March 11, 2026

Let’s Redesign All of the Bathroom Seats In Washington DC

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Not way back, I used to be speaking to an acquaintance who beforehand lived in Washington DC. We had been speaking about numerous new innovations, and a few of the ideas we got here up with had been respectable, whereas others had been nothing greater than an over lively creativeness and effectively, a bunch of crap. After all, while you’re brainstorming, you all the time are inclined to give you some good ideas, some not so good ideas, and a few that are simply filled with, effectively you recognize what. You, or I, and even my acquaintance are not any completely different on this regard foot stool.

However in doing a thought experiment on this whole course of of excellent and dangerous ideas throughout brainstorming periods and the way a lot of it was a ship load of crap which must be flushed down the toilet, it occurred to me that we have to redesign toilet seats. Why you ask? Properly, as a result of People are getting fatter and heavier and the hinges which maintain the toilet seats usually can’t maintain the burden, and transfer sideways till they break. We want a greater system.

Now then, beneath the toilet seat there are little risers which go perpendicular to the bowl, and they’re mounted or glued on to the seat itself. These small bars or risers which go perpendicular must be fabricated from a non-skid sort materials. In different phrases even when the bowl is moist on prime, or the seat is moist beneath, it can’t slide that straightforward. This may maintain the toilet seats and their hinges from breaking. Once I say nonskid, I imply maybe one thing fabricated from rubber which won’t slide, not one thing fabricated from plastic which slides simply as the person is transferring round on the seat, or in the event that they sit down too quick because it can’t help their weight, so it slides sideways.

This may not be an issue in part of the world the place everyone seems to be skinny as a result of they’re ravenous of malnutrition. However in america with the meals stamp program, and everybody reaching some extent of onset diabetes, it has turn into an issue. When you doubt this, simply go to a public restroom a while, and take a look at what number of toilet seats are damaged, or not functioning correctly. Such a easy technique might clear up a whole lot of issues. The present design and system isn’t working, everybody is aware of it, however as a result of these toilet seats are mass-produced, and the design is so normal, nobody appears to need to repair what’s now being damaged.

Some individuals are opposed to vary, and I assume the toilet manufacturing business is one in all them. However it is time to make a change, and that is no bullshet both. Please think about all this and suppose on it.