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MISSISSIPPI: Local man invents vibrating toilet seat
The Laurel Leader-Call ^ | November 13, 2008 | Eloria Newell James

Posted on 11/14/2008 2:38:21 AM PST by Stoat

Local man invents vibrating toilet seat


By Eloria Newell James, community@leadercall.com

 


Jones County native Johnny Henry talks about his invention, the vibrating toilet seat.
Photo/Eloria Newell James /

 

A Jones County native has developed a new twist to a traditional item.

Johnny Henry of Laurel has developed the vibrating toilet seat.

“I believe in thinking out of the box,” Henry said. “I wanted to create something that is a little unusual.

“This invention is designed to stimulate,” he said. “It’s to make you feel good while you are there.”

Because of Henry’s invention, he recently attended the Invent Bay International Inventors Convention held at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“It was great,” Henry said about the convention. “You get to meet with licensers, buyers and investors, and I got a chance to promote my product. ... It was really nice.”

Also while at the convention, Henry, a native of Soso, made a pitch for the Jay Leno Show and The Discovery Channel.

Henry said he currently has a provisional patent on the product, however, “hopefully I’ll get on one of the shows and be able to introduce my product to a national audience.”

Henry said the vibrating toilet seat “is a novelty item that can also be used as a gag gift.”

When asked how he developed the idea, Henry said he “wanted to add some life to the otherwise lifeless toilet seat.”

Henry, a 1968 graduate of Roosevelt High School in Ellisville, attended Jones County Junior College and Alcorn State University before entering the United States Army in 1973.

After three years in the Army, Henry enrolled at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in sociology.

However, Henry said the inventors convention was very educational.

“The convention was very exciting. There was 300-400 investors there,” Henry added. “I gained a wealth of knowledge about how to market inventions and how to get a product going.”

Henry, who began working on his invention in 1997, has now developed a prototype.



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Hobbies; Humor; Local News
KEYWORDS: invention; seat; toilet; vibrating
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To: raybbr
I just bought a toilet for a bathroom I’m putting in the basement. You would not believe how expensive a crapper can be. Up to six hundred bucks for a plain old toilet.

Could be worse. Checkout this Kohler "Hatbox" toilet for $3,500. No, the model is not included in the price!   ;-)


21 posted on 11/14/2008 5:13:53 AM PST by 6SJ7 (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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To: Stoat

A note to my husband and the men on this forum, when you tinkle do not sprinkle, wipe the rim of the tidy bowl and last but not least - PUT THE SEAT DOWN!!!!!! There needs to be a recording of Helen Thomas or Roseanne Barr stating this on the tidy bowl, then maybe the: uhhhh honey, I will remember to do it next time excuse will be never more!!!!!/Just Asking - seoul62......


22 posted on 11/14/2008 5:16:51 AM PST by seoul62
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To: Malsua
...and probably needs to be flushed 3 times completely clear.

On the box it says it will flush a roll of tp 150 feet. I asked the guy what that meant and he didn't know.

23 posted on 11/14/2008 5:29:19 AM PST by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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To: 6SJ7
No, the model is not included in the price! ;-)

That's a good thing. She's got one of the most horrible hairdo's I've ever seen.

24 posted on 11/14/2008 5:31:43 AM PST by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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To: seoul62
A note to my husband and the men on this forum, when you tinkle do not sprinkle, wipe the rim of the tidy bowl and last but not least - PUT THE SEAT DOWN!!!!!!

I explained it to my wife years ago this way: Either you take responsibility for checking whether the toilet seat is up or I leave it down all the time and you take your chances with my aim.

I will not be bullied into thinking it's my responsibility to make sure the seat is down for her.

Do you raise the seat after your done so your husband doesn't have to?

25 posted on 11/14/2008 5:36:55 AM PST by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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To: Stoat

Shake your booty.


26 posted on 11/14/2008 5:38:45 AM PST by andy58-in-nh (Liberty has few friends, many enemies, and no adequate substitute.)
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To: raybbr

I do check, it is also common courtesy - to put the seat down. We have only one bathroom, all that I am asking for is a little consideration from hubby and the males on this forum on this matter. I do not leave the seat up, I was not raised to leave it up, the tinkle function is not the only function that one performs, sometimes nature calls and well, you cannot perform that function standing up. It is my job to clean up the bathroom and all I am asking from my husband and the gentleman on this forum - guys, think of your wives who have to clean up the bathroom, a little bathroom etiquette, please. Please leave the seat down, and clean up after yourselves, do not make it look like an aftermath of a hurricane, IT ONLY MAKES OUR JOB HARDER. I am clean and neat when I have to use the bathroom and I do not expect you to be as clean and neat as a gay man but do not be a slob about it either./Just Asking - seoul62......


27 posted on 11/14/2008 5:59:18 AM PST by seoul62
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To: Stoat
Does it come with duct tape, or is that X-tra?


28 posted on 11/14/2008 6:46:38 AM PST by Daffynition ("A gov't big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.)
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To: listenhillary
"It might help the users get rid of Klingons." or.... asteroids!
29 posted on 11/14/2008 11:10:32 AM PST by TheJollyRoger (Sweep out the trash. Take OUR country back!)
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To: seoul62
I do not expect you to be as clean and neat as a gay man.

So heterosexual men are all slobs?

30 posted on 11/14/2008 11:18:15 AM PST by listenhillary (No representation without taxation! ~~ Mark Steyn)
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To: seoul62
...all that I am asking for is a little consideration from hubby and the males on this forum on this matter.

Just to drive my wife crazy, when my daughters were little, I used to tell them to always leave the seat up when they were done. ;~))

31 posted on 11/14/2008 11:26:16 AM PST by Ditto (Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
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To: Stoat

When I go to meetings I put my toilet seat on “vibrate” instead of “ring.”


32 posted on 11/14/2008 11:29:47 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Free Brightside!)
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To: listenhillary

No, but my husband is quite a messy fellow. I apologize to all the straight men on this forum, who are as neat as my Late Father. I know neatness is not a gay male characteristic but how many male freepers leave a hurricane size mess, that they expect their wives to clean up after. Admissions of frankness, please./Just Asking - seoul62.....


33 posted on 11/14/2008 11:59:57 AM PST by seoul62
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To: Ditto

You are being most naughty. Another pet peeve, shout-out to male freepers: remember, courtesy flushes - please!!!!!./Just Asking - seoul62......


34 posted on 11/14/2008 12:05:19 PM PST by seoul62
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To: seoul62

Is this to cover the noise or when things don’t make it all the way down?

If there isn’t a toilet handbook, maybe there should be?


35 posted on 11/14/2008 12:12:08 PM PST by listenhillary (No representation without taxation! ~~ Mark Steyn)
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To: listenhillary

Yes on both points. It has come to a point that I had to post a bathroom etiquette list in the bathroom for my husband. Messy, Messy Marvin is he!!!!!!./Just Asking - seoul62.......


36 posted on 11/14/2008 12:18:34 PM PST by seoul62
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To: freedomlover
You would not believe the number of patents (or at least patent applications) directed to toilets.
People do a lot of thinking there, I suppose.

It's all part of our "can-do" spirit!

37 posted on 11/14/2008 12:27:41 PM PST by hunter112 (Obamunism will fizzle, fo' shizzle.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
If it vibrates, won’t that increase the chance of men peeing on it?

Yes, but it will automatically do the "shake".

38 posted on 11/14/2008 12:28:25 PM PST by hunter112 (Obamunism will fizzle, fo' shizzle.)
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