US1596185A

US1596185A - Ironing-board structure

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Publication number: US1596185A
Application number: US630291A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frederick W Hurst
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-04-06
Filing date: 1923-04-06
Publication date: 1926-08-17
Anticipated expiration: 1943-08-17

Description

Aug. 17 1926.

F. W. HURST :KONING .BOARD STRUCTURE Aug. 17 1926.

F. w. HuRs'r IRONING BOARD. STRUCTURE Filed April 6, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gwuentoz Ff WHurJZ Pafente Aug. 17,1926. y

UNITED STATES FREDERICK W. HURST, 0F LOGAN, UTAH:

IRONING-BOARD STRUCTURE.

Application led April v6, 1923. Serial No. 630,291.,

Thepresent invention relates to station' ary ironing boards which are built into the wall of a room so as to'be entirely concealed vwhen not in use. s

The main object of the invention is to provide an ironing board of this character that will open outwardly from the frame or cabinet in the wall and may be turned in any horizontal direction parallel with or at right angles to theJ wall when open.

A. further object of the invention consists in providing a secondary or sleeve board attached to the main board in such a manner that it can. be placed above the latter when open and folded beneath the same.

when in closed position.

Still another object of the` invention reJ sides in the fact that no leg or support for the ironing board is needed for resting it on the Hoor, but that instead a prop is provided which is situated Within the frame or cabinet. .This prop is so constructed that itfalls automatically in position when the door of the cabinet is opened and closes with the shutting of the door. The advantage'of this construction is that less depth is required in the cabinet for housing the ironing board.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the laccompanying drawings- Figure 1 shows the ironing board in side view and open position with the cabinet in section; Figure 2 shows the ironing board in closed osition and the frame or cabinet in perpen icular section;

Figure 3' is a horizontal section of the cabinet with the ironing board open;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal section of the ironing board;

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the supporting member for the ironing board, an

Figure 6 is a perspective view of some details. 1

Y Referring particularly to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the reference numeral 10 represents a [wall having'a recess into which a Jframe or cabinet 11 is built in so as to fit-,tightly on all sides of the recess. Near the bottom of the frame is secured a transverse slat 12 running the entire width across the frame andto this slat is hinged, as or bracket 14 which is-comparatively short and onlyprotrudes' a vshort distance beyond the wall when in open. position.A This bracket has a rearw ard extension 15 which vnel iron or cleat 25 secured by at 13, a flap Y abuts on the under side of the slat 12 when i to engage in a groove-19 provided on the under side of the bracket. As seen in Figure 1, this strut stands at a slight inclination when engaging with the groove 19 and is for that purpose beveled on its bottom edge, as at 20. In folded position, as seen in Figure 2, the strut is held perpendicularly by the abutment 1- and its cross piece 18 falls into the recess formed near the ledge'15 of the bracket.

0n the upper side of the bracket is p-rovided. a. mounting for an ironing board. This mounting includes a track consisting of an arcuate metal plate or strip 22 which preferably is 'semi-circular and has a rabbet formed along its circular edge 23 by placing spacing boards or blocks '27 between it and the bracket to which it is secured by screws. The blocks 27 cooperate to Jform the inner section of a support for the trackf'strip. In the rabbet of the track strip is engaged the flange 24 at the lower end of the chanmeans of screws or in any other suitable manner to the rear end of the main ironing board 26. The outer end of the bracket 14 has secured thereto a filler piece or to 'maintain the bracket and the ironing board 26 in parallel relation at all times. At the sides o1- its, inner end portion the the bracket is open so as partly to support d block 21 which may be termed the outer section of the support for the track strip isa formed with recesses or seats 21 to receive the ends of thetrack strip and maintain the upper faces of the` strip 22 and block 21 1n the same plane. :This construction is best seen in Figure 4 where also a pintle 48 isshown, around which the main ironing board 26 is permitted tobe turned out of its normal position. When the Amain ironing board, as seen in Figure f3, points outwardly at right angles from the wall, the channel 25 engages entirely by means of itsy flange 24 wlth the protruding plate 22. .Whenit is desired to turnA the main.

lower end disposed ironing board out r`oit its central position, the ange 24 will then run in the rabbet 23 so as to still engage therein.

At the extreme end of the mam 1ron1ng board 26 is provided a downwardly extending hinge member 28 rigidly secured to the end of the main board by means of screws 29 or the like. A pair of parallel links 30 are journaled on their transverse portion 31 at the lower end of the hinge member 28 so as to be able to swing from a perpendicular position down to a horizontal one below7 the ironing board 26. These links 30 have ]ournaled connection 21 at one end of a secondary ironing board 32 and a second pair lot links 33 extending in parallel direction wlth the lirst links'30 are also journaled under the secondary board 32, as at 34. The short or second links 33 have at their lower ends a connecting band 35 journaled thereto, as

at 36, the other end of the band being similarly journaled, as at 37, about midway down on the first links 30. By referring to Fi re 1, is will be seen that with the secon ary ironing board 32 in open position, the connecting band 35 will lie flat on top of the main ironing board 26 and the links 30 and '33 will form legs for supporting the second'- ary ironing board 32in spaced relation on to of the main ironing board. When the secon ary ironing board is not in use or when the boards are to be folded in the cabinetvor frame, the secondary ironing board 32 is swung around the pin 31 until it lies flat beneath the main ironing board 26, as best seen in Figure 2, and in order to hold the secondary ironing board in this position, a small latch 38 is provided on the under side of the main ironing board. This latch is preferably a swiveled nut which may be turned to engage thehead of the secondary ironing board when locking the same.

Behind the hinge plate 28 at the free end or the ironing board 26 is furnished a recess l 47 in which the head plate 46 is seated to keep the secondary board locked in erected position. This plate is secured on the under side of the band 35 in such a manner that its ledge engages behind the edge of the plate 28.

A door 4() hinged to one side of the frame 11 is intended to close the opening of the frame 11 and in doing so willhold the boards in upright position in the frame and entirely concealed behind the door. side of the door may be mounted to turn one or more clothes racks 41 which can be turned outwardly when the door isv open to provide a .place for clothes to dry when the ironing board is in use.

The .main ironing board is'balanced and Ahung in the frame so that, directly the door 40 is swung o en, the ironing'board will fall outwards untll the ledge 15 strikesthe slat v12. Slmultaneously the strut 16 will also On the inner fall outwardly and engage in the groove 19 on the under side of the turntable 14, and in this manner firmly support the turntable as well as the ironing boards. lf the secondary ironing board or sleeve board 32 is required, it will be released from its latch 38 and swung outwardly on top of the main Having thus described the invention, what4 is claimed as new is 1. In afolding ironing table construction, a frame, a bracket pivotally mounted in said frame and adapted to be swung out of the frame to a substantially horizontal position, a mounting for an ironing board carried by said bracket and comprising a support including an outer section having a flat upper face and having recesses at the sides of its inner end portion forming seats, an inner section of less depth than the outer section, and an arcuate track strip, secured upon said inner section with its end portions secured in the seats formed in the inner end portion of said outer section and its upper face flush with the upper face of the outer section, said track strip having its outer peripheral edge portion projecting beyond said inner section, an ironing board resting'upon the flat upper faces of said track stripand outer section of said support and pivotally connected with said outer section at the Center of curvature ofsaid track stripand a depending cleat secured to the inner end of said ironing board and engaged beneath the projecting peripheral edge portion of the track strip.

2. In a folding ironing table construction, a frame, a-bracket pivotally mountedat one end in said frame and adapted to be swung downwardly out of` the frame to a substantially horizontal position, a filler block se- I cured upon the upper face of the outer end portion of the bracket and 'havin a flat upper face, an arcuate track st'rip disposed over said bracket `with its ends secured to the inner end of said block and its upper face Hush with the upper face of the block, a spacing block for said track strip extending from the inner end of said ller block beneath said track strip and having an arcuate edge face terminating' short'of the outer arcuate edge of the track strip,`an ironing board havingfits butt end portion overlapping said brtcket'and resting upon saidller block and track strip and having an arcuate inner end edge face,l means pivotally mounting said ironing board for swinging board and at its lower end having a projection extending beneath the overhangmg peripheral edge dportion of the track strip.

3. In a folding' ironing table construction, a cabinet open Vat its front, a slat extending across said cabinet in spaced relation to its bottom, an abutment inthe bottom of said cabinet, a bracket hin ed to said slat and adapted -to be swung ownwardly out of the cabinet and at its inner end having a lip extension of reduced thickness to engage the under face of said slat and limit down- 'ward movement of the bracket, a vprop in tu said cabinet having its lower end seated upon vthe bottom of the cabinet in engagement with said abutment and its uper end portion formed with a bill of reduce thickness adapted toroverlap said lip whensaid bracket is disposed .vertically in the cabinet and en age in a seat formed in the under face `o the bracket when the bracket is swung downwardly out of the cabinet, and' an ironing board carried by said bracket for movement into and out of the cabinet with the bracket. In testimony whereof, I aix my signa- I'e. Y Y

FREDERICK W. HURST. [L 5.]