A construction worker has invented a 'pee patch' to stop men from splashing wee around the toilet - after his partner told him he made too much of a mess.

Sheldon Weinman, 28, said he got the idea for his side hustle business after his partner raised a bathroom cleaning complaint common among couples.

He now sells the Pee Patch - an absorbent sponge-like 'target' that sticks to the back of toilets to suppress splashing.

The crane supervisor from Thetford, Norfolk, said the invention is aimed at young boys learning to use a toilet with no mess - or men who need some help.

Hailed a 'potty-training hero', the £11 patch has now racked up millions of views by cleaning influencers giving it a go.

Sheldon, who lives with his girlfriend Lea and baby daughter, said: "It's not the aiming per se, but the splashback."

"There are so many people who have this problem in the Western world because there aren't many men who sit down to go to the toilet."

"It is such a controversial topic that everyone's got a say on it. Men say its a useless product while woman are saying to them 'Just sit down'."

"But I've had feedback from mums who have said pee is finally staying in the toilet and there are no more wet seats or floors."

The budding entrepreneur, who runs his business entirely by himself out of the spare bedroom, said his brainchild came about after his partner commented on the bathroom mess.

Sheldon explained: "When we moved into our three-storey townhouse, every time I used the toilet my partner made me aware there was a lot of mess."

"I could do two things - say it's not me, which it was, or clean the mess which I didn't really want to do."

"I said there should be something to help with splashing but it wasn't until we went on holiday to Jakarta that I found something to help."

"We were in the back of a taxi and in the footwell was a padded matt. "

"I said to Lea 'this could help' and fast forward two weeks, I was googling different products for trial and error."

"I stumbled upon the material and it became the pee patch."

Sheldon has tested his own invention and said one of his patches spent 13 months in the toilet before it needed to be replaced.

He said: "They don't go mouldy, they're chemical resistant and they float if they fall in."

"All you have to do is stick it inside the toilet, just above the waterline, and press as hard as you can."

"The whole objective is especially for young boys learning to stand and aim without any splashbacks."

"There has been research to suggest it helps - Amsterdam Airport put fly stickers in their urinals and found the mess was reduced."

Sheldon said his Pee Patch absorbs any liquid and reduces up to '90 per cent' of wet toilet seats and floors.

His main clients are mums or 'fed-up' partners buying them for men and boys.

He added: "We've had orders from America, Luxembourg and Germany."

"It all depends on the habits of the user - lots of men in European countries sit to pee."

"It's a bit of a taboo subject but it's about having respect for the next user."

Partner Lea added: "Sheldon and I faced the same frustration after moving in together: nobody wants to clean toilets all the time. "

"When we couldn't find a product that solved the problem, Sheldon invented one."

Pee Patch: https://thepeepatch.com/