 providing the flexible mouth- 

 piece with a plurality of 

 valves for controlling the vol- 

 ume of air expelled from the 

 lungs through the mouth and 

 for controlling the admission 

 of air through the opening in 

 said mouthpiece when the 

 latter is reversed." 

 A technical description of the device is 

 beyond the power of the writer. It 

 seems, though, 

 that the inventor 

 has tried to put a 

 new interest into 

 life for the snorer 

 by adding to the 

 valve scheme a 

 means of regulat- 

 ing the size of the 

 opening through 

 which air is inhaled or ex- 

 pelled, according to whether 

 the shield is being used as a 

 snore sentry or as a safety 

 valve. The regulating is 

 done by means of a little 

 metal clip which is slipped 

 over the edge of the valve 

 seat and raised or lowered 

 like the floodgate of a dam. 

 We assume that instruc- 

 tions as to how to operate 

 the mechanism will be 

 given with each device sold. 



