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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
JAMES B. MAURITZEN AND JESSE C. TINKLE, OF CLAYTON, TEXAS.
IRONING-TABLE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,993, dated September 1, 1896.
Application filed February 29, 1896. Serial No, 581,359. (No model.)To all vhonm it 7mUa! concernT:
Be it known that we, JAMES B. MAURITZEN
and JESSE C. TINKLE, citizens of the United
States, residing at Clayton, in the county of
5 Panola and State of Texas, have invented a
new and useful Ironing-Table, of which the
following is a specification.
The invention relates to improvements in
ironing-tables.
Io The object of the present invention is to
improve the construction of ironing-tables
and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and
durable one which will be firmly supported
in operative position, and which may be
15 quickly, conveniently, and compactly folded
when not in use.
The invention consists in the construction
and novel combination and arrangement of
parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated
20 in the accompanying drawings, and pointed
out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
view of an ironing-table constructed in ac-
cordance with this invention, the parts being
25 arranged in operative position. Fig. 2 is a
longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig.
3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is a plan view,
the parts being folded. Fig. 5 is a detail
view showing the clothes-supporting arms in
30 operative position.
Like numerals of reference designate cor-
responding parts in all the figures of the draw-
ings.
1 designates an ironing-board, of any de-
35 sired configuration, connected at the upper
edge of its rear end by hinges 2 to a vertical
supporting-board 3, and supported, when in
a horizontal position, by a transverse cleat 5,
secured to the front face of the vertical sup-
40 port 3, which is also provided at its lower
end with a cleat 6. The ironing-board is
supported in a horizontal position when in
use by oppositely-inclined legs 7 and 8, cen-
trally pivoted together and adapted to fold
45 flat against the lower face of the ironing-
board when the ironing-table is not in use.
The leg 7 is connected at its upper end to the
lower face of the ironing-board, at a point in-
termediate of the ends thereof, by a hinge 9,
50o and the lower end of the leg 7, which inclines
downward and rearward, is beveled to fit flat
against the vertical support 3, and engagesthe upper edge of the bottom cleat 6, which
extends across the support 3 and projects
from the opposite sides thereof. The leg 8 is 55
composed of a pair of side bars connected at
their lower end by a cross-bar 10 and at a
point intermediate of their ends by a trans-
verse pin or bolt 11, which forms a pivot for
connecting the two legs together. The upper 6o
ends of the sides of the leg 8, which inclines
downward and forward from the rear end of
the ironing-board, are beveled and fit snugly
against the vertical support 3 at the lower
face of the upper transverse cleat 5. 65
The bottom cleat 6 and the cross-bar 10
form feet for the ironing-table, and the parts
are rigidly held in operative position for sup-
porting the ironing-board by the hook 12,
mounted on the leg 7 and engaging an eye 13 70
of the bottom cleat 6 of the support 3, but any
other suitable fastening device may be em-
ployed for rigidly holding the parts together.
When the ironing-table is not in use, the
board 1 is adapted to swing upward and fold 75
fiat against the upper portion of the vertical
support. The lower portion of the leg 8
swings upward and the two legs fold together
and fit flat against the lower face of theiron-
ing-board, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of 80
the accompanying drawings. The parts are
retained in their folded position by a band
14, secured at one end to the vertical support,
preferably at one edge thereof, and provided
with an opening to engage a headed pin at 85
the other edge of the vertical support.
The vertical support 3 extends above the
ironing-board when the latter is in a hori-
zontal position, and has pivoted to its rear
face a pair of clothes-supporting arms 15, 90
adapted to be arranged, as illustrated in Fig.
5 of the accompanying drawings, for the pur-
pose of supporting clothes. The pivots 16 of
the arms are arranged adjacent to the inner
terminals thereof, and the arms are locked in 95
operative position by a central pivoted but-
ton 17, arranged to engage the inner ends of
the arms, as shown. When the arms are not
in use, they are adapted to be folded against
the rear face of the vertical support and do oo
not extend beyond the edges thereof.
The ironing-board is designed to be pro-
vided with a suitable covering, and the band
which secures the parts when folded may be
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Mauritzen, James B. & Tinkle, Jesse C. Ironing-Table., patent, September 1, 1896; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174367/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.