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manufactured by Japanese toilet maker giant TOTO from 1951 to 1971 and marketed by American Standard from 1950 to 1973. It appeared in a bathroom in the

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for female athletes during the

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. The urinal encouraged women to urinate from a standing position, without the need to sit on a shared seat.

External links

TOTO Library article, March 20, 2000

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