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US 4,991,325 AGranted
Collapsible ironing board having telescopic ironing surfaces, and telescopic legs attached by U-shaped brackets and V-shaped armed connectors
OwnerCarmine F. Teduschiinventor
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Abstract
A collapsible ironing board is provided and consists of a platform having two extendable telescopic sections and three collapsible legs. When the ironing board is not being used, the two sections of the platform can be pushed together and the legs folded up into a closed position allowing the ironing board in its reduced size to be stored away.
Claims4
A collapsible ironing board comprising:
- (a) a platform comprising two extendable telescopic sections, wherein a front section sliding within a back section, each of the sections of said platform includes a pair of side flanges each having an inwardly facing lip, a pair of first stop members, each formed at a back end of each of the lips of said flanges on the front section, and a pair of second stop members, each formed at a front end of each of the lips of said flanges on the back section so that when the sections are extended said first stop members will connect said second stop members preventing the sections from disengaging from each other;
- (b) three collapsible legs;
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- (c) means for pivotally attaching one of said legs to a bottom surface of the front section of said platform near the front end thereof and for pivotally attaching said other two legs in a spaced apart relationship to a bottom surface of the back section of said platform near the back end thereof so that when said ironing board is not being used, the two sections of said platform are pushed together and said legs folded into a closed position allowing said ironing board in its reduced size to be stored away, said pivotally attaching means for each key includes a U-shaped channel bracket, and a connectors affixed to a top of each of said legs and having a pair of V-shaped arms pivotally connected to one of said U-shaped channel brackets so that when each leg is placed in an open position the V-shaped arms will bear against said U-shaped channel bracket for support.
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