US409684A

US409684A - Bosom-board

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Publication number: US409684A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-08-27
Anticipated expiration: 1906-08-27

Description

(No Model.)

T. J. JACKSON.

BOSOM BOARD.

Patented Aug. 27, 1889'.

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THOMAS J. JACKSON, OF MATFIELD, KANSAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,684, dated August 2'7, 1889.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

lle it known that I, THOMAS J. JACKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Matfield, in the county of Chase and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BosonrBoards; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to bosom-boards or ironing-boards, and the improvements will be fully understood from the following description and claim, when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 2 is an edge View partly in section and partly broken away.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A indicates a bosomboard, which may be of the ordinary or any approved construction. This board is rounded at its forward end a to receive the shoulder portion of a shirt, and

the opposite end I) is cut at right angles, as

shown.

13 indicates an elongated recess, which is formed in the upper side near the forward end of the board and is designed to receive a spiral or other suitable spring, as will be presently explained.

0 indicates an adjustable collar block, which is suitably shaped to receive the collar-band of a shirt to be ironed. This block is provided with a vertical elongated slot (1, and is held on the board A by means of a screw, tack D, or other suitable fasteningdevice having a head or the like, whereby the said block may be adjusted on the board.

Eindicates the spiral spring, which is arranged in the recess 13 and has one end secured to the rear side of the block 0, so as to keep it normally pressed forward. The bar F is pivoted to the end I) of the board by means of arms f, which are journaled at one end to the opposite sides of theboard, and their outer ends are journaled to the opposite ends of the securing-bar F. This bar is preferably rectangular in cross-section and is attached to the board, so that when a shirt has been placed upon the board to be ironed by bringing the said bar down it will draw the shirt smoothly over the board and firmly hold the frock thereof in position. The inner edge of the collar-block is straight, and the outer edge is rounded, as shown, whereby the band of the shirt may be held in proper position while being ironed.

While I have illustrated the board without supports, yet it is obvious that the board may be provided with legs or other suitable means of support when it is desirable.

Having described my invention, what I claim is The improved bosom board herein described, consisting, essentially, of the board A, having the elongated recess in its forward upper side, the collar-block of a form, as shown, having a vertical elongated recess and arranged above the recess in the board, the

screw passing through the slot of the block and into the board, the spring arranged in the recess of the board and having one end engaging the collar-block, and the securingbar journaled at the opposite end of the board by arms, substantially as specified.

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

'II'HXNIAS J. JACKSON.

Witnesses:

C. N. PORTER, IRA Cannon.