US2201925A - Combined ironing board and iron support - Google Patents

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May 21, 1940. w. M. SCHWARTZ I COMBINED IRDNING BOARD AND IRON SUPPORT Eiled March 10, 1959 2 Sheets- Sheet 1 y 21, 1940 w. M. SCHWARTZ 2,201,925

COMBINED IRONING BOARD AND IRON SUPPORT Filed March 10, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 21, 194-0 UNITED STATES COMBINED IRONING BOARB AN?) IRON SUPPORT Application March 10,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a combined ironing board and means for supporting an iron adjacent to the board, and has fora particular object thereof the provision of a construction of this character in which the iron support is accessible from any position along the board and, at the same time, will not materially interfere with the passage of garments over the board.

A more specific object of the invention is the provision of an iron support which, while extended from a point adjacent the body or larger end of the ironing board to a point at which the narrowing of the board begins, is supported only at the butt end of the board and has its free portions spaced from the adjacent edge of the board a distance such that clothing may be placed about the board for ironing purposes.

Another object of the invention is the production of a device of this character which is so arranged that the iron may be readily slid from the board to the support and which is further equipped with means preventing accidental dis placement of the iron over what is the far edge of the support with respect to the board proper.

A further object of the invention is to produce a device of this character which may be detachably connected to the board.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings wherein, for the purpose of illustration, I have shown a preferredembodiment of my invention and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an ironing board constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof showing the iron support in its operative position;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to that of Fig. 2 but showing the iron support in the process of re moval or installation;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a bracket attached to the ironing board; and

Fig. 5 Ba perspective view showing the coacting brackets attached to the iron support.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral It) generally designates an ironing board which may be of any usual or ordinary construction. The numeral H generally desig 1939, Serial No. 261,072

flange M. The inner edge of the support is preferably flanged downwardly, as indicated at 15, this flanging being continued about the outer end edge Ha of the board for at least a portion of its width so that a smooth surface is presented to prevent accidental damage to clothing passed over the board H]. The iron support is supported from the ironing board by means designated generally at H5 and disposed adjacent the butt or larger end of the ironing board, this means supporting the iron support With its inner edge in spaced relation to the adjacent edge of the ironing board, thus affording a slot or gap ll therebetween through which clothing may be passed for disposition upon the surface of the board.

The supporting bracket may be of any suitable construction. As at present illustrated. it comprises a member 58 secured to the board adjacent the butt end thereof and at its under surface, and a compound bracket comprising a pair of arms l9 secured to the iron support adjacent the end thereof and notched at 20 for the reception of the inner flanged edge of the iron support. The spaced arms 59 are adapted to engage the under surface of the board at opposite sides of bracket 8. The bracket l3 includes spaced, upstanding lugs 2! arranged adjacent its end edges and upstanding adjacent the side of the ironing board. These lugs have their upper surfaces notched at 22 to rotatably receive pivot means carried by the'arms L! of the compound bracket attached to the ironing board. While this pivot means may comprise pins carried by the arms, I preferably employ a bar connecting the arms as shown. When this bar is placed in the notches 2! with the support in the position shown in Fig. 3, the support may be rotated to move it to the position illustrated in Fig. 2 in which it is ready for use.

It will be obvious that, with the iron support in the position shown in Figures 1 and 2, the iron may be readily slid from the board to the support without lifting the same and, since the flange it will serve to limit the movement of the iron, this may be accomplished by simply giving the same an impulse sufficient to cause the same to be moved onto the support. To insure against tipping of the iron, the space ll should be less than onehalf the width of the iron.

Since the means of attachment illustrated is but one of many forms which may be adopted to meunt the iron support upon the board, I do not Wish to be understood as limiting myself to the arrangement herein disclosed except as herein after claimed.

I claim:

1. In combination with an ironing board having a butt portion having a substantially straight rear edge and a Working surface, an elongated iron support extending along said edge and having its upper surface substantially coplanar with said working surface and its inner edge in spaced substantially parallel relation to said edge of the ironing board and a supporting connection between the board and the rear end of the iron support disposed adjacent the free end of the butt portion of the board.

2. In combination with an ironing board hav ing a butt portion having a substantially straight rear edge and a working surface, an elongated iron support extending along said edge and having its upper surface substantially coplanar with said working surface and its inner edge in spaced substantially parallel relation to said edge of the ironing board and a supporting connection between the board and the rear end of the iron support disposed adjacent the free end of the butt portion of the board, said connection comprising bracket means on said iron support including longitudinally-spaced transversely-disposed arms the inner portions of which are adapted to engage beneath the board, a bar connecting said arms, and bracket means on said board including members disposed adjacent said arms and notched in their upper surfaces to engage said bar.

3. In combination with an ironing board having a butt portion having a substantially straight rear edge and. a working surface, an elongated iron support extending along said edge and having its upper surface substantially coplanar with said working surface and its inner edge in spaced substantially parallel relation to said edge of the ironing board and a supporting connection between the board and the rear end of the iron support disposed adjacent the free end of the butt portion of the board, said connection comprising bracket means on said iron support including longitudinally-spaced transversely-disposed arms the inner portions of which are adapted to engage beneath the board, bracket means on said board including members disposed adjacent said arms and notched in their upper surfaces, and pivot means projecting from the arms and adapted to engage in the notches of the members.

WALTER. M. SCHWARTZ.

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