US1448418A - Ironing board - Google Patents

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Max. 13, 1923. 1,448,418

- s. PLEWA ET AL IRONING BOARD Filed Jan. 15, 1921 Steve PLewa Roan N =Ianu5 2 Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

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Application filed January 13, 1921. I Serial No. 436,865;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that STEVE PLEWA and Ro- MAN N. JANUsz, bothcitizens of the United States, and residents of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wiscon sin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing Boards, and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention refers to folding ironing boards, and it has for its object toprovide a simple, economical and effective means for locking the board to a ledge or other fixture. The specific object of our invention is to provide a cleat having an obliquely dlsposed face with relation to the bottom surface of a supporting leg, whereby the cleat assumes a parallel relation to the table or'ledge to which it is attached, to thus firmly secure the ironing board in place and thereby prevent slippage of the same from the ledge,

and to prevent marring the ledge or table.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, as are hereinafter set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed. 1

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation,

partly in section, of an ironing table embodying the features of my invention, the same being shown aflixed to a ledge or table edge, and

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the board, the same being shown in its folded position with relation to the leg.

Referring by characters to the drawings, 1 represents a ledge or table to the bottom face of which is fitted the inner bifurcated end of an ironing board 3. The said bifurcated end thus forms a pair of spaced gripping fingers 2. The gripping fingers are provided with upstanding resilient buttons 2 which serve as yielding points of contact for engagement with the table bottom.

The underside of the board has secured thereto parallel cleats 4t near the inner end thereof, and said cleats carry a pivot bolt 5 for a foldable leg 6, the pivot bolt being secured by suitable nuts, whereby the leg can be frictionally gripped between the,

cleats 4 to hold the same securely in a set angular position of gripping. The upper end of the leg 6 extends through the space between the board gripping fingers 2 when the parts are swung to their normal working i 10081131011130 form a grlpping arm 6", where by said arm is disposed at an angle to the board gripping fingers 2. Y

The extreme end of the arm has secured thereto a rail-7, which rail is V-shaped in cross section and is secured to the arm by nails or screws 7. The lower face 7 of the rail is disposed at an obtuse angle to the bottom face of thearm 6, whereby said lower face 7 is positioned relatively parallel to the upper face of the table 1 or ledge element, to which the board is attached.

The lower face 7 of the rail is also provided with yieldable buttons 8, which buttons are secured by nails or screws 8 that enter the cleat at approximately 'a right angle tothe face.

nail 7 of the rail,the same is reinforced to thereby prevent splitting. The yielding buttons 8 have biting faces which are parallel with the lower face7, and hence, it will so be seen that when load strain is putupon the leg 6, th fingers 2 and arm 6 constitute gripping jaws between which the ledge or table is firmly clamped, and the clamp strain is directed upon parallel lines to thus prevent slippage of the device from the retaining ledge or table 1, when the ironing board i is utilized. Obviously in some instances the buttons may, be dispensed with or varied in form, as simple felt buttons or a layer of '90 are in threaded union with bearing brackets y 10 that are secured in sockets formed in the gripping fingers 2. This'arrangement is an important feature of our invention, due'to the fact that it permits adjustment upon the axis 50f the ironingiboard, whereby the 0v angle of said ironing board can be varied v up or down by turning the spindle 9, where-i by its button 2 will raise or lower the outer end of the board. In many cases, it is desirable to drop the table down at a slight 05,

angle or to raise it up to facilitate ironing,

and this simple arrangement permits the desired function. y Y a We claim: 1

A foldable ironing board having spacedllo fingers for engaging the underside of a supporting ledge, brackets on said fingers, bolts Thus it will be seen that i owing to the securing means for the buttons 75 being disposed at an angle to the securing 1 threaded thru said brackets contacting with said ledge for raising or lowering the fingers to vary the inclination of the board, parallel cleats secured to the under-side or" the board, acl-ampingbolt extending thru thecleats, a normally oblique legpivoted upon the bolt between the cleats having a gripping arm projecting above the board, a

rail secured to the under side of the leg' arm, the, railbeing shaped in crosssection and having one face thereof disposed at an ob.-

tuse angle to the lower face of the arm to thus present a lowerrail racein parallel relation to the supporting ledge to which the board is attached, and yieldable buttons se cured to the lower face of the-rail.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands at Mil waukee, in-the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

STEVE PLEWA. nor/ran N. JANUSZ.

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