Patent ID: 7814581

Claim:
A device for a person to reduce straining during expulsion of fecal matter into a toilet, said device comprising: a block-shaped footrest; wherein said block-shaped footrest is for placing on a floor in front of the toilet so as to allow the person sitting on the toilet to place both feet upon said block-shaped footrest to elevate his/her lower body into a quasi-squat position without any change to above-the-waste posture to reduce straining significantly; wherein said block-shaped foot rest has edges; wherein said block-shaped foot rest has surfaces; wherein said block-shaped footrest has at least one handle; wherein each edge of said block-shaped footrest separates a pair of adjoining surfaces of said block-shaped footrest; and wherein each handle of said block-shaped footrest is a cut-out extending continuously under an edge of said block-shaped footrest and into and opening at said adjoining surfaces of said block-shaped footrest adjoined by said edge of said block-shaped footrest so as to form a smoothly curved channel through said surfaces of said block-shaped footrest adjoined by said edge of said block-shaped footrest for insertion of a hand of the person when said device is carried.