Busy public restrooms can be a nightmare. Sanitation concerns, large crowd and awkward situations are the worst part of an otherwise exciting event. Allen Klevens and Todd Bermann have worked on a piece of technology so crucial that it feels like it should have been created years ago. A client of Los Angeles tech and app public relations firm PMBC Group, Tooshlights is taking a key aspect of attending events and revolutionarily simplifying it.
Tooshlights places lights at the ceiling above each stall in a public restroom. A green light signifies a vacancy, and red means occupied. The color is instantly switched as the stall door locks or is unlocked. Surprisingly, no standardized format of signifying this status on a public toilet has existed outside of cheap temporary porta-potties and large single-unit restrooms. Tooshlights perfectly satiates this need with results already being praised at its first location. The lights are installed in one bathroom at the Hollywood Bowl, and the results have been phenomenal. Wait times for toilets have been significantly reduced and guests are out of the bathroom faster than ever.
Now that Tooshlights have hit the market, a huge hassle has been eliminated from when nature calls in a bustling environment. While the main targets for the service being sports and entertainment venues, it can be applied to anywhere including schools, malls, theaters, airports and theme parks.
For the future, the startup plans to move data from different venues to a mobile app, such that patrons may instantly know the availability in any given restroom. As for now, Tooshlights will be sure to have your bathroom stall on lock.
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