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She-inal at Punta Gorda Dairy Queen

One of Florida's oddities is in the toilet. Really. It's a woman's urinal called a Sheinal, developed in Florida and installed in businesses around the state. This one in Punta Gorda is the only one we know of, now a virtual museum piece.
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Woman's urinal called a Sheinal at the Punta Gorda Dairy Queen

This female urinal in the Dairy Queen off the Kings Highway exit of I-75 at Punta Gorda was quite the surprise when I happened across it. Next visit, I brought my camera with me. It's not meant to be functional ... anymore ... but it was when installed.

The "She-inal" was created by Kathy Kidder Jones, who founded a company in Pensacola in the early 1990s to create and market her patented invention, where women are supposed to use the hose to stand while relieving themselves. Her idea got enough traction that these contraptions ended up in quite a few Dairy Queens around the country, and a few other places as well.

This is the only one I've happened across, and it's now a modern museum piece. No, it's not in any of my guidebooks.

Take aim, ladies!

Men, you're allowed to take a peek if no ladies are present.

Published by:

Sandra Friend

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