US1272471A - Ironing-board stand. - Google Patents

Description

V. H. LOFLIN.

momma BOARD STAND.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.27. 1917- Patented July 16, 1918.

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V. H. LOFLIN.

momma BOARD STAND.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.27. 1917. 1 372,471. Patented Ju1y16,1918.

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gwuc'nfom VIRGINIA H. LOFLIN, OF CENTERVILLE, MARYLAND.

IRONING-BOARD STAND.

Specification of Letters Fatent. Patented July 16, 1918,

Application filed August 27, 1917. Serial No. 188,398.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, VIRGINIA H. LOFLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Centerville, in the county of Queen Anne and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Board Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in supports for ironing boards, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed device which may be readily moved from place to place and folded into relatively small space when not required or for shipment or storage.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims; and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved device in its preferred form;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1

Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the supporting bracket;

Fig. a is a perspective view of a portion of the head end of the form of ironing board shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 illus trating a modification in the form of the larger end of the board,

Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. l illustrating a modification in the construction;

Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the'modified structure illustrated in Fig. 6;

F ig. 8 is a perspective view of the head end of the form of ironing board shown in Figs, 6 and 7.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device comprises in general a supporting standard, and one or more brackets hin'geclly supported upon the standard and adapted to be folded into relatlvely close relation to the standard when not in use or when the device is to be shipped or stored.

The standard may be of any suitable material or construction, and it is not desired, therefore, to limit the invention in this respect. For the purpose of illustration the standard is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 formed of rods or heavy wires, and in Figs. 6 and 7the standard is shown formed of a single section of wood.

lVhen constructed of metal the forms shown in Figs. 1 and 2 will be employed and comprises body members 10 united at their upper ends as shown at 11, and extended laterally at the lower ends as shown at 12, the lateral-extensions being preferably widened at their free ends as illustrated at 13 in Fig. 2 to increase the stability of the standard. By this arrangement the body portion 10 of the standard will be supported firmly in vertical position. If required the portions lO-12 will be further supported by diagonal braces 14. At points corresponding substantially to the points where the ironing board, represented conventionally at 15, is connected, the side members 10 of the standard are bent into eyes or loops 16 to receive a transverse bolt 17. Preferably another pair of the eyes will be formed in the side portions 10 of the standard as represented at 18, to receive a holding bolt 19, the latter bolt adapted to support a swinging bracket device for maintaining a sleeve board in position, as hereafter explained.

Inturned projections 20-21 are carried by the members 10 of the standard above the eyes 16 18, to assist in holding the ironing board and the sleeve board from lateral and longitudinal displacement, as hereafter explained.

W hen the rod or wire form of standard is employed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it may be necessary to couple the members 10 by a metal band 22, to not only hold the side members from displacement, but to form a base against-which the brace portion of the lower bracket bears.

The main bracket device is formed from a single section of wire and initially bent into substantially U-shape as shown in Fig. 3, and includes spaced side portions 23 and an end portion 24. The side portions 23 terminate in eyes 25 bearing upon opposite sides of the eyes 16 and through which the bolt 17 passes. The bracket device is thus swingingly coupled to the standard members 10. Intermediate their ends the side portions 23 of the bracket are bent into downwardly directed loops 26 which bear when the bracket is in its substantially horizontal position against the supporting plate or web 22, as shown in Figs, 1 and 2. By

this means the loops 26 serveasbraccs to support the body' portion of the bracket substantially in horizontal position. When not 7 of the board 15 is reduced as shown in Fig.

4, the reduced portion entering the space between the sides 10 of the standard and provided with seats or recesses 28 to receive' the projections 20, the reduced portion; the recesses 28 an'dthe projections 20 thus cooperating to prevent lateral and lon gitu dinal-displacement of the board. The board'rests by gravity upon the bracket and requires no other fastening device except the bracketand'the projections 20.

The sleeve board is represented 'conven-- tion'ally at 29 and is reduced at the larger end and the reduced portion provided with notches like thenotches 28 of the main board 15 to receive the projection 21 when disposed in positionrelative to the standard. The bracket'for supporting the sleeve board is represented in Fig'. 1,and comprises side portions 30 having projecting portions 31, the latter bearing upon the upper face of the'inainl board 15 as shown in Fig. 6, and thus'supports the sleeve board in'horizontal position, or in parallel relation to the 7 main board 15.

When the standard is constructed of wood as shown at32 inv Figs. 6 and 7, the bolts 17 and 19 are passed transversely through the standard, and the latter guarded or protected by sheet metal plates 33-34 where the boltspass through the standard, to protect the latter and prevent the bolt from splitting the standard. The sleeve board supporting bracket is formed with eyes 35 to'receive the bolt 19 as shown.

When the construction of standard shown in Figs. 6 and 7 is employed, the larger end of the board 15 will preferablybe constructed as shown in Fig. 8 with sockets 40 formed in plates 41 attached to the board 15, the sockets designed to receive the downturned ends 42' of bolts 43, attached to the standard 32'. I Therbolts and sockets coact to hold the board. fromhdisplacement in all directions. At'iitslower'end the standard 32 is received in a suitable support comprising a socket-36 to which it is bolted or otherwise secured as shown at 37. The socket 36 is provided with laterally directedfeet 38 and a longer foot or brace member. 39 which performs the same function as the extended portion 12 of theform-of standard shown in Figs. 1 and 2,"and effectually supports the-standard from displacement when the boards 1529 are connected thereto. Hooks or pegs-40: may be attached to thestandard Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: p

1; A device'of' the class described comprising a standard including side members inspac'ed relation and with bearings in transverse alinement, eachsidemember havin'ga lateral projection, a'bracket device having. bearings swinginglyengaging the bearings of the standard, 'means for maintaining saidbracket"substantially in horizontal positioiirelative to the standard, and an ironing board having'a portion engaging said standard members and provided with upwardly opening seats'to receive said projections and mainta n the board from lateral or vertical displacement.

2. A device of the class described comprising a supporting standard,an d a bracket device formed from a single length of wire bent substantially into 'U-shape and swingingly coupled tothe -standard,"the side membersof the bracket being bent into downwardly directed loops 'toengag'e' the standard. and supportthe bracket at'right angles thereto, an ironing 'board bearing upon the bracket,"an'd means for holding the ironing board from lateral" and longitudinal displacement. I I

3JA "device of the class des'cribedcomprising a supporting standard including vertical ,side members iirspaced relation, a bracket device swinging from-said standard and having means for maintaining the body of the bracket at right anglesto the vertical axis of the standard, inturire'd' projections carried by the side members; and an ironing board resting upon the bracket device and reduced to engage between the side members, said reduced portions having upwardly opening seats to re'ceive'said project-ions to permit the removal :of theboard, and main- In testimony'whereof I aflix my signature.

VIRGINIA LOFLIN." [1,. s] I Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner "of Iatents',

Washington; 1m."-

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