US1181517A - Folding ironing-board. - Google Patents

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w. H. FLIEHMANN.

FOLDING IRONING BOARD. APPLICATION FILED NOV. I1. 19M. v 1,181,517, Patented May 2, 1916.

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W. H. FLIEHMANN. FOLDING IRONING BOARD. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1914.

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2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- a ttommg WILLIAM H. FLIEHMANN, OF ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI.

FOLDING IRONING-IBOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1916.

Application filed November 11, 1914. Serial No. 871,589.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM H. FLIEH- MANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Charles, in the county of St. Charles and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in folding ironing boards, and particularly to a folding support removably connected with the board so that it may be operated with respect to the board to present a collapsed or an extended operative device.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a folding board including a support, the'said support being constructed and arranged for a folding movement with respect to the board and including bracing elements which, in the opening or operative relation of the parts, will effectively hold the support in board supporting position.

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of my improvement, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section, Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same showing the parts in folded relation, Fig. 3 is an edge view of the board, the support being shown in section in a line approximately corresponding with the line 3-3 in Fig. 2, Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the support in its set-up position, the board being indicated by the dotted lines, Fig. 5 is a bottom plan View of the board, the support being removed, Fig. 6 is a. detail sectional View approximately on the line 66 of Fig. 5, Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 77 of Fig. 1, but taken upon a greatly enlarged scale, Fig. 8 is a perspective View of a clip which may be employed for securing the flexible cover upon the board, and Fig. 9 is an elevation illus trating the construction of the leg members from a single piece of metal.

While in the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the device in connection with an ironing board, it is tobe understood that the supporting means are not to be restricted in this particular, as the same may be employed with equal efliciency in numerous other instances, and also it should be stated that while in the drawings there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, such changes as wall within the scope of the claim may be made if desired.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates the front legs of the support and 2 the rear legs. The rear legs comprise two members, 22', each of a similar construction, and include uprights 33, each pair of which being connected by a cross brace 44. Likewise the front leg comprises a pair of uprights 55 that are approximately centrally connected by a cross bar 6, and the legs 5, at their lower ends, are preferably prodded with angular extensions or lugs 7--7 which are in the form of what may be termed feet, the same resting upon the ground surface. The uprights 5 of the leg 1 have their central portions connected by a transverse cross bar 8, the said bar being provided with a loosely connected hook 9.

The uprights of the legs are so arranged with relation to the connecting bars that they converge downwardly, each providing a substantially A-shaped member.

The board, which is indicated by the numeral 10 is of asuitable length and width and has its side edges converging toward one of its ends in the usual manner. The board is formed, upon its underface, with longitudinally extending channels 11 and transverse channels 12, cleats 13 being arranged within the transverse channels 12 to'strengthen and prevent the warping of the board.

The rear legs are hingedly connected together, as at 14, and the rear uprights, forming the outer leg 4 are provided with hinges 15 which are secured to the board 10. The board 10, adjacent its reduced end is provided with two spaced eyes 16 and 17 respectively, the eye 16 being engaged by the hook 9 when the support is in its set up position, and the eye 17 being engaged by. the said hook 9 when the board is in its collapsed position, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The respective sets of legs are secured against longitudinal movement by a connecting bar 14, the bar 14 comprising three members, indicated by the numerals 15, 16 and 17' respectively. The member 15 has one of its ends hingedly secured, as at 18, to the intermediate cross bar 6 of the legs 1, the said member having its opposite end hingedly secured, as at 19, to the cross bar 4: of the inner leg member 3 of the rear legs, while the said member 1st is likewise hingedly secured, as at 20, to the section 16 of the connecting bar 14. The section 16 is likewise hingedly connected to the section 17, as at 21, the said hinge being disposed upon the underfaces of the sections 16 and 17, while secured to the underface of the section 17, at the end thereof, is a hinge 22 which is likewise connected to the cross bar at of the rear leg section 2. It will be thus noted that'the member 14; comprises three distinct members, each hingedly connected together and each except member 16 hingedly connected to the cross bars of the legs, and it will also be noted that when the legs are in their set up position, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and d of the drawings, the cross bar will prevent the swinging of the legs in a closing or collapsing position.

The ironing board is provided with a covering of felt or other material, as indicated by the numeral 23, while arranged over the said facing is a cover 2% of some light textile material, such as the ordinary cotton cloth, the ends of the said cloth being extended upon the underface of the board, and secured thereto through the medium of spring clips 25. The clips preferably comprise each a rectangular metallic member having end prongs 27, and its body, adjacent its ends opposite that provided with the prongs 27 punched out to form additional prongs 28. The body of each of the spring members or clips 25 is provided with an opening 29 for the reception of a securing element, such as a screw 30. The prongs 28 formed on these members extend toward their side edges, and the natural resiliency of the metal from which the clips are formed will have a tendency to force the prongs 28 in the board.

In Fig. 9 of the drawings I have illustrated the legs 1 1 formed from a single piece of bendable metal, preferably in the nature of a metal rod 2, the uprights of which converging from the upper to the lower ends thereof and being bent inwardly to provide feet 7 and from thence continued upwardly in a plane with the side members or uprights .and connected by a horizontally disposed portion 6, forming a cross brace, similar to the brace illustrated in Fig. l of the drawing, to which one of the sections of the longitudinal brace is hingedly secured. The upper ends of the side members or uprights are turned inwardly, as at 1, and these ends may be received within suitable eyes or sockets (not shown) which may be provided upon the underface of the board, so that the leg section 1 may be secured to and readily removed from the board by spreading the arms or uprights thereof away from. each other out of the sockets.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

In a device of the kind described, in combination, an ironing board, a rear support for said board pivotally connected to said table and adapted to fold over alongside of said board, a front support for said board having a top edge upon which said board rests, a connecting bar movably connected at one end to said rear support and pivotally connected at its opposite end to said front support, a hook carried by said front support at its upper end, an eye member secured to the under side of said ironing board with which said hook may engage to dispose said front support vertically causing its top edge to engage said board, and a second eye member secured upon said board in advance of said first eye member and adapted, when engaged by the same hook to secure both the rear and front support in collapsed position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IVILLIAM H. FLIEHMANN.

WVitnesses:

BERNARD H. DYER, LEO F. PALLORDY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing thev Commissioner 0! Patents, Washington, D. O.

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