US1762924A - Folding ironing table - Google Patents

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' 31121010, 1930. c. A. FO R NEY FOLDING IRONING TABLE Filed May 6, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 10, 1930;

c. A. FORNEY FOLDING IRONING TABLE .2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May a, 192'? Patented June 10, 1930 can}; romrnmor nmrnra' ronnme moms 'rnnn ilpplioation filed my a, 1927, same no. 189,805.-

' This invention relates to improvements in ironing boards or tables.

The primary object-of the-invention is the provision of improved collapsings suplporting means for ironing boar ta es.

" A further object of the invention is the; rovision of colla sible 1e supporting meansor ironing boar s or tab es embodying a 00- o operatively connected and braced front and rear leg construction which may becollapsed compactly u on the. under surface of the ironing boar and retained in such position during storing.- Other objects and advantages of this invention. will-be a parent during the course of the following etailed description.

In the accompanying drawings forming .a' part of this specification, an wherein similar reference characters designate cor"- responding parts throughout the several views, h y

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pre- 'ferred form of ironlng board and leg con-' struction, showing the leg construction extended and supportin the ironin "board.

Fi re 2 is a rear e evation of t e ironing boar with the preferred leg construction extended.

so Fi e 3 is a side elevation of the ironing boar and leg construction collapsed 'or folded.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the folded legconstruction on the ironing board.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the leg or supporting construction of the ironing board extended, with the ironing board removed, but showing the relation which the 4 and dash lines. v 1

Figure 6 is a fra entary view, partly 1n section, showing t e supporting and cooperating details of an outer leg constructlon for the ironing board. 4 4

Figures 7 and Bare fragmentary sectional views showing cooperating ositions of the brace used in connection wit the inner legs of the ironing board.

' Figure 9 is a bottom plan view of a modibraces 25 and 26 also including a minor lied, form of folded ironing board.

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and 16, 0 an as illustrated in full an in'Figure 2 of the drawings, to admit of a 8 board bears to the leg construction in dot shi w In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration are shown preferred and modified forms of the invention, the letter v A' may generally designate the ironing board construction whic may include the ironing board B having-leg constructions and D foldably connected t erewith.- In lien, p of the leg construction D a modified form of f leg construction E illustrated in Figures 9, and 10 maybe used.

' The ironing board B is of course of any n ap roved construction, the same being of the or nary plane elongated formation, and

. prefera ly of .wood. 1 y

As -to the legconstruction C, the. same preferabl comprises 'the leg members I 15 approved material or formation, having bolts or pins 18 at the upper ends thereof, bearing for an oscillative movement in enlarged o enin 18" formed in dependin ears 19 o a su, stantially U- shaped brac under surface of the board B at one end thereof, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings. The facing ends of the bolts 18 are suflicientl H U they may have an oscil ative bearing in the 801 long enough that ears .19,-'which will permit a relative movement of 'the outer ends of the leg members 15 and 16 towards or awafrom each other, dotted positions properly divergent positioning of said le .when sup orting the ironing-board as 1 lustrated m Figure 2, or which will rr'nit of proper colla sing in a compact re ationen the egs are folded as illustrated in igure' 4 of the drawings.-

In order that the le members -15 and 16' may be properly brace in their downward-' I 1y diver ent relationship for su porting theironing oard B, it is-preferre to provide 'braces 25 and 26 for said legs, the braces 25 and 26 including a major portion 27 pivoted at the lower-ends thereof at 28 on the legs 15 and 16.; the major portions 27 of the re 10 is an outer ,end elevation of details of the modified ironing board of Fergure 9, showing the leg construction extend et 20, which is attached to the 1 length 29, pivotally connected as at 30 to its respective major portion 27. The outer ends of the minor portions of parts 29 are pivotally connected as at 31 to the legs and 16 above the pivot connections 28. In this relation of parts the braces 25 and 26 cross,

' each other in an X-shaped relation, with the .lower ends of the legs 15 and 16 may be moved together so that the legs 15 and 16 converge towards their free or lower ends in the relation illustrated in Figure 4, and

which position is used when the legs are rests upon the folded beneath the ironin board. In order to protect the operator fiom pinching the fingers at the joint 30 between the portions 27 and 29 of each of the braces 25 and 26, it is preferred to use a substantially U- shaped guard 35, which provides a pocket in which the pivotally connected ends of the portions 27 and '29 of said braces are received, as illustrated in F igures' 7 and 80f the drawings. The pivot pins or member 30 for the portions of the braces are located off center of the axis of the portions 27 and 29, so that when the portions 27 and 29 are in alignment their edges may abut against the inner surface 36 at the bottom of the pocket of the guard piece 35, to hold and retain the said portions 27 and 29 in spaced rigid alignment as illustrated in Figures 2 and.7.

Referring to the leg construction D the same contemplates the provision of a single supporting leg 40, pivotally connected on'a pin or member 41 beneath the ironing board B; the pin or member 41 being supported by bracket clips-42 attached to the under surface of the ironing board B substantially midway between the ends of the said ironing board.- The leg 40 is pivoted so that it may collapse parallel beneath the ironing board B, or be extended downwardly into a di- .vergent relation at an acute angle with respect to the plane of the ironing board B, as illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings. It has a bevel ed e 43, the free end of which oor surface. A block 44, best illustrated in Figure6 of the drawings, is provided, with a bevel edge 45 against which the top edge of the leg 40 abuts to limit the opening movement of the leg 40 to the acute angled extended relation illustrated in Figures 1 and 6 of the drawings, and providing a brace for the leg 40. Furunder surface of .the ironing board B. The

loop-45 slides in the guide means 47, and i when the leg 40 is fully extended with respect to the ironing board 13 the loop 45 at its end engages against an end of .the guide member 47 as illustrated in' Figures 1 and 6 of the drawings, to prevent the legs opening beyond a certain position for the purpose of retaining a thrust rod construction F in the proper relation with respect to the legs as will be subsequently mentioned.

The legs 15 and 16 at the inner sides thereof are provided with connecting rods or members 50 and 51 respectively, which are pivotally connected as at 52 to said legs 15 and 16 intermediate the ends thereof, and preferably closer to the upper ends than the lower ends; said connecting members or rods 50 and 51 at their opposite ends being pivotally connected to a pin 54 on the leg4O adjacent the lower end thereof. In this relationship the legs 15 and 16 are connected for synchronous movement with the leg 40, so that all of said legs of the ironing board may be simultaneously collapsed or extended with respect to the ironing board B.

The retaining member F preferably is of metal and of U-shaped formation, including the lengths 58 and 59, being inturned at their upper ends and pivoted in bearings 60 which are secured to or rigid with the bracket 20 above described. The member F is thus pivoted immediately beneath the ironing board B adjacent the bracket 20 and the portions 58 and 59 thereof are con nected at their free ends by means of a cross piece 63 which is adapted to seat within a notch 64 formed in the outer edge at the lower free end of the leg 40; the notch 64 providing a shoulder against which the tain the retaining member "F within sliding limits on the leg 40. In orderto permit collapsing of the leg constructions C and D' it 1s merely necessary to lift the retaining member F so that the connecting portion 63 is out of the notch 64 and the legs '15, 16 and 40 may then be collapsed to a position immediately beneath the ironing board, as illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings.

At the edge of the leg 40 opposite the guide link 45 is provided a retaining turn member '70, pivoted midway between its legs, means loosely pivoting thelegs to the I ends 71 and a apted to'lie'in parallel alignironin board in such manner that they are ment in the same plane with the leg 40 when the latter is extended, or which may be turned to a right an led position with respect to the leg 40, as illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings, in order to engage the free ends of the legs 15 and 16 when the latter are collapsed, and prevent the extension of jet p and 40 being pivotall '10 of the drawings.

' the legs, and thus holding the entire leg con: .structmn collapsed fiat beneath the ironing board B. Instead of the three point support afforded by the legs 15, 16 and 40 it may be de-' sirable to provide the leg construction E instead of the leg construction I), thesame consisting in the provision of two legs 40 and 4:0 in lieu of the single leg 40; thezlegs connected at their upper ends to a suita le bracket 42 as illustrated in Figures 9 and 10 of the drawings. The legs 4:0 and 40 bear the same relation to the'ironing board B as the leg 40 illustrated in Figure 1, and the said legs 40 and 40 are pivotally connected for synchronous movement with the legs 15 and 16 by means of connectin and 51, as illustrate in Fi res 9 and A s ecia U-sha d truss or brace construction is provide in lieu of the truss F of Figure 1, which bears the same relation to the ironin boardeas the truss F, and consists of a U- aped body pivoted at its u per ends to the under surface of the ironi g board B by brackets the free moving end of the truss G comprising 'a cross piece 63 which is ada ted to slidably operate in notches provide 1 at the lower ends of the legs 40 and 4:0 in the' same relation and for the same purpose as abovedescribed for the preferred embodiment of the invention.

In other respects the form of invention illustrated in Figures 9 and 10 is the same and bears thesame reference characters as the preferred form of invention.

From the foregoing descri tion of this in vention the operation and a vantages of the improved folding ironing board W111 be obvious. The leg constructions afforded by the special features herein described enables a rigid and stable support with a compact collapsing for storageurposes.

The various parts of the ironi board andespecially the-legs thereof may e made of either wood or metal.

Various changes in the shape, size, and

1 arrangement'of partsmay be made to the forms of invention herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the inventions or-the scope of-the claims.

1.- In an ironing table construction an ironirigbbard, and means for operatively '2. In an ironin rods or members movab e towards or away from each other transversely of the ironing board, and cross .braces connecting said legs together, each of said bracesincluding a. pair of pivoted pivoted relation andthe other portion of I each brace being pivotally connected to the other.leg..

table the combination of a board, a air 0 legs, meanspivotin said legs beneat the board at one end t ereof for collapsible swinging into substantial arallelism on" the bottom of theboard, or or extended substantial vertical position beneath the board, said means permitting the swinging of the legs at-their'free ends transversely of the longitudinalaxis of the board towards and away from each other, collapsible cross brace means connecting said legs, a second leg constructionpivote beneath the board intermediate the ends of the board, ri idrods pivotally connected .on a'non-mova le axis to the second leg con-- struction intermediate the ends-thereof and at the opposite ends said rods being connected on non-movable pivot axesto the legs 1 first mentioned so that the legs "first mentioned and the second le be synchronously move said second leg construction when supporting the board d1- verging'from the first mentioned legs,- a retaining member pivoted to the board adjacent the pivot connections of the first menconstruction may tioned legshavinga movable grip ing connection with the second mentione leg construction adjacent the free end-thereof to brace it in a stable extended position, and means connecting the board and the second mentioned le construction for holding the latter in position counter to the retaining action ofthe first retaining member. a

3. In an ironing tablethe combination of anironing board and means for supportin the ironing oard including ale pivota 1 connected with the ironing boar and col apsible therebeneath and extensible to-a diagonal position with respect to the plane of the ironing board, the leg when in the latter position having an upper end disposed in acute angled relation to the board immediately" beneath the ironing board, a stop block on the ironing board secured therebeneath having a .bevel surface thereon against which the acute angled e'ndof the leg abuts in flush relation when the said legis extended as above described, and a rigid retaining member pivotally connected upon the board at a location spaced from the pivot connection of'the leg withthe board, said retaining member having a slidingconnection with the lower free end of said leg, said leg being formed with a socket to receive said retaining member adj acent its slidin connection with the leg to releasabl and lmmovably hold the retaining mem er connected upon the leg with the latter held in extended braced engagement with said stop block. r

CAL A'. FORNEY.

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