Gotta get this!
By Martin Gardiner in Improbable Research
If you sometimes make use of a urinal, and yearn for the sound of
revving motorbikes whilst doing so, a new US patent might be aimed at you.
Californian inventor Anthony Moley has just received a patent for
his “Urinal with operation controlled via a replica of a motorcycle
handlebar.”
The new invention, which provides rearview mirrors, a throttle and
a horn is summed up like this:
The urinal with operation controlled via a replica of a motorcycle handlebar is a wall-mounted fixture configured to control the use of the flush valve of said urinal, or toilet, or other plumbing fixture.
The replica motorcycle handlebar includes a linkage that runs from the throttle portion of the motorcycle handlebar to the flush valve of said urinal such that upon simulation of a throttling gesture shall pull said flush valve upwardly in order to flush the respective urinal or plumbing fixture.
The replica motorcycle handlebar includes a motion sensor that upon detection of a person shall communicate an audio recording of a motorcycle noise. The replica motorcycle handlebar includes mirrors, turn signals, and a horn switch.
Throttling motion of the throttle portion may also prompt an additional audio recording of a motorcycle engine being revved.
