Patents by Inventor Susan M. Rydell

Susan M. Rydell 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).

  • Laundry sorting and storage device and method
    Patent number: 5700293
    Abstract: A method and device for storing and sorting laundry is disclosed comprising one or more elevated laundry bins each with a top end opening and a normally-closed drop bottom. The bins are elevated above a laundry work area so that laundry contained within each bin is released to the laundry work area upon opening the drop bottom. One or more laundry bins can be combined adjacent to each other to form a multiple bin unit which sorts laundry by receiving laundry within the separate laundry bins. The method includes storing the laundry until the volume of a bin is filled whereupon it is released to a laundry machine having a load volume equal to the bin volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Inventor: Susan M. Rydell
  • Laundry sorting and storage device and method
    Patent number: 5547271
    Abstract: A method and device for storing and sorting laundry is disclosed comprising one or more elevated laundry bins each with a top end opening and a normally-closed drop bottom. The bins are elevated above a laundry work area so that laundry contained within each bin is released to the laundry work area upon opening the drop bottom. One or more laundry bins can be combined adjacent to each other to form a multiple bin unit which sorts laundry by receiving laundry within the separate laundry bins. The method includes storing the laundry until the volume of a bin is filled whereupon it is released to a laundry machine having a load volume equal to the bin volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Inventor: Susan M. Rydell
  • Laundry sorting and storage device and method
    Patent number: 5228760
    Abstract: A method and device for storing and sorting laundry is disclosed comprising elevated laundry bins each with a top end opening and a normally-closed drop bottom. The bins are elevated so that laundry contained within each bin is released upon opening the drop bottom. One or more laundry bins can be combined adjacent to each other to form a multiple bin unit which sorts laundry by receiving laundry within the separate laundry bins. The method includes storing the laundry until the volume of a bin is filled whereupon it is released into a washing machine having a load volume equal to the bin volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Inventor: Susan M. Rydell