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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
MARY H. BALDWIN, OF HAMLIN, TEXAS.
SKIRT-IRONING BOARD.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,403, dated December 14, 1880.
Application filed August 2, 1880. No modcl.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, MARY IH. BALDWIN, of
Hamlin, in the county of Frio and State of
Texas, have invented a new and Improved
5 Skirt-Ironing Board, of which thefollowing is
a specification.
The object of my invention is to provide a
new and improved skirt-ironing board which
is simple in construction and convenient in
ro use, and can be adapted for ironing other
articles.
The invention consists in an ironing-board
provided with hinged detachable leaves and
with devices for holding said leaves open,
15 which board is hinged or pivoted to the end
piece of a frame, the lower part of which forms
a box to receive that part of the article that
hangs down, while the rest is being ironed,
thus protecting it from dust and dirt and
2o keeping it moist.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a perspective view of my improved skirt-iron-
ing board, showing the ironing-board and the
leaves raised. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional ele-
25 vation of the same on the line a x, Fig. 3,
showing the ironing-board resting on its sup-
ports and the leaves lowered. Fig. 3 is a lon-
gitudinal sectional elevation of the same on
the line y y, Fig. 2, showing the leaves raised.
30o Similar letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts.
The ironing-board Ais pivoted or hinged at
one of its transverse edges' to one of the stand-
ards B of a supporting-frame, and has a leaf,
35 C, pivoted to each longitudinaledge by means
of the hinges D D, which are so arranged that
the leaves can be separated from the board A
by drawing the pins of the hinges out of their
corresponding sockets.
40 Two or.more arms, E E,-are pivoted to the
lower side of the ironing-board A, to support.
the leaves O C when the same are raised.
Two arms, F F, are pivoted to the standard
B', opposite the one to which the board A is
45 pivoted, also for supporting the leaves C C.The board A and the leaves C C are prefer-
ably made slightly longer than the distance
from the standard B to B', so as to project
beyond the standard B', thereby admitting of
getting a better bold in raising or lowering 50
said board or leaves.
The standards B B' are connected by the
vertical boards G G and the horizontal board
II, forming a box below the board A, the sides
of which box do not reach np to the board, 55
but only to the outer edges of the leaves C C
when the same are folded down; or the said
box may be made of slats or strips instead of
boards.
Tile within-described ironing-board is used 60
as follows: If ordinary articles are to be
ironed, the leaves C O are raised and are sup-
ported by the arms E E and F F, thus giving
a broad and solid ironing-surface; but if skirts,
gowns, wrappers, &c., are to be ironed, the 65
leaves C C are removed, the board A is raised
and passed through the skirt, which is sus-
pended from the said board, and the suspend-
ed part is placed into the box below the board.
In this box it is protected from dirt or dust, 70o
remains moist, and the ironed parts will not
be creased or broken. The skirt is raised out
of the box on one side, is ironed on the board,
and is passed into the box again on the other
side, and when completely ironed the board 75
A is drawn out.
Having thus described my invention, I
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent-
The combination, with a box, G, having a 80
standard, B', provided with pivoted arms F,
of an ironing-board, A, hinged to the stand-
ard B, having a detachably-hinged leaf, C, on
each side, and provided with subjacent arms
E, as shown and described.
MARY HENSLEY BALDWIN.
Witnesses:
SUSAN OLIVE VALE,
ELLIE VIOLA BALDWIN.
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Baldwin, Mary Hensley. Skirt Ironing Board., patent, December 14, 1880; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170081/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.