Comcast has received a patent for a smart speaker – one with a very unusual design. A sketch shows what appears to be a speaker with a sloped top and a wide base.

Comcast first filed for the patent last year, but it did n’t get approved until April 2022. The device seems to have playback controls on the side of the speaker, with an additional button and a small stand on the bottom.

The device looks more like a router than a smart speaker. But after one of my colleagues said it looked like a bedpan.

Comcast was reportedly looking into making a health-focused speaker that tracked your bathroom habits in 2019. It was supposed to come with sensors that tracked how often someone got up to use the bathroom and how long they stayed in there. Comcast did n’t immediately respond to the verge’s request for comment.