US957439A - Ironing-table. - Google Patents

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J. MGG'UIGAN.

IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.10, 1908.

Patented. May 10, 1910.

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IRONING TABLE.

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JOSEPH MGGUIGAN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO EUGINE STEIN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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Application filed December 10, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnPH MOGUIGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of lVayne, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Tables; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use-the same.

The invention relates to an ironing table, and more particularly to the class of household articles adapted to be interchangeable from an ironing table to a clothesrack, as the occasion may demand.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a household article which comprises a main ironing-board, sections hinged to each other and to which the ironing board is detachably connected and wire members detachably connected to the sections to form a clothes rack.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a household article which is cheap and simple in construction, easy to manipulate so that a person can change the article from one form to another, durable, and inexpensive in the manufacture.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings which disclose the preferred form of embodiment of the invention and as brought out in the appended claim. It is to be understood however, that minor changes, variations and modifications may be made such as come properly within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the article ready for use as an ironing table. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the main ironing-board. Fig. 1- is a top plan View of the hinged sections with the ironing board removed. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the sections inverted and the wire members connected thereto to form a clothes rack. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 77 of Fig. 3.

Similar reference characters indicate cor- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 10, 1910. Serial No. 466,872.

responding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

In the drawings the numeral 10 designates the ironing board which is of the usual form and upon the under face thereof are secured transverse cleats or bars 11 and 12 which latter are spaced a distance from each other and contain in their inner longitudinal edges spaced recesses or socket-s 13 the same formed with inclined bottoms 14c. Detachably engaging the sockets or recesses 13 are the upper beveled ends 15 of sections 16 the same being pivotally connected to each other. The sections 16 comprise spaced longitudinal side rails 17 the same being united by bars 18 and which sections are pivoted together by a pivot rod 19 and when attached to the ironing board 10 serve as supporting legs therefor.

hen the sections 16 are adapted to be used for a cloth-es rack the same are inverted and spread apart so as to have the beveled ends 15 engage the floor and to the uppermost bars 18 of the said sections when in this position are detachably connected wire members 20 each of which have formed at opposite ends hook terminals 21 to engage the said bars 18 to hold the sections from spreading farther apart and upon the wire members are adapted to be hung clothes or the like to be dried.

\Vhen the sections 16 serve as legs to sup port the ironing board 10 in its proper position the wire members 20 have their hook terminals 21 engaging a pair of bars 18 and serve to brace the legs while the ironing board is in use.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a combination rack for supporting clothes to be dried and an ironing-table which consists of very few parts and which can be quickly and easily transformed from one device to another as the occasion may demand.

The side rails 17 of the sections are formed of lower and upper members 22 and 23 respectively which are connected by hinges 241- so as to permit the said lower members 23 to be folded outwardly and upwardly on the members 22 when it is desired to regulate the height of the ironing board 10 with respect to a flooring or the like.

h at is claimed is The combination with an ironing board, of legs pivotally connected together, each leg formed of two sections, the adjacent ends lower ends of the legs to hold the adjacent of the sections being beveled, hinges conhinged beveled ends of their sections abutnecting the adjacent ends of the sections and ting with each other.

being mounted on the outside edges thereof, In testimony whereof, I affix my signa- 5 socketed cross cleats on the ironing board I ture, in presence of two witnesses.

and adapted to recelve therebetween and JOSEPH MCGUIGAN.

be engaged by the upper ends of the legs to prevent spreading of the latter, and rigid W'itnesses:

tie rods having upwardly and inwardly HENRY L. KoPPIN, 10 curved hook terminals engaging with the RUTH KOPPIN.

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