Patents by Inventor Robert S. Rydalch

Robert S. Rydalch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Walk-in bathtub having a flip-up seat portion over a rearward foot well recess
    Patent number: 8082609
    Abstract: A walk-in bathtub having a flip-up seat portion over a rearward foot well recess provides a bather with improved access to an interior bathing cavity of the bathtub by giving the bather when the bather is within the bathtub more usable floor space in the bathtub in which to stand while closing or opening a hinged door in a side wall of the bathtub. The invention further aids a bather in standing up from a sitting position in the bathtub in that the bather can place a foot or feet more directly below the bather in a rearward foot well recess under the flip-up seat portion preferably located near or at knee height and then can lift up the flip-up seat portion while the bather is rising from a sitting to a standing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Best Bath Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert S. Rydalch
  • Walk-in bathtub having a flip-up seat portion over a rearward foot well recess
    Publication number: 20080178380
    Abstract: A walk-in bathtub having a flip-up seat portion over a rearward foot well recess provides a bather with improved access to an interior bathing cavity of the bathtub by giving the bather when the bather is within the bathtub more usable floor space in the bathtub in which to stand while closing or opening a hinged door in a side wall of the bathtub. The invention further aids a bather in standing up from a sitting position in the bathtub in that the bather can place a foot or feet more directly below the bather in a rearward foot well recess under the flip-up seat portion preferably located near or at knee height and then can lift up the flip-up seat portion while the bather is rising from a sitting to a standing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventor: Robert S. Rydalch