US1228869A - Pressing-board and holder. - Google Patents

Description

J. R. ANDERSON.

PRESSING BOARD AND HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.4. 1916,

1,228,869, Patented June 5,1917.

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PRESSING-BO'ABD AND HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Junefi, 1917.

Application filed August 4, 1916. Serial No. 113,052.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN R. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pressing- Boards and Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a pressing board and holder therefor and has for its object the provision of a device of simple and rela tively inexpensive construction whereby the pressing of garment seams and the like is facilitated.

A further object of my invention is the provision of an adjustable holder or sup port for a variety of different forms of pressing boards which may be easily attached to and detached from said holder.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will be apparentas it is better understood by reference to the following specification when read in connection with the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment thereof, in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the holder with a pressing board supported thereon;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1 with the pressing board differently arranged, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the structure illustrated in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates a table having a projecting edge 2. The table forms no part of my invention and may be .of any suitable or ordinary construction,

serving only as a means to which the holder is secured.

The holder comprises a clamp 3 embracing the edge 2 and provided with a screw 4 having a foot 5 at one end to engage the inside surface of the edge 2 and an operating member 6 at the other end. A yoke 7 is pivotally mounted on a pintle 8 depending from'the upper arm of the clamp 3 and is provided with a foot 9 which rests upon the upper surface of the table.

The upper and lower edges 10 and 11 of the opening formed in the yoke 7 are arranged to engage the upper and lower surface of an extension 12 of the sleeve board 13, which, as illustrated in the drawing, is substantially square in cross section and shaped to form an arc of a circle' Various curved shapes may obviously be employed,

the object being to provide a board which conforms, substantially to curved garment seams so that such seams may be readily pressed. Two positions of the ironing board 13 are illustrated, Fig. 1 showing the ironing board curving upwardly and Fig. 2 showing it curving laterally. The ironing board 13 may be quickly released from the yoke 7 and arranged in either position to conform to the character of the work to be performed. When pressure is applied to the ironing board the extension 12 is securely gripped by the edges 10 and 11 of the opening in the yoke 7. i

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated in dotted lines a different form of ironing board 14: which may replace the ironing board 13 and it is to be understood that I contemplate the use of a Variety of forms of ironing boards each provided with an extension similar to the extension 12 and each of which is quickly attachable to and detachable from the yoke 7 and adapted to be selectively employed by the operator.

By operating the screw 4 the yoke 7 may be released and swung in an arc of 180 and securely locked in the desired position which allows the operator to work most effectively. When not in use the entire device may be detached from the table and stored in a small space for future use.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have perfected a device which is simple and compact in construction and which is adapted to increase the efiiciency of the operator by reason of the ease with which he can perform the operations of pressing various portions of a garment requiring boards of different shapes. The ironing board 13 is peculiarly adapted to the purpose of performing the hitherto dif ficult operation of pressing curved seams.

It will be further apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing any of the material advantages thereof, the form of the invention heretofore described being merely the preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising in combination a clamp, a yoke having an opening therein and a foot pivotally mounted in said clamp and adapted to be secured thereby in engagement with a suit- 1 able support, and an ironing board having an extension adapted to be removably disposed in said opening, the top and bottom edges of said opening being spaced longitudinally of said extension.

2. A device of the. character described comprising a yoke having an opening therein, means for securing said yoke to a support, a pivoted connection between said .yoke

and means, and an ironing board having an 10 extension adapted to be remov'ably disposed in said opening, the top and bottom edges of said opening being spaced longitudinally of said extension.

JOHN R. ANDERSON. Witnesses:

ERIC LARSON, J. F. OHRBERG.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

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