ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,572, issued on Sept. 29.
"Interactive gaming urinal" was invented by Charlie Robert Waid IV (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming urinal including a play screen within the body of the urinal. The play screen includes a cover over a display and a force detection layer sensitive enough to detect the force a urine stream on the front of the play screen, thereby providing a sort of touch screen where the touch is a urine stream. The play screen provides the ability to play a variety of different games, including but not limited to shape tracing games and target practice games."
The patent was filed on Feb. 19, 2026, under Ap...