US1287597A - Cover for ironing-boards. - Google Patents

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R. D. MURRAY.

COVER FOR IRONING BOARDS.

APPLICATION FILED nac. I2. 19u.

l,28'7,59'7. Patented Dee. 10, 1918.

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COVER FOR IBONING-BOARDS.

- Specicationof Letters Patent.

. Patented-Dee. 1o, 191s.

Appneatien med December 12, .1917. serial No. 205,844.y

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROSE D. MURRAY, citizen yof the United States,vr residing at Seattle, in the county of'King .and State of Washington, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Covers for Ironwhich the following is a speciication.

My* invention relates to removable covers for ironing boards, andthe object of my invention is toprovide an ironin board cover which shall include two separa le portions one of which portions comprises a-pad of soft yielding materialformed to adapt it to extend throughout the length and breadth of the top' surface of an ironing board and provided with ,means for'releasably fastening it in its Operative position' on said ironing board, and the other of which portions-consists in a jacket o f tough'smooth textile fabric formed to adapt it to be disposed to in'close the edge, portions of said ironing boardand the top surface ofthe associated pad' in such manner as will compress thesoft yielding material of said pad the form of a flat evensurface that cannot be rutlied by the act of ironing on said ironing board; l t,

I accomplish this object by devices in the accompanying drawings,` wherein- Figure 1 1s a view in side elevation of an 'ironing board cover embodying my invention as :.it will appear when disposedon an to be fastened thereto;

of Fig. 1; of the same in elevation of its rounded end portion;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a detail ofv the same; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of another detail of the same.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numerals designate like parts, 6 is a common form of ironing board which 1s shown in cross-section 1n Disposed on Fig. 2 and indicated `by dotted lines in Fig. 1. y A the top surface of the iron-- 7 'at oppositie points thereof respectively are tapeelike strings 9,10, 11, 12, 13 and '14 Whose full lengths. are not indicated in the drawing, but whose lengths are sufiicient to adapt opposite ones of them to hek tightly drawn together beneath the ironing board 6 and-there tied in a knot thus to fasten\said pad 7 on the'ironing board 6.

'Attached to the end edgeportion of the wider end of the pad 7 is a loop 15-of tape which 1s of a length to adapt it to extend beneath the end portion of the ironing board 6 to a point registering with the strings 9 and 10 so that one or bothofsaid strings 9 and 10 may be passed through said loop 15 before said strings 9 and 10 are tied together thus to cause loop 15 to prevent the pad 7 v 'l from movingv toward the opposite end of the ironingboard in response to `the operation Vof Ironlng clothes thereon, a movement' of inthe opposite direction being said pad 7 prevented by tying the strings 13 and 14 at tapered narrow end por-tion of said ironing board 6.

Thus the pad 7'may be secured against .endwise and sidewise movements on the ironing board 6 while its top surface may be ruffled and uneven.`

In order to smooth andiatten the top sur'-l face of the pad 7 and to bind its soft yielding material morel firmly to the surface of the ironing board I have provided a jacket 16 made of tough,'smooth textile fabric and of-a form corresponding in contourto the contour-ofthe ironing-board 6 but of larger area, whiclifjacket 16 isthus adapted to in- `close thetop surface ofthe pad 7 and all the v edge portions y 1 n Attached to the-hemmed side edges of the ofthe ironing board 6.

-'jacket 16 at opposite points thereof. are a yplurality of tape strings 17 and 18, 19 and 20,

ingboard 6 is a pad 7 of soft yielding ma' terial, as cotton batting. disposed between' two pieces of cotton cloth, which pad 7 in shape of outline and in dimensions is like the top surface of the ironing board 6.

As shown more clearly in Fig. 4, attached to both of the side edgevportions'of the pad hem- 27between th 21 and 22, and'24, 25 and 26, asshownin Fig. 5, which strings are to be of sufficient length to adapt them to be tied together` beneath the ironing board 6. l

of the rounded end of The edge portion' the jacket 16iS vfolded overto form a widepuckering string28.. y

`Attached. to the edge lportion of the wider end of the jacket 16 isa loop of, tape 29.

' The jacket 16 is symmetrically. disposed on the top of the pad 7 so that all of its edge portions extend downwardly lower than the bottom of the ironing board 6 and thereupon one or both of the strings 17 and 18 are pro# folds of which extends a aof- . tightly tied, then the jected through the loop 29 and said strings 17 and 18 are then pulled together and opposite end portions of the puckering string 28 are drawn together With force beneath the ironing board 6 and there tied, thus coacting With the loop 29 to stretch the cloth of the jacket 16 in an endwisedirection, andl thereupon the strings 19 and 20, 21 and 22, 23 and 2l and 25 and 26 are respectively drawn together with force and tied beneath the ironing board 6, thus to stretch the cloth of the jacket 16 in side- Wise directions and cause it to compress, Hatten and confine the material of the pad 7, and to present a smooth fiat surface upon Which'clothes may be ironed in an obvious manner.

Obviouslythe shape of the outline of the pad 7 and the jacket 16 may be changed to correspond to ironing boards of different shapes', and the number of binding strings that are attached to the edge portions of the pad 7 and the jacket 16 may be changed Without vdeparting from the spirit of my invention. l

What I claim is:

1. A cover for an ironing board including a covering member substantially conboard and havforming to the form of the edge of one end ing a loop attached to the thereof, a plurality of oppositely arranged laterally extending binding strings attached to the side edge portions of said covering member, one pair of said binding strings being adapted to extend through said loop and then be fastened under the board at one end to prevent longitudinal movement of the covering member one direction,

and means at the other end portion of said coveringmember to prevent longitudinal movement 0f the covering member relative t0 rection.

through said loop relative to the board inv the boardin the opposite di- .1917

extend through said loop and then be fastened under the board at one end to prevent longi- ,tudinal movement of the covering member relative to the board in one direction, and means at the other end portion of said covering member to prevent longitudinal movement of the covering member relative to the -board in the opposite direction, said means including a Wide hem formed on Said other end of the covering member and having a -puckering string extending through the folds thereof.

3. A cover for an ironing board having a reduced end portion, including a covering member substantially conforming to the form of the 'board and having a loop attached to the edge of the wider end thereof, and a plurality of oppositely arranged vlaterally eX- tending binding strings attached to the side edge portions 0f said covering .rnember,one pair of said binding strings being adapted to be fastened under the board at the reduced end thereof to prevent longitudinal movement of the covering member relative to the board in one direction, and another pair of x said binding strings being adapted to extend at the Wider end of the board and then be fastened under th'e latter to prevent longitudinal movement of ,the covering member relative to the board in the opposite direction.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 6th day of December .Af D.;

Ross D. MURRAY.

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