US1482876A - Ironing board - Google Patents

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Feb. 5 1924.

H. WARR IRONING BOARD Filed Aug.

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HARRY WARE, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

IRONING BOARD.

Application sied August 29, 1921. serial no. 496,527.

T0 all whom t may concern: l f

Be it known that I, HARRY VVARR, asubject of the King of Great Britain, residing at the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Ironing Board, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to an ironing board as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel features of construction pointed out in the claim for novelty following a description in detail of the preferred form of the device.

The objects of the invention are to devise an ironing board which can readily be fastened to the kitchen table and then be removed and put out of the way and thus be a great convenience to people living in small apartments; to afford every facility to the ironer, especially in regard to the sleeve board in its relation to the main board; and generally to provide a simple and cheap collapsible ironmg board.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the board secured to the table and in position for ironing.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sec-tional view of the board, also showing it in its open position.

Figure 3 is a perspective detail of the adjustable foot.

Figure 4: is a perspective detail of the bracket supporting the sleeve board and the pivoted socket attached thereto.

Figure 5 is a perspective detail of the fastening for securing the leg to the main board.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is the main board for ironing skirts or other garments, and 2 is a sleeve yboard of somewhat similar shape to the main board both tapering towards their outer ends. K

The bracket 3 is secured to the bottom of the sleeve board 2 and is formed with a downwardly extending post 4ladapted to rest on the main board, and having the flanges 5, the screw holes 6 and the brace 7 against the bottom of the sleeve board.

rllhe lug 8 extends from the bracket 3 beyond the inner end of the sleeve board 2 and upwardly and at the end of this lug,

the socket or sleeve 9 is pivotallysecured by thepin 10 extending through the forked end11 Aand the ,washers 12, said socket..9 having the transversethreaded hole 13 thereinto in which the thumb screw 14 turns..

The main board 1 is longitudinally slotted at 15 and at the inner end of this slot, the` metal bar 16 is rigidly secured to the underside of the board, said bar 16 being slotted in one side at 17 to correspond with the end portion of the longitudinal slot 15.

The bearing member 16a is rigidly secured to the metal bar 16 in alignment with the slot 17 and is formed with the parallel lugs 19 projecting over said slot 17 from the outer edge of said bar and holds by means of the pivot bolt 20 and nut 21 the leg 22.

The leg 22 is formed at its upper end with the table notch 23, said table notch having the leather pad 24 to more securely grip the table. The other end of the leg 22 carries an adjustable foot 25, fitted onto a double bevelled end 26, said foot being in the form of a channel bar closed at one end to form the correspondingly bevelled foot portion 27 and having two longitudinal slots 28 and 29 one of said slots forming the opening for the screw 30 and washer 31 and the other forming an opening for the projecting screw 32 on which the thumb nut 33 is threaded to engage the washer 34 so that the said foot may be moved up and down as desired and held in any one place by the said thumb nut.

The pivot post 35 is rigidly secured to the leg 22, adjacent to its upper end where the said leg in its open position projects through the slot 15.

The pivot post 35 is secured by the screws 36 through its base 37, being offset at 37 to bring the post to an upright position in the open position of the board.

The socket 9 is mounted on the post 35 and held in the desired position by the thumb screw 14, thus the sleeve board 2 may be thrown over to the position shown in the dotted lines in Figure 2 and by loosening the thumb screw slight-ly, said sleeve board ma be moved to dotted position shown in Figure 1, and in both cases it will be out of the way temporarily in order that the main board may be used.

In securing the main board to the table, the table is inserted under the pad `24: and between said pad and the top of the ironing board, the leg 22 abutting the inner wall of the slot 15, said inner wall being preferably inclined so that the leg has a fair resting place.

The foot 25 is adjusted according to the height of the table as already explained, then if it is desired the sleeve board is mounted on the post and used from time to time and put out of the way as required.

The applicant is well aware that ironing boards have been attached to tables, and have been made as collapsible ironing boards but this particular board is so arranged and tted as to maintain its rigidity and not be readily disturbed from the ironing position and furthermore the conveniences as provided are intended to eeonomize in both time and labor.

l/Vhat I claim is:

In an ironing table, a pivot post, a sleevel on said post provided with a set screw for adjustably holding said sleeve in position and with a pair of parallel lugs, a bracket having front and lateral horizontal projections, a downward extension forming a leg, and a rearward extension pivoted between said lugs and a sleeve board mounted upon said project-ions.

Signed at Montreal, Canada, this 24th day of August, 1921.

HARRY WARR.

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