Tuesday, December 19, 2000

Neat Toilet Invention Covers All Sanitary Bases

By Tara King

Journal Staff Writer

ISLETA — Ladies, you're going to love this. A Florida entrepreneur has invented a computerized toilet seat for public potties that electronically rotates a fresh plastic sheet cover onto the seat.

The new seats recently debuted at the Isleta Gaming Palace casino and will make a showing at the Albuquerque International Sunport in several months. And they are for ladies only. The seats are installed in women's rooms only.

"Men aren't as particular," says businessman Alan Brill of Delray Beach, Fla., who invented the seats.

All it takes is a touch of a button. That activates a small computer that activates a motor that drives a plastic sleeve around the seat until the entire seat is encased in a new clean cover. As the new plastic moves onto the seat, a tiny razor cuts the used cover as it is rolled onto a cartridge for disposal so it can't be used again.

The process is repeated with each push of the button. No more fussing with flimsy paper covers that never stay in place. No more strategically placing toilet paper. You get the idea.

It's the ultimate in sanitary amenities for ladies' rooms, says Brill, who has been in Albuquerque for the past few days. Last week he installed nine of his Brill High-Tec Electronic Sanitary Toilet Seats at the Isleta casino. In February, he'll be back to outfit the Sunport's three major ladies' restrooms with his invention.

"Ooooh, I love it," said Bea Hood of Albuquerque during a break from the action at the casino. "Now I don't have to sit on a dirty seat." "I'm just surprised a man came up with it," snickered Rene Tucker of Albuquerque.

Brill invented the seats four years ago, after distributing a similar product. "I saw all the problems with that seat and designed a better seat," he said. "Instead of wrestling with toilet paper and paper seat covers, she just presses the button and gets a nice, fresh seat cover," Brill said.

Brill's invention — which his company, Brill Hygienic Products, makes in the USA — is in eight airports, including the New Orleans International Airport, 32 casinos, and dozens of country clubs, department stores and fine restaurants.

In order to get his seats into more ladies' rooms, Brill installs the contraptions for free and then charges for the plastic, which costs about 4 cents a seat. Paper seat covers, by comparison, cost about 1 cent per cover. "But it's messy," he said of the paper covers. "Once (businesses) get this product, they never take it away. The women won't let them."

Ladies at the casino may be no different, said Chris Marquez, the manager of custodial services. "Because of the positive remarks we've had, there is a very strong possibility we'll stay with them and take them to our new facility." Isleta is building a new, larger casino next door to its existing one. Brill hopes that response will be nationwide.

"What Coca-Cola is to Americans is what my seat should be to Americans."

Copyright 2000 Albuquerque Journal

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), December 19, 2000

Answers

Ah Lars, once again you have come through with some well-needed comedy. Of course, after slogging over the previous ‘Bush and his quest for death’ post, almost anything would be humorous. Gotta wonder how many of these freaks are actually out in public?

-- Barry (bchbear863@cs.com), December 19, 2000.

"Men aren't as particular"

I beg your pardon? Have you SEEN some men's bathrooms? YUCK!

I hope this guy changes his opinion because *I* would like to have the option of using his invention too.

-- nonehere (none@to.give.net), December 19, 2000.

I want the seat cover thingy to rotate automatically when the stall door is latched. I don't want to touch the button.

-- helen (b@r.f), December 19, 2000.

Lars, wrong again you old wuss. It is more unsanitary to shake someone's hand than to sit on a public toilet seat.

Toilet germs--the straight poop

-- (who_let_the_dogs_out@who.who), December 20, 2000.

Sure, but what about sitting on a pubic toilet seat?

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), December 20, 2000.

We ALREADY have those here in Ohio at some public places.

Helen: I "never" touch buttons, handles, etc....I ALWAYS use my foot!

um, ask eve, she does the same thing. ;-0

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), December 20, 2000.

I think I'll leave this one alone. 8-)

-- (kb8um8@yahoo.com), December 20, 2000.

Imagine the ruckus this device would have caused on TB2000 in 1999, 1998, etc. A computerized toilet that manipulates a razor! Men, dumping at rollover, would be castrated by embedded chips run amok. LOL

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), December 20, 2000.

Lars, I would like to feed you all the alcohol you want and just listen to you. :)

-- helen (b@r.f), December 20, 2000.

Hey, I was transfixed by the toilet-on-a-bumper (car's back bumper). You know...for emergency bug-outs. Anybody remember that one?

'Course with my luck, someone would probably steal my car when I was back in the "rest room."

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), December 20, 2000.

Oh, and hey -- I was once at a motel so cheap that instead of saying "Sanitized for your Protection" the cover sheet just said, "Good Luck." (ta-da-boom)

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), December 20, 2000.

Eve, LOL

Motel 6 rejected slogans--

1)-Blurring the line between stains and avant garde sheet design

2)-Cheap and easy--just like your girlfriend

3)-We put the "Ho" in Hotel

4)-Official lodging of the 1998 Florida Marlins

5)-It's hookeriffic!

6)-We don't make the adultery, we make the adultery better

7)-Sure you could stay somewhere else, but then you wouldn't have any money left over for a hooker

8)-We left off the 9, but you know it's there

9)-Not just for nooners anymore

10)-We'll leave the Lysol out for ya.

(rimshot)

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), December 20, 2000.

LOL back atcha, Lars!

Well, now that we've segued into top 10s, here's a kewl one from '92...

Top 10 Signs You're Losing the Presidential Debate

10. You begin wondering if working at McDonalds is as much fun as it is in the commercials.

9. Wife stars flirting with Sam Donaldson.

8. In audience, your father tears his clothing and yells, "I have no son!"

7. After every statement you make, moderator chuckles and says, "Whoops!"

6. Michael Dukakis is giving you "thumbs up" in front row.

5. Only mild, polite applause when you B.S. about how much you love America.

4. Circus music plays, the audience stands, and a dunce cap is lowered onto your head.

3. Doberman in audience smells your fear and starts chasing you around podium.

2. Cameraman peeks around camera and mouths the words, "You suck."

1. Your name is George Bush.

-- eve (eve_rebekah@yahoo.com), December 21, 2000.