It was not until the second half of the 19th century that the flushing toilet began to establish itself in Europe. Although British poet Sir John Harington invented it as early as 1596 ...

Image caption, The history of toilets goes back a lot further ... general public to have toilets in their homes. By 1596, a flushing toilet had been patented by Sir John Harrington but didn ...

"so I invented the SELF DISINFECTING TOILET. My automatic design enables you to clean and disinfect the toilet bowl and seat with every flush." The patent-pending invention provides an effective ...

PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a timesaving way to clean and disinfect the toilet seat and bowl," said an inventor, from Tacoma, Wash., "so I ...