US1717102A - Iron rest - Google Patents

Description

June lll, 1929.

A. K. FOLAND IRON REST Filed May 5, 1927 Patented June 11, 1929.

UNITED STATES AMY K. FOLAND, 0F MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA.

IRON REST.

Application led May 5, 1927. Serial No. 189,042.

The present invention relates to an iron rest attachment for ironing boards, and aims to provide a novel and improved device of this character for efliciently supporting au iron when not in use and in a manner whereby the same may be conveniently moved from the rest to the ironing board desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tlatiron holder which is hingedly connected to an edge of the ironing board for permitting said holder when not in use to be swung .to a position on top of the board, said holder having a shoulder thereon adapted. to engage the edge of the board when the rest is in an operative position for firmly supporting the holder horizontally with the upper surface thereof on a plane with thel ironing surface of the board.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a device of the above indicated character, which is simple and substantial in construction, which can be.n\auufactured economically, and which will he thoroughly efficient and practical in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of the flatiron holder, as hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that immaterial changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figurel 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a foldable stand ironing board, showing my improved iron rest attached thereto,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a similar sectional View taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is a bottom plan of my improved rest,

Figure 6 is a vertical cross section taken on line 6--6 of Figure 3, and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary plan view of what is known as a wall or disappearing hoard, showing my improved rest applied thereto.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral designates an ordinary ironing board having on the upper side thereof padding 11 covered by ironing cloth 12, the padding and ironing cloth being of sufficient thickness for permitting etiicient ironing of clothes on the board.

In carrying out my invention the latiron holder used in connection with the ironing board comprises a plate 19 on which the iron is adapted to rest, said plate being hingedly connected to an attaching plate 1.5 by which the device is secured to the top of the ironing board and provided with a depending shoulder 22 acting as a stop to engage the edge of the board when the plate is swung into position on a horizontal plane therewith, the attaching plate being secured to the ironing board by screws 17. In order that the plate may be swung into closed position upon the ironing board, and more particularly to have the upper surface of said plate on a plane with the padded surface of the board for convenience in moving the flatiron to and from the holder the ironing board is preferably recessed, as at 16, to receive the attaching plate and the hinge-ears 18 on the attaching plate 15 are at the upper side thereof while the hinge-ears 20 of the plate 19 are atthe underside thereof so that said attaching plate and plate that supports the latiron are on different horizontal planes to permit the upper surface of that part of the padding of the ironing board which extends over the attaching plate to be on a plane with the upper surface of the holder. Theplates 15 and 19 are connected by a pintle 21 which extends through the hinge- ears 18 and 20, and it will be noted that the stop shoulder 22 is formed integrally with the ears 20 by extending the plate 19, or metal fromwhich said plate is made, outwardly at the inner side of said ears at right angles to said plate 19, (see Fig.

3). The stop shoulder engages the outer edge of the ironing board for supporting the iron holder in horizontal position and is reinforced against bending or springing movement with relation to the iron supporting plate 19 by means of ribs 23 on the underside of plate 19 and attached to the stop shoulder by welding. By referring to Figure 6, it can be seen that the ribs 23 are V-shaped in cross section, which not only prevents springing movement of the shoulder or extension 22 but also prevents bending or springing movement of the iron supporting plate 19.

At one side of the iron supporting plate 19v and at the outer end thereof are provided continuous upstanding flanges 24 and 25 respectively, while at the other side is a flange 26 extending approximately one-half the width of the iron supporting plate 19, these flanges serving the purpose of preventing the flatiron from accidentally sliding o'tl' the plate or being slid beyond the rear end as `well as one side of the holder in placing it thereon. By having one of the side flanges only at the outer end of the holder the flat iron may be conveniently placed upon the plate from one end thereof as well as slid from the ironing board directly onto the holder. Also for preventing to a great extent sliding movement of a flat iron on the plate 19, a series of upstanding ribs 27 are provided on the surface of said plate forthe iron to rest on, said ribs being struck from the plate when the same is made of malleable metal.

It is to be noted that the upper surface of the flatiron holder or supporting plate 19 is on Lpoints of the plate and ironingI surface so that an iron may be easily and eiiiciently slid from the iron supporting plate to the ironing surface of the board, or rice versa.

In Figure 7 of the drawings wherein a l wall or disappearing ironing board is illustrated, my improved iron holder is attached to one side of the board instead of at the end thereof, to permit the board to be folded within the recess in the wall by swinging the iron holder on its hinged connection, th

plate 19 then engaging 'the ironing board in an up-side-down position.

In use, my improved iron holder is arranged so asA to extend beyondpthe end of the ironing board in one instance and to the side thereof in the other instance or when used on a wall or disappearing ironing board with the shoulder 22 in engagement with an edge of the board to rigidly support the iron supporting plate 19 so that the same will efiiciently support a flat iron. An iron' supported upon the iron supporting plate 19 may be easily slid therefrom onto the ironing cloth 11 of the board and may be returned to the iron supporting surface 19 in an easy and eflicientnianner, due to the fact that the iron supporting'plate 19 is practically on the same plane with ironing cloth 11. 'Vhen the ironing board and iron holder are not in use the holder may be swung upon its hinge connection so that the same rests upon the upper surface of the ironing board, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawings. Y

From the foregoing, it can be seen that I have provided an iron holder which may be conveniently used in an eflicient and practical manner.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new is:

1. In combination with an ironing board of a fiat-iron holder for attachment thereto comprising a plate for supporting the iron, an attaching' plate hingedly connected to said supporting plate with downwardly eX- tending ears through which a pintle passes on a plane below the plane of the plates when in horizontal position, and a downwardly projecting stop shoulder formed by an extension from the ears of the :fiatiron supporting plate at right angles to said plate to engage the end of the ironing board.

2. ln combination with an ironing board of a flatiron holder for attachment thereto comprising a plate for supporting the iron, an attaching platehingedly connected to said supporting plate with the ears through which the pintle passes on a plane below the` plane of the plates when in horizontal position, a downwardly projecting ystop shoulder formed by an extension from the ears ofthe fiatiron supporting plate .at right angles to said plate to engage the end ofthe ironing board, and ribs connecting the supporting plate and stop shoulder and formed integ 'ally therewith. l

AMY K. FO-LND.

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