Trouser press

A trouser press comprising:

• a pair of similar elongated boards each having a pair of generally parallel, vertical, and longitudinal edges and upper and lower transverse edges bridging same;
• a heating plate similar to and between the boards and having respective such longitudinal and transverse edges, the plate being formed at the respective upper edge with a cutout, whereby a pair of trousers can be positioned with one trouser leg on one side of the plate, one trouser leg on the other, the trouser waistband generally at the upper edges, and the trouser crotch at the cutout;
• means for heating the plate;
• hinge means attaching the boards and plate together in registration with the heating plate sandwiched between the boards for pivoting of each of the boards relative to the plate along one of the plate edges and the corresponding board edge;
• means including grippers at the upper edges for securing the trouser waistband of the trouser in the press;
• and
• further means including clips generally at the lower edges for securing the legs in the press, the clips each including a flexible leaf spring extending along the lower transverse edges and each concave toward one of the boards, each of the leaf springs having one end pivoted at the respective one edge which is one of the longitudinal edges and an opposite end, the further means including a latch on the other board releasably engageable with the opposite ends of the leaf springs.

A trouser press comprising:

• a pair of similar elongated boards each having a pair of generally parallel, vertical, and longitudinal edges and upper and lower transverse edges bridging same, each of the boards being formed of at least two parts;
• transversely extending hinges connecting each of the parts of each of the boards to another part of the respective board;
• a heating plate similar to and between the boards and having respective such longitudinal and transverse edges, the plate being formed at the respective upper edge with a cutout, whereby a pair of trousers can be positioned with one trouser leg on one side of the plate, one trouser leg on the other, the trouser waistband generally at the upper edges, and the trouser crotch at the cutout, the plate being formed of at least two parts;
• transversely extending hinges connecting each of the parts of the plate to another part of the plate;
• means for heating the plate;
• and
• hinge means attaching the boards and plate together in registration with the heating plate sandwiched between the boards for pivoting of each of the boards relative to the plate along one of the plate edges and the corresponding board edge.