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US 4,049,332 AGranted
Ironing board cabinet
OwnerBettie M. Boudreauxinventor
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Abstract
An ironing board, iron, and light integrally structured with a standard piece of furniture such that said piece of furniture provides a storage space and support platform for efficient storage and efficient operation of said ironing board. The connection between the board and the support platform being a turret connection with integral electrical circuitry which activates said light and said iron upon opening of the doors for movement of the board from said storage position to said operating position.
Claims4
An ironing board cabinet comprising:
- a structure defining a horizontally extended, box-like, generally open space located at the front and at the upper level of the cabinet;
- door means located along the front of said open space for closing off said open space, said door means comprising doors hinged to open laterally out from the center front of said open space to the side ends of said open space to expose said open space;
- a 90.degree. pivot mount located to one side of said open space near one end thereof;
- a horizontally 90.degree. swingable ironing board secured by said pivot mount to and near one end of the bottom side of said box-like open space, the length and width of the ironing board being completely containable within said open space when said ironing board is located therein;
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- electrical circuitry located in the cabinet including an electrical switch, a light, an iron plug outlet, and a source of electrical power, all electrically connected together, said electrical switch being deactivated by being depressed and being located in the front portion of said open space, said door means activating said switch when said door means are moved from the closed position to the open position, said switch being electrically connected to said electrical power source, said light and said iron plug outlet so that when said door means is opened, the switch is activated, thereby activating the light and said iron plug outlet, said light being located at the top and at the front of said open space and focused to place light on the operational area of said ironing board when said door means is opened and the ironing board is pulled out of said open space 90.degree. to its operating position.
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