US247122A

US247122A - Bosom-board

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Publication number: US247122A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 1898-09-13

Description

N. SOHOLL.

sosom, BOARD.

(ModeL) No. 247,122. Patented Sept,- 13,1881.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS SGHOLL, OF CHILLIOOTHE, OHIO.

BQSOM BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,122, dated September 13, 1881.

Application filed July 2,1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS SoHoLL, of Ohillicothe, in the county of Ross and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Bosom-Board,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists in an ironing-board provided at its upper end with a head formed ofawire frame with downwardprojecting ends, from which spiral springs pass to near the outer ends of the board, the collar-band of the shirt resting against these springs when the bosom is stretched and held in this position by means of a spring-clamp, consisting of a transverse strip with a longitudinaltongue fitting in a groove in the end of the board, which strip is held to the end of the board by spiral springs.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view ofinyilnproved bosom-board. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation of the same, parts being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal elevation ofthe same, showing the springclamp raised.

The ironing-board A is provided at its upper end with a head formed of a wire, B, bent in the form of a frame, with an upper curved rod and withtwo outward and downward projecting ends, 0, from which spiral springs E pass to near the outer end of the upper edge of the board. A strip, F, with a longitudinal tongue, G, is held against the lower edge of the board A, which is provided with a corresponding groove, H, by two spiral springs, J, attached to the clamp-wire L at the ends of the strip F, and to the side edges of the board A. The upper surface of the tongue G is shorter than the lower surface, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to facilitate swinging the tongue Grinto the groove H, as indicated by the arrow a, Fig. 3.

The bosom-board is used in the following manner: It is passed into the shirt until the head projects through the collar-opening and the collar-band rests gently against the springs E. The frontpart ofthe shirt, below the bosom, is doubled up under the tongue G, the strip Fvbeing in the position shown in Fig. 3, and then the strip F is turned down in the direction of the arrow to, and that part of the front of the shirt below the bosom is clamped in the groove H by the tongue G, which is held in this position by the springs J. The bosom is thus stretched and drawn taut, and is held in this position, so that it can be ironed to perfection. On account of the springs E of the head, there is no dead pull on the bosom or shirt while being stretched, and therefore the shirt or bosom is never injured. The board will fit neck openings or bands of any desired size. The clamp-wire L swings on the outer edge of the strip F, and will hold the same in a raised or lowered position.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bosom-board, the combination, with an ironing-board,'of a head at the upper end of the same, and of spiral springs attached to the ends of the head and to the upper edge of the board, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a bosom-board, the combination, with the board A, of the head formed of the wire B, with ends 0, and ot' the spiral springs E E, attached to the ends 0 of the head and to the upper edge of the board, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

NICHOLAS SOHOLL.

Witnesses J AS. RIGNEY, r SAMUEL A. GETTYS.