US1897081A - Ironing board - Google Patents

Description

L. SORENSEN IRONINGB'OARD Feb] l14, 1933.

Filed Jan. 23, 1932 l I I I I I.

Patented Feb. 14, 1933 FICE LILLIAN SORENSEN, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN IRONING BOARD Application filed January 23, 1932. Serial No. 588,285.

This invention relates to an ironing board and has for its principal object to provide a collapsible clothes guard adapted to pree vent overhanging portions of garments being ironed from becoming soiled by contact with the floor.

Further and other objects and advantages will become apparent as the disclosure proceeds and the description is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in

which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a 'folding ironing board equipped with a clothes guard embodying the present invention, the guard being shown in extended position;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the ironing board being shown in elevation;

, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the board showing the guard substantially collapsed;

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view ot' the board as it appears when folded for storage;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic, perspective view of the gua-rd frame; and

Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic, perspective view of the fabric bag' which is suspended from the frame.

But this specific illustration and the correspondingly specific description are for the purpose of disclosure only, for it is realized that the invention may be embodied in various forms within the scope of the appended claims.

In the embodiment shown in the drawing, the clothes guard, generally desinated 10, is shown applied to a conventional ironing board 11 having folding legs 12 and 15 pivoted together at 14. As usual, the longer of these legs, 12 in this instance, is hinged at 15 to lugs 16 provided at the broad end of the board and the leg 13 is provided with a .Y cross bar 17 to engage with lugs 18 for supporting the narrow end oi the board. The

ironing board thus Jfar described is of Vconimon construction and Well known.

The clothes guard 10, which is permanently hinged to the board, comprises a longitudinally and laterally extensible wire i'ranie 19 to which a bag or sack 2O is suitably secured. Preferably the frame is made of cold rolled steel wire and the bag of lightweight unbleached muslin.

The traine 19 includes side members 21 and 22 provided with telescopic joints 23 and 24, respectively. The side members are joined together by end members 25 and 26 which are also provided with Jtelescopic joints in- 25 oi the frame and being connected at their lower ends by a telescopic joint 33. It will be noted that the legs 31 and 32 are bent outwardly at 34 andV then forwardly at 35 to provide feet for the legs, and for the additional purpose of clamping the bag 10 to the board when in inoperative position as will later be described.

rlhe bag 2O is suspended from the frame by a plurality oi rings 36 which are slidable along the frame. lThe bag is preferably shaped as shown in Fig. 7 in order to adequately protect thel garments being ironed for the iull length oi' the board and therebeyond.

When it is desired to take down the board and store it for future use, the upper portion oi the leg' 13 (Fig. 2).is brought through the opening 37 inthe bag whereupon the may be collapsed or folded against the ybetteln of the board. The frame is then collapsed both' laterally and longitudinally (Figs. f5, and 5) and the legs 31 and 32 are sv.y ng toward the board from beneath bri 'the olisetporcions 34 and 35 in. enoo J with the sides of the ironing board to thei'eoy clamp the "frame and the bag to the bottoni et the board. The resilience of 'the heavy wire forming the feet-'is sui'iicient to cause a iilm clamping oi the frame and bag' to .cie board and thereafter the legs 12 and 18 are folded against theboard in sake of clearness, it has been shown .0nly

substantially collapsed in' order that-"vari ous relationships of the parts mightA be shoWn.

has just been described, consists in the fact Yoperative or iiioperative` position. Furtheri' more, the guard provides. `ample area in which Y "to catch the depending garments,1but at the Vsame time does notgcausegthe ironing board to occupy more "space While being stored. f

What I claim isi: Y

1. In combi-nation With. an 'ironing board Y having foldinglegs, aVv laterally and longif `tudinally extensible Aframe permanently hinged-to one end oftheboard, aframe sup:

u port secured to the free end ofthe frame,

and a fabricbag suspended from the frame Y for preventing material which is being ironed Y fromcoming in contact with the floor.

2. In combination with anironing board ,K having folding legs, a laterally and longitudinally y extensible frame permanentlyv Y 'port pivoted tothe fri-ie' end'of theframe,V

hinged toone end ofthefboard, a frame supposition parallel with the boardso that the bag may be folded flatly against the bottom thereof when the board is not in use,- andresilient means carried by the frame foi* cla-nii;- ing the collapsed bag to the bottom of tho boardfwhen in folded position. j Y

laterally extensible WireV frame pivoted to p i o Y Y one end of said board, a floor support for -One advantage of the clothesguiird,'which'` board, a collapsible bag suspended froinfthe frame-and provided with a pocket foralloWing the folding legs to be placed in operative position Without interference fromV the bag, said framel and bag being swingable i about" the frame hinge to a positionpa'ra'llel to lthe board t'o thereby bring the bag compactly against the bottoniofthe,boardy after which the legs may be'foldedintoinoperativev position against the frame and bag.`Y

Y and a fabric bag suspended fromtheframe Y- z for' preventing'` material which is being `6.1n` an ironing board havingfolding legs, the combinationofa longitudinally andk s adjustable, t0

bo'ir Y frame lpermanently-hi'ng'ed to one end ofthe i.

ironed from coming in contactwith the floor, L said support having resilient portions Yassof J c'iated therewith adapted to'engage thesides of the board to hold the'ibag againstthe board When not in use.

Vln combination With an ironing board,

' a laterallyextensible frame permanently hinged to oneend thereof, a fabricbag suspended from the frame, said-frame and bag being syvingablek about the vframe-hinge toa Y position parallelwiththe board vso that-the Y; bag maybe folded flatly against the bottom thereof when the board is not-,'inruse.'

` {lg-In an ironingf'boardo'fjthe ltype having Y* l pivoted legs of Whichjonezis hinged to'one endV of the board, Ythe combination therewith of a laterally extensible frameA permanently hinged to the board, a fabric bag suspended from the frame, said'frame and bag being A swingable about lthe. framehinge to a` `po'- -f *sition parallel `With theboardsothat thebag Y may' be Yfolded flatly against the bottoml i .i 1 .thereof aftenwhich the legs k.may beffolded j Y- Y' -Y intoinoperative position againstthe yframe: `v

and bag.

5.' In combinationyvithan ironingboard, lfv a laterally extensible] frame .permanently Ahinged toonefendthereof, aifabricbag sus# Y i vp'endedffroni the frame, Vsaid frame and bag l. Y' Y being swingable aboutthe'frame hinge to al i no .f3-Yi `1,20

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