5550 SHADY GROVE RD CUMMING, GA 30041 Get Directions
5550 SHADY GROVE RD CUMMING, GA 30041 Get Directions
It took more than two years and a couple attorneys, but a Forsyth World War II veteran finally has a patent for a toilet water-saving device.
Jack Mitchell of north Forsyth worked for several years developing the product, called Mitch’s Green Flush.
He then spent another two-and-a-half years pursuing a U.S. patent for the product.
“I worked for a while with a patent attorney in Colorado and then I got a call from his wife that he had died and I would have to get another attorney,” Mitchell said.
After securing his second lawyer, Mitchell was able to finalize the patent process, receiving it in January.
Mitch’s Green Flush uses a weighted rubber flapper that replaces traditional devices inside toilet bowls.
“With this you can flush your toilet on just one gallon of water,” Mitchell said. “You don’t need a plumber or anything to install it. Even a kid can do this.”
While he just secured the patent, Mitchell has been selling the device out of his Shady Grove Road warehouse facility for several years.
The rubber stopper portion of the device, with its zinc weight inside, is manufactured by a friend of Mitchell’s in Florida, he said.
They are shipped to the Shady Grove Road location, where four employees then add the chain, which attaches to the toilet handle, and package the devices for sale or shipping.
Over the years, Mitchell said he’s sold about 8,000, but he’s hoping to increase sales now that he has his patent.
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