EP1055025B1 - Folding ironing board - Google Patents

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EP1055025B1
EP1055025B1 EP99905361A EP99905361A EP1055025B1 EP 1055025 B1 EP1055025 B1 EP 1055025B1 EP 99905361 A EP99905361 A EP 99905361A EP 99905361 A EP99905361 A EP 99905361A EP 1055025 B1 EP1055025 B1 EP 1055025B1
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ironing board
locking
control handle
jamming
board table
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Rudolphus Cornelis Henricus Daams
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Brabantia Nederland BV
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F81/00—Ironing boards 
    • D06F81/02—Ironing boards  with collapsible underframe
    • D06F81/04—Ironing boards  with collapsible underframe with means for adjusting height

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  • the invention relates to a folding ironing board, especially a domestic ironing board, comprising:
  • FR-A-1482083 discloses a folding ironing board comprising an ironing board table, a supporting frame having leg elements which can be swiveled between a folded and an unfolded position, locking means for locking the position of the ironing board table in the unfolded position and at a save working height above a floor, and control means for unlocking the locking mechanism which control means can be moved by a user manually from a locking position into an unlocking position.
  • This known folding ironing board comprises two locking mechanisms each having their own actuating handle. To prevent inadvertent collapsing of the ironing board, which could have serious consequences, the collapsing of the ironing board can only take place by actuating the two handles simultaneously.
  • US-A-2912775 discloses a folding ironing board comprising an ironing board table, a supporting frame, two sets of legs, interpivoted intermediate their ends, one of said set of legs having a pivot connection to the board table and the other of said set of legs having an upper end rectilinearly movable with respect to the ironing board in the longitudinal direction thereof and an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the working height of the board table.
  • the adjusting mechanism has two stop members or sets of stop members, one of said stop members or sets of stop members being adjustably connected to a locking rod at a position between the upper ends of the set of legs, which locking rod has a pivot connection with the movable upper end of one of the sets of legs.
  • the other stop member or set of stop members is connected to the board table in a stationary position with respect to the longitudinal direction of the board table and is limitedly tiltable between a position in which it engages the locking rod and prevents moving thereof, and a position in which the locking of the locking rod is perished and the set of legs may be collapsed.
  • control handle comprises an elongated element having a free end and a jamming member from the loose element which is provided with an opening into which the free end of the control handle can be inserted.
  • the jamming member is essentially elastic and spherical and the spherical jamming member is provided with a blind opening.
  • the jamming member can easily be slipped over an end of a control handle.
  • Ease of use is offered by an embodiment having means to suspend the jamming member at the free-hanging object from the ironing board in the vicinity of the control handle.
  • Fig. 1 shows a folding ironing board 1 having an ironing board table 5 with an underframe having leg elements 11 and 13 which can be swiveled between a folded and an unfolded position. These two leg elements are hinged together at 15 and are provided at their free ends with respective supports 11A, 11B and 13A, 13B to enable the ironing board to be placed firmly on the ground.
  • the ironing board On the top side, around the ironing board table 5, the ironing board is provided with a table rim 3, in which the ironing board table is mounted. To the rim of the ironing board table are clamped a couple of accessories, namely a tray 7 and a supporting element 9 for the accommodation of an iron.
  • This locking mechanism comprises a pair of first locking elements 17 connected to the ironing board table, as well as locking elements 19, 21 in the form of sliding locking bars 19 which can be moved relative to the said first locking elements and interact with the leg element 13.
  • first locking elements 17 connected to the ironing board table
  • locking elements 19, 21 in the form of sliding locking bars 19 which can be moved relative to the said first locking elements and interact with the leg element 13.
  • the bar 27 is hinge-mounted with limited pivotal movement in a pair of stiffening profiles 29 present on the bottom edge of the ironing board table and, with the aid of a handle 31, can be pivoted counter to the action of a spring (not shown in the drawing).
  • a spring not shown in the drawing.
  • Fig. 3 the position of the handle 31 and the locking elements 17 and 19 is shown schematically in the crossed and hence locked position.
  • the control member or the handle 31 can be jammed in the locking position shown in Fig. 2.
  • a jamming member 33 is present, which, together with the handle, is manually displaceable into the jamming position shown in Fig. 2 in which the space between the control handle 31 and the underside of the ironing board table 5 is locally filled so that the movement of the control handle 31 counter to spring force in the direction of the bottom edge of the ironing board table 5 is prevented to such an extent, and possibly in total, that the locking mechanism is prevented from being unlocked.
  • the control handle 31 forms an elongated element, namely a part of the bar 27 which is cranked at a 90-degree angle and possesses a free end 47.
  • the jamming member comprises a loose element which is provided with an opening 49 into which the free end 47 of the control handle 31 can be inserted.
  • the jamming member is spherical. It is made from an elastic rubbery plastic or something similar, so that it poses no danger to children, for example, and can be fitted in clamping arrangement around the free end 47 of the control handle 31.
  • Figs. 3-4 show that the opening 49 is a blind opening, so that the free end 47 does not protrude beyond the jamming member.
  • this is provided with a suspension eye 51 having an opening 53. Through this opening can be fitted a chain or a piece of cord, for example, by which the jamming member can be suspended.
  • a jamming member in place of a loose jamming member, a jamming member can be used which is fixedly connected to the handle 31 and is hinge-mounted, for example, such that it can be pivoted relative thereto. Also conceivable is a jamming member which is mobile, for example, on the underside of the ironing board table and which can be placed or otherwise in the movement path of the control handle.

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EP99905361A 1998-02-13 1999-02-11 Folding ironing board Expired - Lifetime EP1055025B1 (en)

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NL1008293 1998-02-13
NL1008293A NL1008293C2 (nl) 1998-02-13 1998-02-13 Opklapbare strijktafel.
PCT/NL1999/000072 WO1999041444A1 (en) 1998-02-13 1999-02-11 Folding ironing board

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CN106436247B (zh) * 2016-10-19 2018-12-04 佛山市顺德区盛熙电器制造有限公司 熨衣板的定位组件及应用其的熨衣板组件和挂烫机
DE202017106971U1 (de) 2017-11-16 2017-11-30 Casa Si Marketing Und Vertriebsgmbh Klappbares Bügelbrett
DE102019123697A1 (de) * 2019-09-04 2021-03-04 Schauerhuber Gmbh Klappbares Bügelbrett
DE202019005910U1 (de) 2019-09-04 2023-03-17 Schauerhuber Gmbh Klappbares Bügelbrett

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EP1055025A1 (en) 2000-11-29
AU2551899A (en) 1999-08-30
WO1999041444A1 (en) 1999-08-19
DE69903130D1 (de) 2002-10-31
DK1055025T3 (da) 2002-12-30
DE69903130T2 (de) 2003-04-30

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