Anti-Eating Face Mask

by J. Foster

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Patent #4344424: Anti-eating Face Mask

Filed: March 27, 1980.

"[the] object of this invention is to provide a new and novel mask which is worn on the head of a user to prevent the consumption of food by the user and therefore an attendant weight problem"

The face mask is designed to prevent the ingestion of food without interfering with breathing and speech.

Fortunately for us all, this torture device remains only as a patent (unless your name happens to be Hannibal Lecter).

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22 Comments

staci

hmmm; i think this would be great for halloween :D

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Lynette

I...can't...stop...laughing!!!!! Duct tape works just as well and would probably be cheaper! :)

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bijou

it's hannibal lecter!

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JoLynn Braley

This belongs in your local medieval torture museum (LOL!)...that is, if you live in a major tourist destination in Europe... ;)

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kitekrazy
staci said:
hmmm; i think this would be great for halloween :D[...]

Or a heavy metal band

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Spectra

LMAO! Yeah, I'm thinking nothing would keep a very determined person away from eating their food...not even a freaky mask.

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Eeyoreem

I think its funny but kind of sad that we actually need something like this to control ourselves from eating. Besides who puts the mask on you and takes it off? Does someone else have control over this because whats to say you can't just take the mask off when you're hungry. Willpower is a much better tool for controling urges. If that is not an option then have someone hold you accountable rather then wear a torture devise and look like an idiot who can't control themselves.

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kyle combs

Too funny.. But unfortunately also to true that there are those out there that need such a device. http://theconditioningcoach.blogspot.com/

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lw

This is just plain weird. Reminds me of a headgear.

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Brandy

Wait! Let me get my muzzel on before we go out. It's my new form of self control. I think Paris Hitlon is even wearing one. That's HOT!

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Brandy

I wonder if it leaves grill marks on your face if you wear it too tight. That could be an issue.

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Andrea

You got to be kidding. What will we come up with next?

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Laura

ummmm.... and the person who wears this has no *hands*???

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ann

Heeey, wait a minute everybody.....I think there on to something here. Sure beats bypass surgery...think I can get one with just s&h costs? The more wierder & whackier the better. So here's lookin @ you kid. Bye Bye

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Oscar

This is simply outrageous. Anyone in the right mind wouldn't want to submit their selves for that kind of device.

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Sara

It could work with a timer you could set. Say 8 hrs, and it unlocks - no way before that. Although I would never wear that.

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wizard

Wow, puritanism endures. This reminds me of devices invented in the 19th century to prevent men and women from, you know, touching themselves. These days eating is almost as demonized as that act was. So, post-sexual revolution, guess we feel the need to restrain other urges.

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Yolanda

Anyone who would want to use it is probably insane or has an eating disorder.

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oceans11

Wasn't there a girl on MTV's Real World who had her mouth wired shut so she could lose weight?

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Alexandra

This is the funniest thing I have seen all day!

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clamcake

But does it work? Maybe you could use it for a week or two until you get used to not eating every 15 minutes. I know several people including an MD who died after weight loss surgery. Smokers could use it too (6,000,000 deaths annualyy across the world from tobacco). This mask may appear silly but maybe it works! At first glance it is funny but people laughed at the Wright brothers too.

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Sue

Seriously! If there was a piece of chocolate that I really wanted, it wouldn't matter what was covering my mouth!

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