What is this object?

[K_W]

My mother is going through things in my grandparents home pre-sale following the death of my grandfather... she found this... neither of us have any idea what it is.

It's plastic...

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

What's it made of? Is it threaded? Has she found maybe a little ball that fits inside of it? Just letting my mind wander.

 

[K_W]

What's it made of? Is it threaded? Has she found maybe a little ball that fits inside of it? Just letting my mind wander.

Black rigid plastic.

 

[patience0830]

Finger splint?

 

[jagee]

Where was it found? As in, what other items were in the general vicinity of this thing?

 

[Reagan40]

It looks like the top of an old snorkel that my dad used to have. A little ball would go in it. That would mount on the end of the snorkel that is opposite to the end you put your mouth on. The end that mounts on would not just go straight up, it curved downward. So when it was above water, the ball fell to the end of the cage and air could go in and out of the snorkel. When that end went under water, the ball would float and plug the opening of the snorkel so no water could get in.

Did he ever snorkel or scuba dive when he was younger?

 

[K_W]

It looks like the top of an old snorkel that my dad used to have. A little ball would go in it. That would mount on the end of the snorkel that is opposite to the end you put your mouth on. The end that mounts on would not just go straight up, it curved downward. So when it was above water, the ball fell to the end of the cage and air could go in and out of the snorkel. When that end went under water, the ball would float and plug the opening of the snorkel so no water could get in.

Did he ever snorkel or scuba dive when he was younger?

He was Motorcycler, skier, and sailboater.

 

[femurphy77]

It looks like some kind of audio vibratory physio molecular device!

 

[femurphy77]

It looks like the top of an old snorkel that my dad used to have. A little ball would go in it. That would mount on the end of the snorkel that is opposite to the end you put your mouth on. The end that mounts on would not just go straight up, it curved downward. So when it was above water, the ball fell to the end of the cage and air could go in and out of the snorkel. When that end went under water, the ball would float and plug the opening of the snorkel so no water could get in.

Did he ever snorkel or scuba dive when he was younger?

You'd need a J-bend on the upper end of the snorkel or else this one would work backwards.

 

[17 squirrel]

He was Motorcycler, skier, and sailboater.

“Your grandfather loved it when I wore leather. He was a very dominant man.”
Grandma.

 

[Thegeek]

looks like a waterbed drain tool I had once.....

 

[17 squirrel]

A checkball holder from a wet / dry vacuum ?

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

A checkball holder from a wet / dry vacuum ?

That's what I thought when I heard plastic.

 

[Dirtebiker]

Trash!?

 

[ashby koss]

It looks like some kind of audio vibratory physio molecular device!

Yes, Brad, it's something we ourselves have been working on for quite some time.