US2617214A

US2617214A - Hinged sectional ironing board

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Publication number: US2617214A
Application number: US22285A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lantz Alpha Perry
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1947-02-06
Filing date: 1948-04-21
Publication date: 1952-11-11
Anticipated expiration: 1969-11-11

Description

1952 A. P. LANTZ HINGED SECTIONAL IRONING BOARD 2 SHEETS SI-IEET 1 Original Filed Feb. 6, 1947 gwue/wtoq, ALPIHA PERRY LANTZ Nov. 11, 1952 LANTZ 2,617,214

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ALPHA PERRYLANTZ Patented Nov. 11, 1952 2,617,214 HIN GED SECTIONAL IRONIN G BOARD Alpha Perry Lantz, Washington, D. 0. Original application February 6, 1947, Serial No.

1948, Serial No. 22,285

3 Claims. 1 This application is a division of application Serial No. 726,888, filed February 6, 1947, now Patent No. 2,542,037.

This application relates to an improved hinged sectional ironin board of the type adapted to be folded into compact form rendering the same easily portable as in a suitcase or conveniently carried package.

The invention is designed to supply a common need of people traveling from place to place and stopping at hotels or apartments where ironing boards are not usually at hand, in meeting emergent. or desired uses, it is simply necessary for one to unfold his own board, accompanying his package, and attach it to a convenient means, as the usual dresser drawer, in a position for ironmg. i

In an ironing board of the character referred to the sections of the board are rendered self supporting, so to speak, that is, capable of performing their functions when extended and tempooarily mounted at the inner end of the inner section of the board upon an opened drawer or the like, rendering it unnecessary to provide props or legs for the outer or free end section of the board, and leaving the boar-d entirely unobstructed throughout for the slipping of garments thereover and therearound in the manipulation of the latter when ironing the same.

Two primary objects underlie the preferred embodiment of the invention, one being the special and novel formation of the hinging means connecting the foldable sections of the board, enabling one section to be folded flat upon the other while affording no projecting elements above the plane of the top of the board when open to ironing position so that a continuous smooth top surface of the board may be mounted; and the other being the special and novel attaching means for connection with a dresser drawer and the like to support the drawer when in unfolded or'ironing position, in a substan tially level position, the latter means comprising hook-s and shanks of minimum thickness, but sufficient strength, and means associated therewithfor adjusting the hooks and shanks to accord with conditions found in the dresser or the like the adjusting means being located substantially within the area of the bottom of the inner section of the board to offer no substantial obstructions or projections below the plane of the bottom of the board that might interfere with the arrangement of the board when rested upon the top of the front of the dresser when the board is hooked into the dresser or the like, as

Divided and this application April 21,

by engagement behind the bridge piece, always present in a dresser or the like, and spanning the drawer opening.

In the said preferred embodiment of the invention will be found important and advantageous details of construction and arrangement, all of which will be readily understood from the specific description hereinafter contained when read in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and wherein said preferred embodiment, and others, are illustrated.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a top view of the complete ironing board in unfolded or ironing position.

Figure 2 is a bottom view of the same, detail parts being shown diagrammatically but completely illustrated in other figures.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view of the abutting ends of the hinged sections of Figure 1, enlarged, to illustrate one of the hinge members, it being understood that the hinge members are alike.

Figure 4 is an end view of the same. Figure 5 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 55 of Figure 3..

Figure 6 is an end view of one of the abutting ends of Figure 3, parts of the hinged members being shown in section.

Figure '7 is an edge view of Figure 6, parts being broken away to show the inner construction of the abutting ends of the board.

Figure 8 is a vertical sectional view through abutting end portions of the board, the one section of the board being folded onto the other.

Figure 9 is a bottom view of Figure 3.

Figures 10 and 11 are respectively a cross section and a detached view illustrating a modified formation of hinge member.

Referring more specific-ally to th drawings 20 indicates the outer section and 2| the inner section of the hinged section-a1 board, of a shape so that when the sections are unfolded, as in Figure 1, the same will be contoured in resemblance to a conventional ironing board. These section-s are composed of suitable material, light in weight and strong and rigid in character, preferably wood, but in instances metal such-as aluminum, or plastics may be utilized.

In fulfilling the purposes or objects of themesent invention, it is desirable that the outer sec tion 20 may be folded over and upon the top of the inner section 2! and to better enable this to be done it will be observed that the thickness of these sections. be of substantial depth for three purposes (see Figure 5).

important that the outer section 20 be self-sus- First of all it is highly taining, that is, devoid of any such additional elements as legs or props to which end the abutting edges 22 extend well below the upper hinged edges 23 thereof to assist in relieving the strain on the hinges incident to downward pressure, in ironing, on the outer section 20; that the hinges be so arranged that the folding of the outer sec tion 28 may be downwardly onto the inner section 2! without any interference in the movement of portions thereof to the complete folding of the sections; and also that the hinging be of a form to occupy a position completely below the plane of the surfaces of the board, when the sections thereof are extended for ironing, so that the combined ironing surfaces of the board will be in the same plane throughout and smooth, to avoid projecting parts above the surface of the board that would obstruct or interrupt the movement of an ironing implement over the ironing face of the board. Therefore, the upper adjacent corners of the meeting edges of the board are formed with recesses 24' of substantial length (Figure 3) at each side of the board in which metal hinge links 25 are located, and parallel arms 25 of the links passing through tubular keepers 2'! formed by folding flat sheet metal bent upon itself (Figure and securing the

overlying plates

28 and 29 thereof in complemental relatively shallow recess portions 30, in the upper faces of the board sections, so as to be flush and continuous with the ironing faces 31 of said sections. The plates 28 and flanges 29 being conveniently fastened through the body of the sections and through a reinforcing plate 32, similarly embedded in the bottom surfaces of the sections, by rivets 33. This arrangement and formation of hinging will permit the board sections, when extended, to be perfectly flat throughout their ironing face, will strongly support the outer section through the immediate hinge construction braced for considerable depth below the hinge by the contacting portions of the meeting faces of the sections below the hinge (Figure 5), and will permit the outer section to be folded fiat onto the surface of the inner section without interference or obstruction (Figure 4).

To further strengthen the meeting ends of the sections 29 and 2!, the lower plates 32' each carryprojecting parts 34, adapted to underlie the opposite plate when the sections are opened to ironing position (Figures 2', 5 and 9), and preferably the metal of the plates 32 is carried upwardly and around the side. edges of the sections and 2| as shown, at 3-5 to the top plates '29 and formed as parts thereof, and inwardly as at 35 to overlie or embed in the meeting ends of the sections 23 and 2|. The wooden, or other "portions of the material of the sections is thus preserved against breaking, chipping or cracking under the changes or Weight of throwing the outer section 20 to open position which may at times occur in careless or indifferent setting up and use of the board.

In folding the outer section 20 of the board over onto the section 2-! thereof, it will be seen that as th section 29 is swung upwardly it will be at the same time raised with reference to the section 2| through the medium of the hinge links and the upper adjacent corners of the board sections cannot interfere with each other during the folding movement of the board. Instead of having the hinge member 25 in the form of a complete loop, as illustrated in Figure 3, the same may be of the formation illustrated in Figures lO-and 11 wherein it will, be seen that the sub- 4 stitute for the link is formed of a U-shaped member 31 adapted to have its arms 38 each received into the bearing portion of a keeper 39, the securing flanges of the latter being indicated at 49 and 41 after the fashion of the equivalent construction illustrated in Figure 5.

The arms of the U-shaped member 37 are grooved as at 42 and the bearing portion of the keeper 38, in this instance, indented or depressed as at 43 to permit the hinge member 21 to have freedom of rotative movement while at the same time being held against endwise displacement of the arms 38 from the keepers 39.

It will, of course, be appreciated that a suitable means for attaching the ironing board to a convenient piece of furniture, when desired for use, may be associated with the inner section of the ironing board, as fully disclosed and claimed in the parent application Serial No. 726,888, but inasmuch as the claims to this feature are retained in the parent case and no claim thereto is made herein, the illustrations hereof are confined to the divisible matter constituting the subject of this divisional case.

I claim:

1. In combination with a folding ironing board comprising inner and outer sections having abutting ends, with each section having a recess in its top surface communicating with a more deeply channeled portion at its respective abutting end, hinge means pivotally connecting said sections together and comprising a pair of hinge leaves, each leaf formed from a sheet of metal bent upon itself to provide superimposed metal plates and a pivot receiving sleeve connecting the said plates, said sleeve being flush with the top plate and depending below the plane of the lower plate, and a pivotal link having a pair of connected arm portions each of which is received in a respective sleeve, the hinge leaf being attached to the board sections and seated within the first mentioned recess with the depending pivot receiving sleeve seated in the more deeply channeled portion; and means attached to the board sections beneath the hinges to maintain the same in open position.

2. In combination with a folding ironing board comprising inner and outer sections having abutting ends, with each section having a recess in its top surface communicating with a more deeply channeled portion at its respective abutting end, hinge means pivotally connecting said sections together and comprising a pair of binge leaves, each leaf formed from a sheet of metal bent upon itself to provide superimposed metal plates and a pivot receiving sleeve connecting the said plates, said sleeve being flush with the top plate and depending below the plane of the lower plate, and a pivotal link having a pair of connected arm portions each of which is received in a respective sleeve, the hinge leaf being attached to the. board sections and seated Within the first mentioned recess with the depending pivot receiving sleeves seated in the more deeply channeled portion; and means attached to the board sections beneath the hinges to maintain the same in open position, said means comprising a plate member attached to the bottom surface of theone'board member and having an extended portion beneath the other board member.

3. In combination with a folding ironing board comprising inner and outer sections having abutting ends, with each section having a recess in its top surface communicating with a more deep- 1y channeled portion at its respective abutting end, hinge means pivotally connecting said sections together and comprising a pair of hinge leaves, each leaf formed from a sheet of metal bent upon itself to provide superimposed metal plates and a pivot receiving sleeve connecting the said plates, said sleeve being flush with the top plate and depending below the plane of the lower plate, and a pivotal link having a pair of connected arm portions each of which is received in a respective sleeve, the hinge leaf being attached to the board sections and seated within the first mentioned recess with the depending pivot receiving sleeve seated in the more deeply channeled portion, and means attached to the board sections beneath the hinges to maintain the same in open position, said means comprising a plate member attached to the bottom surface of the one board member and having an extended por- 6 tion beneath the other board member, and a side portion extension of the plate member bent inwardly therefrom and engaging the abutting ends of the sections, said side portion extension being 5 flush with the abutting ends of said sections.

ALPHA PERRY LANTZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 10 file of this patent:

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