US 3,967,802 AGranted

Safety stand for irons

OwnerMarcel Lomagnoinventor

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Abstract

A safety stand is described for an iron having heated portions and a handle. The stand includes a substantially enclosed housing for receiving the iron and covering the heated portions thereof. The housing has an opening in the upper region thereof dimensioned to permit insertion into and removal of the iron from the housing. The housing is configurated to conform to the exterior shape of the iron and dimensioned to receive the iron with little clearance to prevent excessive movement of the iron when disposed within the housing. The handle of the iron continues to be exposed at least partially through the housing opening to permit the same to be gripped for removal of the iron from the housing. Mounting means, in the form of two planar members having hook-shaped ends, is provided for securely fixing the housing to an ironing board. Advantageously, locking means is provided for preventing inadvertent movement of the iron from the housing. In this manner, the iron is securely maintained within the housing during periods of non-use, with the heated portions thereof concealed to prevent injury or damage when the ironing board is in its normal upright position or in a knocked-down condition.

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Dependent claims

A safety stand for an iron, wherein the iron has heated portions and a handle, comprising a substantially closed housing for receiving the iron and covering the heated portions thereof, said housing having an opening therein said housing having an inclined rear wall having tapering edges to form an apex at the top thereof, a pair of sidewalls, each side wall having a rearwardly disposed wall portion which extends along the entire length of the edges of said rear wall to said apex, and a frontwardly disposed wall portion which extends only partially towards said apex, a front wall which extends upwardly to the same extent as said frontwardly disposed wall portions, the major portion of said opening being formed by the upper edges of said front wall and said frontwardly disposed wall portions and the front edges of said rearwardly disposed wall portions, said opening being dimensioned to permit insertion into and removal of the iron from said housing, said opening further comprising a passageway in said front wall dimensioned to correspond to the transverse dimensions of the handle, whereby the body of the iron may be found through said major portion of said opening and the handle may be moved through said passageway to position the iron within said housing in a normal resting position during periods of iron non-use, said housing being configurated to at least partially expose the handle of the iron through said opening when the iron is disposed within said housing to permit gripping of the handle for movement of the iron into and out of said housing;

mounting means for securely fixing said housing to a support surface;
and locking means provided on said front wall for engaging the handle when the iron is disposed within said housing and preventing the iron from moving out of said housing during periods of non-use of the iron, said locking means comprising a latch having a bolt mounted for axial movement on said front wall to one side of said passageway, and keeper means fixedly mounted on said front wall to the other side of said passageway, said bolt being movable to an engaging condition with said keeper means between the handle and the body of the iron, whereby said bolt retains the iron within said housing in the keeper means engaging condition, whereby the heated portions of the iron are maintained concealed in all positions and orientations which said housing may assume;
and whereby the iron is safely maintained on a desired support surface and has the heated portions thereof during periods of non-use.

A safety stand for an iron, wherein the iron has heated portions and a handle, comprising substantially closed housing for receiving the iron and covering the heated portions thereof, said housing having an opening therein dimensioned to permit insertion into and removal of the iron from said housing, said housing having a bottom wall and being configurated to at least partially expose the handle of the iron through said opening when the iron is disposed within said housing to permit gripping of the handle for movement of the iron into and out of said housing;

and mounting means for securely fixing said housing to a support surface, said mounting means being connected to said bottom wall and said mounting means being adapted to be secured to an end of an ironing board, said mounting means comprising a pair of bases each having a planar free end and a hook-shaped free end, said hook-shaped free ends each being dimensioned to engage another opposing edge of the ironing board end, said planar free ends being connectable to each other in any one of a plurality of overlapping conditions, whereby said planar free ends may be connected to each other to dispose said hook-shaped free ends in forceful engagement with the opposing edges of the ironing board, and said mounting means and said housing become securely fixed to the ironing board, said hook-shaped free ends extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of said bases and being parallel to each other, and wherein said bases are movable relative to each other along said longitudinal direction prior to connection to selectively regulate the extent of overlap of said planar free ends, and further comprising guide means for maintaining said hook-shaped free ends parallel to each other in all longitudinal positions of said bases relative to each other, said planar free ends being disposed coextensively to each other in the overlapping conditions thereof and having the longitudinal opposing edges thereof substantially in alignment, said guide means comprising extensions on the two opposing edges of said planar free ends of one of said bases, each of said extensions having a generally U-shaped transverse cross-section to form a guide channel for receiving a respective edge of the other of said bases, whereby said guide channels maintain said bases aligned in said longitudinal direction;
whereby the iron is safely maintained on a desired support surface and has the heated portions thereof concealed during periods of non-use.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.