Supports – Brackets – Adjustable
Patent
1998-10-07
2000-10-31
Ramirez, Ramon O.
Supports
Brackets
Adjustable
2482911, 2482861, 2482841, 38103, 108 48, E04G 300
Patent
active
061389714
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
Our invention relates to the home furniture field and specifically to the ironing board one. The ironing board is a fixture of every house, independent of the size, characteristics and habits of the family.
BACKGROUND FIELD
The ironing board is an indispensable fixture, but today's types occupy much space and are not very esthetic to the decor of the house. They are also inconvenient, in that they typically must be moved or hidden in a closet or some other place for storage.
Present ironing board solutions are typically difficult to open/close, are exposed to dust and dirt and must be moved to clean their storage area.
The patent U.S. Pat. No. 4,834,332 solution shows the advantage of moving the ironing board from a vertically stored position to a work position by a mounting mechanism including a bracket; but, in spite of that, this innovation still requires a cabinet or a box to enclose and restore the ironing board.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
The space saver ironing board invention's purpose is to eliminate these problems. It is a trasnsformable piece of furniture: in the closed position it is hung up on the wall, occupying a very small volume, and is enclosed in its own structure.
The space saver ironing board is attached to the wall at its base by inserting it into a fixed support wall bracket (1). The closed position is held by a spring locking pin (2) in the wall bracket and by a security hook (3) in the wall.
The opening/closing movement is very simple and manageable: as the ironing board is rotated down (or up) from the wall until reaching the horizontal (or vertical) position while it is hanging on the wall and its weight is supported by the wall bracket.
The structure is made of two pairs of crossing legs with different shapes and sizes, being a first pair of legs (4) exterior as regard to a second pair of legs (5) (FIG. 1 and FIG. 6)).
The first pair of legs (4) are cut with an angle of inclination of approximately 45.degree. degrees: their lower ends are connected by a cross-piece (6) with a triangular section and their upper ends are pivotally connected at the base of the ironing board (7) by a hinge (8); the hinge (8) can be hooked on the openings of the side wings of the bracket (1).
The second pair of legs (5) are pivotally crossed to the first pair (4) in the middle of the lenght by a shaft (9): their upper ends slide along two rails (10) on the bottom of the ironing surface (7) (FIG. 2) and their lower ends are connected to a second cross-piece (11).
To open the ironing board first pull and release the spring locking pin (2) that secures the first pair of legs (4) to the wall bracket (1). Second rotate the first pair of legs (4) down to the end of their run (approximately 45.degree. degrees). Thirdly release the security hook (3) and rotate down the entire structure to the horizontal working position; to close the ironing board follow the opening procedure in reverse order (FIG. 1 and FIG. 5).
The space saver ironing board can be used in this position or unhooked from the wall bracket and moved elsewhere.
The underside of the ironing surface (7) and the second pair of legs (5) may be covered in the closed position by either a single removeable front panel or by two front panels (12) fixed to the underside of the two pairs of legs (4 and 5) (FIG. 4 and FIG. 6).
These front panels may be made of different types of material: wood, paper, fabric, mirror, writeable plastic surface, magnetic board, picture frame, etc.
The various components of the ironing board may be made of different types of material such as wood, plastic, metal, etc. Furthermore the space saver ironing board structure is available to mount working surfaces made of different types of shape and material.
Once closed the space saver ironing board is a small compact structure (FIG. 3 and FIG. 4) that is trimmed by the first pair of legs (4) and by two cross-pieces (6 and 11), the second pair of legs (5) and the ironing board (7) closing vertically behind the front panels (12).
The space saver ironing board w
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patent: 4834332 (1989-05-01), Vanderbilt
patent: 5329860 (1994-07-01), Mattesky
Cesari Alessandra
Cesari Giulio
Ramirez Ramon O.
Wujciak, III A. Joseph
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