US1881144A - Attachment for ironing boards - Google Patents

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Oct. 4, 1932. R STElN 1,881,144

ATTACHMENT FOR IRONING BOARDS Filed April 16, 1930 3 z 47 A A 5 INVENTOR fife/ 7 BY WM ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 4, 1932 gTTE BOSE STEIN, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ATTACHMENT FOR IRONING BOARDS Application, filed April 16, 1930. Serial .No. 444,754.

' ing an indispensable part of the ironing operation, such as a sad iron holder, to the iii-inboard in such manner that it will not fall or dislodge from its aflixed position when 6 the board is folded into the wall. It is therefore an object of my invention to provide a device which will be retained in place on an ironing board or support regardless of the position of the said support.

It is another object of my invention to provide a sad iron holder which is properly insulated and so designed as to readily permit the housewife to move her iron to and from the holder with ease.

It is a further object of my invention to construct my device in such a manner that an iron will securely rest on the holder when in an operative position. I accomplish this by means of small protuberances over the upper surface of the holder and by an abutting portion in the rear part thereof.

My invention possesses many other advantages, and has other objects which may be made moreeasily apparent from a consideration of one embodiment of my invention. For this purpose I have shown a few forms in the drawing accompanying and forming part of the present specification.

I shall now proceed to describe this form in detail, which illustrates the general principles of my invention; but it is to be understood that this detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, since the scope of my invention is best defined by the 5 appended claim.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan View of the holder shown as attached to the board, only part of which isshown.

' Fig. 2 is a sectional view along the plane 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View along the plane 3 -3 of Fig. 1.

1 indicates the sad iron holder or stand which comprises upper and lower members 2, 3 respectively, of metal or other suitable material. Asa means of holding these members together, I provide grommets 4 of which there are six in this instance, although any desired number may be used. These grommets besides functioning as the retaining means between the members 2, 8 further act as spacers to produce an insulating space 5 and also as an anchoring means for the springs which will hereinafter be described.

It will be noted that the upper member 2 has a downwardly sloping front part as at 6 to permit an iron to be easily moved to and from the holder without necessitating any lifting thereof, and an upright or abutting part as at 7 at the end of the holder to prevent any backward movement of the iron. As a further means of retaining the iron on the holder I provide a plurality of struck up portions or protuberances 8. These protuberances further act to produce air spaces between the iron and the holder which acts as an insulator to aid in dissipating the heat passing from the iron to the ironing board. As an added precaution and to assure that no heat of sufficient quantity will pass through the space 5, so as to scorch and burn the board, I provide an asbestos sheet 9 interposed between the holder and theboard. 9 As is readily seen from an inspection of the drawing, the asbestos sheet 9 closely follows the contour of the lower plate 3 and is intimately secured thereto in any desirable manner.

In order to facilitate the further description of my device I will now describe the spring and clamp in relation to one side of my device, but it is to be understood that the other side functions alike, has the same construction, and will be similarly numbered;

I secure to the grommets 4 at 10,11 the free ends of the spring. 12 which is of very strong construction. In order to firmly clamp my device to the ironing board 13 I provide a spring clamp 14, the forward end of which is secured to the spring 12 as by the aid of an ear 15, and the other end forms a hook that curves around the side of the board 13 and is firmly clamped thereto by the aid of the strong spring 12. I This is readily apparent from an inspection of Fig. 2. It will be noted that the ear 15 has an internal diameter slightly larger than the external diam- 15 eter of the spring 12; this permits the 7 spring to move freely in the ear when the holder 1 is displaced from its centrallized position. It is only by the aid of the strong tension of the spring 12 that the holder 1 ilifirrjnly secured to the position shown in 1g. Thus from the. foregoing, it is apparent 7 that I have provided a device which is simple and cheap in construction andwhich can be fixedly'attached to asupport'and thus pre- 1 vent'any great movement thereof.

This application ';is a continuation inpart of my prior application, filed December 8,

1928, Serial'No. 324,637 for sad iron bases 3 and 'means'fo'r securing same onironing,

boards. o

I claim: A sad iron holder, and a pair of spring clamps, one'on each side of the holder, for

attaching the holderto an ironing board,

each ofsaid clamps including a yielding coiled spring having its ends connected at spaced points to the corresponding edge of the holder, and a hook carried bythe spring at an intermediate place of the spring. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. 7

V BOSE STEIN.

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