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23 March 2011 | Gordon Ellis & Co

Your toilet seat is too small

Michael Schmitt is big. Big enough to make the simplest tasks an adventure; like going to the bathroom. "I''m 6-foot-7 and I weight over 20 stones right now," Schmitt said.

"I have broken toilet seats in the past."  And Schmitt is not alone. For years, big and overweight people have had to lower their backsides gingerly, careful to keep the toilet seat in one piece.
Now a UK company is offering the solution: Plus-sized toilet seats direct from the USA, the land of the overweight

As we say, “your bum''s not too big, your seat''s too small,"

The Big John toilet seats are larger, stronger and more durable than your standard seat. "We realized that the seat hasn''t changed in over a hundred years, but people have and we thought, frankly, it was time,"

There is interest from across Europe.  Maybe that shouldn''t be surprising, though. According to statistics from the OECD, there are plenty of people who need a bigger seat: half the adults in Europe are overweight or obese. The UK has the worst weight problems in Europe. And many of them can use some much-needed bathroom relief.

"This thing is like a seat in Business Class," Schmitt said. "It changed my life. It''s great."

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10/3/2011 - Derby basketweave commode unites British and American tradition from cradle to grave. Marshall Burns Lloyd of Minneapolis, MA, invented a unique fabric in 1917. It used twisted paper to produce a better alternative to wicker or rattan.
03/3/2011 - “YOU SMELL” − my grandson told me “When my grandson told me that, I lost all dignity.
05/2/2009 - Toilet seats can be stylish and comfortable Originally designed in Scandinavia and manufactured in England, the NOBI seats from Gordon Ellis, set new standards in design and practicality.
17/11/2008 - Does My Bum Look Big on the Toilet Seat? Chances are that it does. So how big is your bum? Measure it. Sit on a newspaper, take a pencil and make a mark either side of your buttocks. Measure the distance. Chances are that it will be more than 14 ½” / 37cm.