Equilateral triangular structure, triangle-based with three triangular
sides, preferably of aluminum components (bars or flexible foil,
or at the least, an aluminum apex), purported to provide a variety
of health benefits plus a miscellany of day-to-day uses. Like
pyramid power, effects are attributed to harnessing of energy
forces through its shape and space.
The labeling summarizes its
many applications:
BODY AND RESISTANCE
BUILDER,
BLADE AND BRAIN SHARPENER,
WATER ERNYGIZER FOR HEALTH AND PLANT GROWTH,
CHEESE AND SALTED EGG MAKER,
FOOD PRESERVER AND
BATTERY CHARGER, ETC.
(REGISTERED: PIDI NSTA)
Sizes vary according to area
of use or application, small enough to place over the eyes for
a variety of visual complaints, or large enough for various anatomical
locations for a sundry of complaints: headaches, memory loss,
wound healing, hiccups, pain, etc.
At the peak of its popularity,
as a "brain sharpener," it was a common sighting to
see student groups going to-and-fro school wearing a triangle
contraption on their heads.
Definitely, urban-fringe.
With no recent sightings.