US3039214A

US3039214A - Folding ironing boards

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Publication number: US3039214A
Application number: US753469A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lela R Hansen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1958-08-06
Filing date: 1958-08-06
Publication date: 1962-06-19
Anticipated expiration: 1979-06-19

Description

June 19, 1962 R. HANSEN FOLDING IRONING BOARDS Filed Aug. 6, 1958 INVENTOR. LELA R. HANS EN ATTORNEYS 333,214 Patented June 19, 1962 3,039,214 FOLDING IRGNING BOARDS Lela R. Hansen, 2625 NW. Nichols Blvd, Longview, Wash. Filed Aug. 6, 1958, Ser. No. 753,469 1 Claim. (Cl. 38-115) The present invention relates to folding ironing boards.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an ironing board structure that can be folded and carried within a suitcase for use by travellers.

A further object of the invention is to provide an ironing board that can be used on table tops with folded legs, or it can have the legs extended to support the board at the proper level.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent in the following specification when considered in the light of the attached drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a side view of the invention shown in erected position with parts broken away for convenience of illustration;

FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary inverted horizontal section taken on line 22 of FIGURE 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged elevational view of a fragmentary detail;

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating the board folded with the legs removed; and

FIGURE 5 is a plan view of the ironing board erected.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures, the reference character T indicates generally a folding ironing table constructed in accordance with the invention. The ironing table T includes a folding board B. The board B is made of sheet material panel 10, having integral depending sides 11 reenforcing the same. The panel is perforated as at 12 causing the same to be light, yet strong.

The board B has a pair of

sections

13 and 14 with the section 13 relatively rectangular in shape, while the section 14 has the sides converging the same as the usual ironing board, so as tom ake it possible to slip garments over the same for ironing or pressing. The

sections

13, 14 are pivotally secured together by hinges 15, which are arranged to permit the board B to fold back on itself, as best illustrated in FIGURE 4. The

sections

13 and 14 are arranged in confronting end to end aligned relation and the second section 14- is inwardly connected to the first section 13 for swinging movement from the end to end aligned relation position to a position above and resting upon the section 13.

A relatively rigid generally rectangular flat base 16 is fixedly secured to the underside of the section 13 by welding or the like. The base 16 has bosses 17 secured thereto in spaced apart relation to receive the legs 18. The legs 18, as illustrated in the drawings, telescope with a basic hollow tubular member 19, having an extension leg 20 sliding therein and locked in the desired position by a lock nut 21.

A third leg 22 has two

flat bar members

23 and 24 hinged together at 25 by a relatively tight fitting pivot pin 26. The upper portion 27 of the flat bar member 24 is cut away to receive an offset portion 28 of the fiat bar member 23, holding the same in alignment, as

illustrated particularly in FIGURES 1 and 3. The upper end 29 of the leg 22 is inserted in the socket 30 of the base 16 when the ironing board B is in use. All of the above legs are held within their sockets by set screws 31.

When the ironing board B is to be used as a separate unit, independent of a table top or other supporting means, the same would appear as illustrated in FIGURE 1, but if the same were to be used on a table top the legs 18 would be telescoped within the members 19 and the lower flat bar 24 would be folded back along side of the flat bar 23, thereby lowering the height of the supporting legs 18-22, so that the ironing board B could be used on tables, or other supports.

I have not illustrated a covering on the ironing board, but the usual ironing board cover would, of course, be employed.

When it is desired to carry the ironing board B from place to place, as for instance in suitcases, the legs 18 are removed from the base 16, leg 22 is removed and folded. The ironing board B itself is folded, as illustrated in FIGURE 4, requiring but a minimum amount of space for transporting the same from place to place.

Having thus described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it should be understood that numerous modifications and adaptations may be resorted to without departing from the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A folding ironing board comprising a generally rectangular flat metallic panel section, a pair of opposed depending sides integrally formed with the opposite side edges of said panel section, a depending end extending between and integrally connecting the depending sides at one end of said panel section, a second relatively flat metallic panel section arranged in confronting end to end aligned relation with respect to the first-mentioned panel section and hingedly connected to said first-mentioned panel section for swinging movement from the end to end aligned relation position to a position above and resting upon said first-mentioned panel section, said second panel section having opposite side edges converging outwardly from said hinged connection to said first panel section, an integral depending side extending .around the side edges of said second panel section, a generally rectangular flat base underlying and secured to said first panel section a pair of spaced apart hollow bosses integrally depending from one end of said fiat base, a relatively thin generally flat socket member integrally depending from said fiat base longitudinally spaced from said hollow bosses intermediate the opposite side edges of said flat base with said socket and said bosses each being provided with transverse set screws, a telescoping vertically positioned leg rounded in cross section, received in both bosses comprising said pair of hollow bosses, and a flat sloping leg positioned in said flat socket member, said sloping leg having a hingedly attached lower section,

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