The Foot Flush is an easily installed affordable Gimpliment that lets you flush without needing to use your hands or touch the toilet handle.

Eric Herbst, a musician, invented it to reduce the spread of germs and then discovered it was a boon to people with arthritis and back issues, parents of young children and caretakers of adults with disabilities.

When Herbst’s band would play in bars, he - like many of us - would flush the toilet with his foot because he didn’t want to touch the toilet handle.

Then one day he attached his drummer’s bass pedal to a cord and ran the cord up into the tank where he clipped it to the rubber flap that controls water flow.

And voila! The “Foot Flush” was born.

Click here to view an installation of the Foot Flush.

Eds. Note: Imagine hooking a Foot Flush to a Fish ‘n Flush or a Fish ‘n Flush to a Washlet. That would take bathroom living to a whole new level.