US2756523A - Supports for sleeve board - Google Patents

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July 31, 1956 vo 2,756,523

SUPPORTS FOR SLEEVE BOARD Filed Oct. 9, 1955 INVENTOR. H ERBERT L. VOKGT ATTORNEY United States Patent SUPPORTS FOR SLEEVE BOARD Herbert L. Voigt, Milwaukee, Wis.,

Paeschke & Frey Co., Milwaukee, of Wisconsin assignor to Gender, Wis., a corporation This invention relates to improvements in supports for sleeve boards adapted to be mounted on ironing tables.

It is an object of this invention to provide a sleeve board with supports which will collapse to form a compact package and when extended to ironing position will support the sleeve board on a conventional ironing table having the customary end protector or rest bar.

In obtaining this object the sleeve board is provided with a front leg hinged to the board about an axis transverse of the board and two separate rear legs hinged to the board about an axis longitudinal of the board. The rear legs have hooks at their ends which engage the rest bar of the conventional ironing table to support the rear end of the sleeve board against upward and downward displacement. By longitudinally offsetting the separate rear legs, they may pass each other as collapsed.

For a more detailed description of this invention reference should be made to the following description of the specific embodiment read in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a sleeve board provided with supports embodying the present invention, part shown in section for sake of illustration Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the sleeve board of Fig. 1 with the supports in ironing position;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the sleeve board of Fig. 1 with the supports in collapsed position;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view similar to the sectional view of Fig. 4 showing the supports collapsed.

The sleeve board illustrated in the drawing is of customary design and consists of a flat top surrounded by a depending marginal flange 12 terminating in an inturned bead 14. The sleeve board is shown positioned on a conventional ironing table 16 which has a rest bar 18 extending along and spaced from the end of the ironing table 16. The rest bar 18 is standard equipment on many ironing tables and protects the rounded end of the table when the latter is positioned in stored away upright position.

The forward support (to the left as viewed) for the sleeve board is made of stiff wire and has a foot or bridge 20 and two legs 22 offset at 23 and terminating in pins 24. This front support is pivoted to the board by a strap secured to the top 10 and having two spaced vertical portions 26 which are pierced to rotatively hold the pins 24. These portions have inwardly projecting dimples 28 which engage the offsets 23 in the ironing position of the forward support to hold it in such position. To collapse such forward leg it is swung about the pins 24 until its 2,756,523 Patented July 31, 1.956

bridge 20 rests against the top 10 as is shown in the dotted line of Fig. 1. If desired, the strap for supporting, the forward support may also act as a stiffener for the top 10. In order to have substantial overhang at the forward end of the board, the forward support is positioned substantially at the center of such board.

Rear (to the right as viewed) supports 30 and 32 for the sleeve board have bearings 34 at their tops, the axes of which extend longitudinally of the sleeve board and are pivotally mounted in cylindrical portions 36 formed in a strap 38. As is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, this strap is secured to the top 10 at an angle to the transverse axis of the top to provide clearance between the support 30 and the support 32 to permit collapsing thereof. Each of the rear supports is provided with a locking bar 40 offset from the bearing 34 at the angle shown in Fig. 4, so that with the supports in ironing position the locking bars 40 will seat in resilient clamps 42 formed on the ends of the strap 38 and hold such supports in said position. Each of the rear supports terminates in a hook 44 which opens rearwardly and partially encircles the rest bar 18. The legs of such hooks are longer than the distance between the rest bar 18 and the edge of the table 16 so that with the sleeve board in ironing position, the hooks 44 can not be detached from such bar. The legs of the hooks extend above and below the rest bar to prevent the supports from moving either up or down relative thereto. As is shown in Fig. 2 the hook 44 of support 32 is offset towards the front from its vertical leg less than the hook 44 of the support 30. The purpose of this is to keep the bight of the hooks in alignment with the transverse rest bar 18. T o collapse the rear supports 30 and 32, the free ends are moved toward each other springing the locking bars 40 out of the clamps 42. Then the support 32 is first folded to the collapsed position shown in Figs. 3 and 5. Then the support 30 may be folded to its collapsed position shown in such figures. In this way the hook 44 of the support 32 will swing under the hook 44 of the support 30.

When the board is in the ironing position shown in Fig. 1 it may be temporarily swung away from the surface of the ironing table 16 about the axis of the rest bar 18 until the lower legs of the hooks 44 engage the edge of the table 16. In this position the board will be at an angle slightly to the right of the vertical plane through the bar 18 and will be held by the engagement between the legs of hooks 44 and the edge of the table 16 counteracting gravity in this temporarily locked posi tion. To remove the sleeve board for storage it is unhooked from the rest bar 18 and its legs collapsed as heretofore described.

While there is shown a particular embodiment of this invention, many modifications may be made and it is contemplated that the following claim covers any such modifications as come within the spirit and scope'of this invention.

I claim:

In a sleeve board, a pair of rear legs having separate pivotal connections with said board along axes longitudinal of said board whereby said rear legs swing toward each other from upright to collapsed positions, said legs being staggered longitudinally of said board to provide clearance therefor in the collapsed position, frictional means operative between each leg and said board to hold said legs in upright position, and hooks at the free ends of said legs having upper and lower leg portions extend- References Cited in the file of this patent ing along the longitudinal axis of said board and opening rearwardly thereof, said upper and lower leg portions being positioned to simultaneously engage from above and below a rod-like member transversely positioned with respect to said board, one of said hooks being ofiset with respect to its leg longitudinally of said board an amount suflicient to account for said staggered relationship so that the bights of said hooks are aligned transversely of said board.

UNITED STATES PATENTS Hofline May 28, 1912 Nichols May 22, 1917 Bain Mar. 11, 1924 Waddle Aug. 18, 1925 Hess Sept. 21, 1926 Bromley Nov. 30, 1926 Bugg Feb. 1, 1955 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain May 26, 1827 Canada Apr. 7, 1953

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