This idea came about while listening to a conversation that my wife and daughter were having. They were talking about not being able to find a place to hang a handbag or jacket in a public restroom stall do to a broken or missing hook feature and that sometimes door latches would also be broken or missing. They didn’t like having to place anything on a public restroom floor not to mention dealing with a door that keeps swinging open. The final part of the conversation involved being a parent with small children present and trying to navigate the situation described above. I started to think about creating a solution for the problem and what I came up with was Privy Hack.
Privy Hack is a gadget for use in public restrooms where either a hook feature or door latch are broken or missing. It fits easily on top of a public restroom stall door or wall. It provides a hook to hang your handbags, jackets, laptops or anything you don’t want to place on the restroom floor. If a door latch is broken or missing simply place Privy Hack on the top corner of the stall door where it engages the stall wall and it also becomes a door latch that displays an occupied sign to others using the restroom.
We have finished our prototype level of development, validation and testing and have made arrangements with reputable manufactures to begin production pending a successful campaign here. The goal is to make Privy Hack available to everyone by May of 2020. My hope is that you will think it is a simple little thing that can that can make life a little easier, a little more secure and a little less germy. I hope that you find it to be useful urban tackle.
Although we are using a reputable manufacturing source and are confident in our ability to deliver Privy Hack by May of 2020 there can always exist a chance of unforeseen circumstances causing delays in product delivery when it comes to manufacturing goods. We will be in communication with our supplier several times a week to insure our expectations of their progression are being met. In the event of a delay we will work towards delivering the product as soon a possible. Prototype disclaimer: Images shown above contain prototypes that we have created for some validation, testing and feedback purposes. The final product will differ slightly in design due to a manufacturing process available to us only in a production environment. The modification serves multiple purposes that will enhance the products performance by reducing weight and manufacturing cost. The prototype uses a vinyl sticker for the occupied verbiage where the production version will receive screened on paint.