Iron and ironing board support

Compact, collapsible apparatus comprising a base (22) providing supportive disposition upon a supporting surface for carrying an ironing board (17) and for supporting a hand iron (1) above the ironing surface of said ironing board, said base comprising a first upright member (23) extending upwardly therefrom and means (36) pivotally securing said ironing board to the upper end of said first upright member for swingable movement upon a pivot axis between storage and use positions, and a second upright member (21) extendingh upwardly from said base, an iron support linkage (15, 16) swingably interconnected at one end to the upper end of said second upright member and extendable to positions over said ironing surface, and iron securement means (9) pivotally interconnecting the other end of said support linkage with said iron for permitting movement of said iron between first and second orientations respectively in and out of contact with said ironing surface, said base comprising folding leg members (29, 29') swingably movable between extended storage and retracted use positions conjointly with swinging movement of said ironing board between its respective storage and use positions, said leg members being affixed at opposite sides of said base and when in respective extended positions projecting in opposite directions from said base, said ironing board being swingable on a horizontal, transversely oriented pivot axis between vertical and horizontal orientations, respectively, constituting said storage and use positions thereof, said pivot axis being above said base and positioned laterally between said leg members, said leg members when extended underlying said ironing board being substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis thereof, each said leg member being interconnected by a swing controllinkage (32, 34, 34') with said ironing board, said iron support linkage comprising articulated first and second arm members (15, 16) each swingable within a horizontal plane above said ironing surface, said first arm member (15) radially extending from the upper end of said second upright member and swingable therefrom, said second arm member (16) being swingably pivoted to said first arm member and having a distal end supporting said iron, said iron securement means comprising a unit (9) for attachment to said iron, and a support arm extension (10) rotatably interengaging said unit, said support arm extension providing interconnection of said unit and a distal end of said second arm member, said iron being rotatable about a shaft portion thereof for movement between said first and second orientations.