US1217368A - Cover-holder for ironing-boards. - Google Patents

Description

T. E. THORN.

COVER HOLDER FOR IRONING BOARDS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 25. $916.

1,217,368; Patented Feb.27,1917.

TE Tim/'12 'structed device whereby the cover of THOMAS E. 'rrionn, or sermon, OREGON.

COVER-"HOLDER FOR IRONING-BOARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent. i Patented; Feb, 2'7; 191?,

Application filed April 25, 1916. Serial No. 93,426.

b all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS E. THoRN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bandon, in the county of Coos and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cover-Holders for ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for holding the covers upon ironing boards and for like purposes, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply conan ironing board may be readily applied without the necessity for employing tacks, screws, or like devices, and which may be as readily removed when required.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims; and in the drawings illustrative of thepreferred embodiment of the invention Figure 1 is a perspective view from beneath of a conventional ironing board with the cover partially removed and the improved holding devices applied;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view from above of a portion of the larger end of the ironing board with one of the holding devices applied;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail illustrating the operation of the improved holding device;

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the portion of the device shown in Fig. 3 without the fabric member;

Fig. 5 represents enlarged detached perspective views of the members comprising the improved device.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device comprises a staplelike member 10 adapted to be forced into the body of the ironing board, represented conventionally at 11, at suitable intervals and spaced from its edges with the bar portion of the staple spaced a short distance from the body of the board, as represented at the right of Fig. 1. Any required number of the devices 10 may be employed and located at any required distance apart, and gener-' ally one ofthe staple'devices will be located in the upper face of the board near the larger end, as illustrated in Fig. 2. A plurality of holding devices constructed of wire in the form shown at the left of Fig. 5 are employed and each including a relatively long loop portion 12 and pointed terminals 13, the latter a trifle greater than the distance between the leg portions of the staple members 10 and preferably with slight depressions 14: to cause them to frictionally engage the legs of the staples. The portions 13 are needlepointed to enable them to be readily inserted through the material of the cover, the latter being represented conventionally at 15.

To apply the improved device the cover 15 is stretched over the board with its edges covering the staple devices 10 and the points 13 of the holding members inserted through the cloth and beneath the staple devices, as illustrated in Fig. 3, the hollows 14 and the relatively long loop portions 12 hearing against the leg portions of the staple devices, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 and firmly held in place by the resiliency of the material of which the parts are constructed. By stretching the cloth before the holding devices are inserted stress will be applied to the cover to hold it firmly in position, and this stress may be increased to any required extent by stretching the cloth over the staple devices before the holding members are inserted.

In devices of this character the larger end of the board 11 is generally left exposed to provide a place for the'deposit of the flat ironstand, and when the cover is thus arranged one 'or more of the staple devices 10 will be inserted in the upper face of the board near the larger end to hold the adjacent end of the cover, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The improved device may be applied to boards of any shape or size, and to either or both sides of the board. The devices lie close to the face of the board, hence are not liable to be disarranged by contact with surrounding objects and will not injure garments or other articles which may be drawn over the board. The fastening device may also be used upon the upper face of the board in stretching the cover lengthwise when it does not reach the ends.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be readily applied without changbeing spaced apart a distance ing the structure of the board, and Without injuring the cover, and enables the laundress to readily apply and remove the covers.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is 1. A fabric holding device comprising an arching member adapted to be connected to a supporting body, and a holding member including pointed sides spaced apart and a laterally directed loop, the terminals of the loop portion extending beyond the side portions, said side portions adapted to be thrust through the fabric and beneath the arching member.

2. A fabric holding device comprising an arching member adapted to be connected to a supporting body, and a holding member including pointed sides spaced apart and a laterally directed loop, the terminals of the loop portion extending beyond the side portions with inwardly directed depressions at the juncture of the side and loop portions, said side portions adapted to be thrust through the fabric and beneath the arching member, and said depressions yieldably e11- gaging the arching member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

THOMAS E. THOR-N. [L s.]

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' Washington, no.

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