Woman urinal

Women's Urinals of Smithsonian's National Zoo

These women's urinals are found at the National Zoo, "a 163-acre zoological park set amid Rock Creek National Park in the heart of Washington, D. C."

These pictures were submitted by Libby in 2005. She writes: "I went to the national zoo last summer and found these women's urinals. They are American Standard Sanistands. There were about 10 fixtures in a bathroom with about 20 other 'normal' toilets. I think it is a shame that these are disappearing more and more over time due to water usage and lack of people wanting to use them. We need to bring them back or at least preserve the ones we've got!"

In addition to these unique fixtures, the National Zoo's website boast that ". you can visit the Zoo 364 days a year to see more than 2,700 individual animals of 435 different species. Come explore the Zoo and help us celebrate, study, and protect the diversity of animals and their habitats."

Demonstrating just how remarkable this woman's installation is, AD sent in this image of the very same fixture two years after receiving Libby's original 2005 submission.

MG sent in this photo from the men's room in 2009. He writes: "Here is a photo of the men's fixtures located in a building by the back entrance of the zoo (the entrance that Metro riders get to). My guess is that the women's fixtures pictured above are at the front entrance in the security building. I couldn't get a picture of the men's urinals there due to the crowd"

Urinal

Marcel Duchamp 's Fountain . a urinal which Duchamp signed "R. Mutt" and exhibited as an artwork

While urinals are generally intended for use by males, it is also possible for females to use them. The different types of male urinal, for single users or trough designs for multiple users, are intended to be utilized from a standing position. Designers of urinals for women have adopted various approaches: some intending the user to "hover" over the unit, facing away from it, others intending the user to stand facing the urinal, with or without a female urination device. While uncommon due to restroom segregation, it is possible for females to use male urinals. [ 1 ]

Public urinals usually have a plastic mesh guard, which may contain a deodorizing urinal deodorizer block or "urinal cake". The mesh is intended to prevent solid objects (such as cigarette butts, feces, chewing gum, or paper) from being flushed and possibly causing a plumbing stoppage. In some restaurants, bars, and clubs, ice may be put in the urinals, serving some of the same purposes as the deodorizing block.

The term may also apply to a small building or other structure containing such toilets. It can also refer to a small container in which urine can be collected for medical purposes, or for use where access to toilet facilities is not possible, such as in small aircraft or for the bedridden.

Purposes

In busy washrooms. urinals are installed for efficiency: compared with urination in a general-purpose toilet, usage is faster because within the room there are no additional doors, no locks, and no seat to turn up; also a urinal takes less space, is simpler, and consumes less water per flush than a general-purpose toilet. Urinals also come in different heights, to accommodate tall and short users. There are often privacy barriers between the urinals.

Flushing

Most public urinals incorporate a flushing system to rinse urine from the bowl of the device to prevent foul odors. The flush can be triggered by one of several methods:

Manual handles

This type of flush might be regarded as standard in the United States. Each urinal is equipped with a button or short lever to activate the flush, with users expected to operate it as they leave. Such a directly controlled system is the most efficient, provided that patrons remember to use it. This is far from certain, however, often because of fear of touching the handle, which is located too high to kick. [ 2 ] Urinals with foot-activated flushing systems are sometimes found in high-traffic areas; these systems have a button set into the floor or a pedal on the wall at ankle height. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that flush valves be mounted no higher than 44 inches (110 cm) AFF (above the finished floor). Additionally, the urinal is to be mounted no higher than 17 inches (43 cm) AFF, and to have a rim that is tapered and elongated and protrudes at least 14 inches (36 cm) from the wall. This enables users in wheelchairs to straddle the lip of the urinal and urinate without having to "arc" the flow of urine upwards.

Some urinals are equipped with water-saving "dual-flush" handles, which use half as much water when pushed upwards, and operate a standard full flush when pressed downwards. The handles are often color-coded green to alert users to this feature.

Timed flush

In Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the Republic of Ireland, Hong Kong and some parts of Sweden and Finland, manual flush handles are unusual. Instead, the traditional system is a timed flush that operates automatically at regular intervals. Groups of up to ten or more urinals will be connected to a single overhead cistern, which contains the timing mechanism. A constant drip-feed of water slowly fills the cistern until a tipping point is reached, when the valve opens (or a siphon begins to drain the cistern), and all the urinals in the group are flushed. Electronic controllers performing the same function are also used.

This system does not require any action from its users, but it is wasteful of water when toilets are used irregularly. However in these countries users are so used to the automatic system, that attempts to install manual flushes to save water are generally unsuccessful. Users ignore them not through deliberate laziness or fear of infection, but because activating the flush is not habitual. [ citation needed ]

To help reduce water usage when restrooms are closed, some restrooms with timed flushing use an electric water valve connected to the restroom light switch. When the building is in active use during the day and the lights are on, the timed flush operates normally. At night when the building is closed, the lights are turned off and the flushing action stops.

Door-regulated flush

This is an older method of water-saving automatic flushing, which only operates when the room has been used. A push-button switch is mounted in the door frame of the restroom, and triggers the flush valve for all restroom urinals every time the door is opened. While it cannot detect the use of individual urinals, it provides reasonable flushing action without wasting excessive amounts of water when the restroom is not being used. This method requires a spring-operated automatic door closer. since the flush mechanism only operates when the restroom door opens.

Alternatively, a flushing system connected to the opening of the washroom door can count the number of users and operate when the count reaches a certain value. At night, the door never opens, so flushing never occurs.

Automatic flush

Electronic automatic flushes solve the problems of previous approaches, and are common in new installations. A passive infrared sensor identifies when the urinal has been used, by detecting when someone has stood in front of it and moved away, and then activates the flush. There usually is also a small override button, to allow optional manual flushing.

Automatic flush facilities can be retrofitted to existing systems. The handle-operated valves of a manual system can be replaced with a suitably designed self-contained electronic valve, often battery-powered to avoid the need to add cables. Older timed-flush installations may add a device that regulates the water flow to the cistern according to the overall activity detected in the room. This does not provide true per-fixture automatic flushing, but is simple and cheap to add because only one device is required for the whole system.

To prevent false-triggering of the automatic flush, most infrared detectors require that a presence be detected for at least five seconds, [ citation needed ] such as when a person is standing in front of it. This prevents a whole line of automatic flush units from triggering in succession if someone just walks past them. The automatic flush mechanism also typically waits for the presence to go out of sensor range before flushing. This reduces water usage, compared to a sensor that would trigger a continuous flushing action the whole time that a presence is detected.

Women's Urinals of Smithsonian's National Zoo

These women's urinals are found at the National Zoo, "a 163-acre zoological park set amid Rock Creek National Park in the heart of Washington, D. C."

These pictures were submitted by Libby in 2005. She writes: "I went to the national zoo last summer and found these women's urinals. They are American Standard Sanistands. There were about 10 fixtures in a bathroom with about 20 other 'normal' toilets. I think it is a shame that these are disappearing more and more over time due to water usage and lack of people wanting to use them. We need to bring them back or at least preserve the ones we've got!"

In addition to these unique fixtures, the National Zoo's website boast that ". you can visit the Zoo 364 days a year to see more than 2,700 individual animals of 435 different species. Come explore the Zoo and help us celebrate, study, and protect the diversity of animals and their habitats."

Demonstrating just how remarkable this woman's installation is, AD sent in this image of the very same fixture two years after receiving Libby's original 2005 submission.

MG sent in this photo from the men's room in 2009. He writes: "Here is a photo of the men's fixtures located in a building by the back entrance of the zoo (the entrance that Metro riders get to). My guess is that the women's fixtures pictured above are at the front entrance in the security building. I couldn't get a picture of the men's urinals there due to the crowd"

The Urinal Woman

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Phyllis ordered the custom-made urinal costume a week ago, and today it finally arrived. It was a strange outfit, which required the wearer to sit on the floor with their knees crossed and their arms behind their back. A heavy plastic casing was affixed to their front, looking like a large deep urinal. The face and chest of the wearer - made up in gloss white - were exposed in the bowl, and the exit pipe led to their groin area. The man who'd designed it remarked to Phyllis on the phone that it wouldn't be much fun if some bloke actually used it while she was wearing it.

How wrong he was!

A few streets away from where Phyllis lived, there was a pub, filled every night with heavy-drinking men. Late that night, she wheeled the urinal outfit round the back of the pub in a shopping trolley, and carried it through into the gents while no one was looking. Inside, she put it on the floor between two proper urinals, and squeezed herself into it. Then she waited. The long, agonising, yet strangely enjoyable wait.

After half an hour, a slightly tipsy man entered. He approached the urinals, unzipped his flies, and then said: "Hey, what's this? Is this candid camera or something?"

Phyllis kept her lips sealed. The man shrugged and then pissed in a urinal next to hers. She could only listen longingly to the trickle.

A further half hour later, another man turned up. He was obviously off his face, singing in a slurred and uneven voice. He staggered across to Phyllis's urinal, pulled his cock out, but then - as Phyllis's pulse was racing - he unaccountably shuffled to another urinal, and pissed in that and on the floor. Some of the piss reached her feet, but that was all she got. How frustrating!

Back in the pub, a group of men were talking by the bar. "Back in a minute, guys" one of them said, "I need a slash." He added: "I haven't had one all day. I'm bursting."

Moments later, this man entered the gents, where he proceeded directly to Phyllis's dummy urinal. "Oh my god, oh my god," thought Phyllis, "it's finally happening!" The unzipping of flies was heard, and then it began.

"Wa-hey" the man said, and the stream began. He unknowingly hosed Phyllis's face for a full thirty seconds, and then started moving from side to side, spraying her entire upper

body. He was drenching her! And it was all flowing down to her pussy, where it mingled with her moistness, and lapped around her thighs. She opened her mouth, and the stream began to flow in between her lips. It splashed off her tongue like a fountain.

After nearly two minutes, it finally came to an end. The man shook the last few drops over her face, and then left. "Wow!" said Phyllis out loud. She felt lucky to have not had a heart attack! When her pulse returned to normal, she took the costume off, stretched her limbs, and grudgingly left. Her night's pleasure had been had, and she was satisfied.