Detail view of the reticules' mesh.

Note the smooth and narrower cloth join in the middle. Presumably, this would allow the muffler to lie more smoothly and comfortably around the neck.

Close view of the muffler's pattern and texture.

A close-up of the muffler pattern, which was obviously intended to be as much decorative as functional. The texture is ridged, with alternating colors of slightly different, but complementary, shades.

This is the close-up of the box which can be seen in the first photograph of the muffler display.

Detail view of the back side of the muffler.

Everybody seems to feel a need to patent everything. Merited or not - it got one too.