US399925A

US399925A - Ironing-board

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Publication number: US399925A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-03-19
Anticipated expiration: 1906-03-19

Description

H. G. PERRY.

IRONING BOARD.

(No Model.)

Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

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HENRY C. PERRY, OF OOFFEYVILLE, KANSAS.

IRONING- -BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,925, dated March 19, 1889.

Application filed June 25, 1888. Serial No. 278,188- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY (J. PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coffeyville, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ironing boards or tables; and it has for its object to improve upon previous devices of this character, and to provide for the ready folding up of the same within small compass when not in use.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists in the peculiar combinations and the novel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then specifically defined in the claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form apart of this specification, and in whieh- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the table when in position for use. Fig. 2 represents the same when turned up out of the way. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Arepresents a portion of the partition or wall of a room, to which is hinged by suitable hinges, a, the larger end of the ironing-board B; or, instead of being leg D, the free end of which is beveled on two diiferent inclines, as shown, the incline c be ing such as to be vertical when the table is in position for use, as shown in Fig. 1, and to be parallel with and have a flat bearing against the wall of the room or the strip 0, as the case may be, and the incline or bevel d parallel with and having a bearing on the floor, as shown. This forms a very steady support for the board. The hinged end of the leg abutting against the cleat 17 serves to relieve the hinge from strain. hen in the position shown in Fig. 1, the parts are held in such position by means of a pivoted hook, c, on the wall or on the strip 0, as the case may be, said hook engaging the eye j on the side of the board B, as shown in Fig. 1. In order to hold the parts in the position in which they are shown in Fig. 2 a similar hook, g, or other suitable means, may be provided. when folded up the parts are entirely out of the way and will occupy but little space.

I do not wish to claim, broadly, an ironingtable consisting of a board or table hinged to a wall or other support, an inclined bracingleg hinged to said board and hooked to hold the same in an extended or closed position, as I am aware that such has heretofore been proposed, but restrict myself to my particular construction and arrangement of parts, attachin g especial importance to the fact that the end of the leg D is so liinged t0 the under side of the board that when the parts are extended in position for use, as shown in Fig. 1, the upper end of said leg has a bearing against the inner edge of the cleat b and also against the under side of the board B, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, thereby relieving the hinge c of strain and serving to resist the strain or pressure either downward or toward the wall or support to which the board B is hinged, thus serving also to relieve the hinge a of strain, and this is more especially important when taken in connection with the bevels of the opposite end of the leg,wl1ereby I obtain avery rigid table, the bearing of the upper end of the leg against both the under side of the table and the inner edge of the cleat h, and the two different bevels at the other end of the leg, whereby the said lastnamed end has two bearings in diiferent directions, one against the floor and the other against the wall or support, forming a very with the hinged end of saidlegbearingagainst strong and durable ironing-table. s the under side of the board and against the Having thus described my invention and inner edge of the cleat, substantially as and set forth its merits, what I claim to be new, for the purpose described.

5 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- In testimony whereof Iaiiix my signature in 15 The combination, with the board B, hinged presence of two Witnesses. at one end, and the transverse cleat Z), secured HENRY C. PERRY. to the under side of said board, of the in- WVitnesses: clined leg hinged to the under side of said JOHN COLLYER, 10 board between its hinged end and said cleat, S. E. BURR, Jr.