Many celebrities at the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe, Nev., were pleased to get a Big John Toilet Seat in their gift bag.

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Michael Jordan, Ray Romano, Donald Trump and Dan Marino said they were stoked to discover that along with the high tech gadgets and various lotions and potions stuffed into their gift bags was a Big John Toilet Seat.

It was the larger framed, big-boned athlete that inspired high-end plumbing fixture designer Aitan Levy to manufacture a toilet seat more suitable for the larger population, but it is helpful to the elderly the physically challenged as well.

"No longer are we forced to perch on regular toilet seats, originally designed over 100 years ago, that are a mere 14 inches wide," Levy says. "Big John has a spacious 19 inches of luxurious sitting surface that is more comparable to that of a typical office or dining room chair."

In addition, the Big John Toilet Seat has a stylish ergonomic design that is "roomier and more comfortable than other toilet seats on the market," its inventor says.