Textiles: ironing or smoothing – Ironing tables – Single pressing surface
Patent
1997-07-24
1999-03-02
Izaguirre, Ismael
Textiles: ironing or smoothing
Ironing tables
Single pressing surface
D06F 8102
Patent
active
058755748
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a board for ironing garments, namely pants, skirts, blouses, jackets, dresses, including the sleeves, that is, the whole garment in its entirety, to allow garments to be ironed perfectly in the least accessible areas. The inventive board has therefore been created for the purpose of ironing garments and could be associated with an ironing table, or larger ironing board, so that the two become one, and this would allow it to be used in all manner of ways depending on the difficulties encountered when ironing such clothing or garments.
Traditionally, there was the large ironing board which is composed of a fairly broad (about 30 to 45 centimeters) board approximately 120 centimeters long placed and fixed on long folding legs which, when placed on the high ground, stand approximately 90 to 110 centimeters high (depending on the height to which the ironing board is adjusted), and forming a large X. Said ironing board does not allow the garments to be ironed in the least accessible areas without creasing, that is to say does not allow pants, for example, to be slipped fully over the board as the legs and width of said board prevent this.
Likewise, there was the smaller sleeve board which allowed just a small bit of the sleeves of the garments to be ironed, whereas the inventive board allows the ironing of garments, and also, as compared with the sleeve board, allows the entire length of the sleeves to be ironed by the sleeves being slipped fully over the board, because it is longer than the former sleeve board.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The ironing board according to the invention is therefore intended for ironing garments in their entirety, and in the least accessible areas, and comprises a long narrow board under which is fixed a metal support/base that folds out sideways. Under the board there are two support legs in the shape of a horizontal U, articulated at their horizontal upper arms so that they can be folded out flat on either side of the board, and means for connecting the lower horizontal arms of the two legs together so that they are further apart than the spacing between the two upper arms, to ensure that the two legs remain stable in the erected position. The legs may be of unequal height and length to allow the ironing board to be placed in a horizontally offset position with respect to the surface of a larger board to which it is attached, the lower arms of the support legs being slipped into holding means beneath the larger ironing board. Articulations between the upper arms and a larger board may consist of grooves in the arms held in saddle clips fixed under the larger board and thus holding the arms axially in place. The lower arms of the legs are longer than the upper arms. The board has connecting means namely pivoting means fixed under the larger ironing board in such a way that the board can be folded under the larger ironing board. The board is mounted so that it can pivot about a vertical axis on the horizontal upper arms so as to be able to free up the working area of the larger ironing board.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Further features and advantages of the present invention will be made clear with reference to the following drawings of various embodiments of the invention, as follows:
FIGS. 1A, 1B and 1C are edge, top and bottom views, respectively, of a first embodiment of the ironing board of the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates the assembled support/base for the ironing board of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a partially-exploded, dis-assembled view of the support/base of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a bottom view showing the support/base in partially-exploded condition.
FIG. 5 is a top view similar to FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 is a bottom view showing the support/base in fully assembled condition.
FIG. 7 is an end view of the inventive board with assembled support/base from the left end as shown in FIG. 9.
FIG. 8 is a side view of a further embodiment of a fully assembled board and support/base of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a top/sid
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