Patent application (well, a fake one)

Disclaimer

This is a draft that I made for fun. It was not truly filed. Alfredo Martin is a fictional character and C.E.S.C. is a fictional organization.

For the (fake) patent draft, follow this link: Adult Pacifier and Muffler 

 

Relation to the story

This patent draft is inspired by my fiction ("The Return of the Paramour"). The story is intentionally vague, it does not list a single date. However, the first steps, by the illustrious organization "C.E.S.C.", supposedly happen in the 1980's (first ideas perhaps late 1970's).

I imagined that the members of C.E.S.C., a group of about 12 men, were focused and determined, but not particularly wealthy or particularly skilled. There may be a dentist among them, or a civil engineer, or a music teacher, who knows. (Of one member, a bit of background is disclosed: he is a (possibly retired) fashion designer and the story suggests that he has sewing equipment at his home.) But presumably, not one of them has access to injection molding equipment for private experiments and not one of them knows how to design and solder an electronic circuit.

As a result, version 1 of their special gag is technically simple to make. It is multi-layered and it is quite a decent gag, but in terms of silencing effectiveness it is comparable with stuffing someones mouth full and taping it shut.

For a truly effective gag, it must have electronic shutter valves and an electronic circuit to drive it. It needs people who know where to source miniature actuators for the valves, have access to manufacturing equipment such as a 3D printer, and the skills to design an electronic circuit. I position this event 15 years later, roughly 2005, in a university. It is a handful of students who join the C.E.S.C. operation to add the few missing pieces that vastly improve the gag.

This "patent application" is for the 2nd generation gag.