I laughed when I saw these people on Shark Tank asking for $350K from the sharks for the Squatty Potty. Then I found out they have sold $7 Million worth of them on their website. http://squattypotty.com/
Did any of the sharks get in on it? I still need to get one of those belts that were on there. Pretty stylish and the idea is pretty functional. Just need to find one. Amazon should have it.
Laurie made a deal with them. She plans to sell them on QVC. The thing is, I don't think there is anything proprietory about it. Anybody could start selling some kind of stool (no pun intended)
Anybody could make something to prop your feet on while you shit. I don't think any patent would stop anybody fron making a footstool and marketing it as a pooping aid.