Built-in ironing center

A built-in ironing center comprising,

• a housing disposed to be mounted in a recess in the wall of a room,
• an ironing board comprising two interconnected sections,
• means mounting said board on said housing for swinging movement into and out of an opening in the front of said housing, and about a first horizontal axis between a collapsed position in which said board is disposed within said housing, and an erected position in which said board is positioned externally of said housing for angular adjustment about a vertical axis,
• one of said sections of said board being mounted for swinging movement in a horizontal plane about said vertical axis, when said board is in its erected position, and
• means hingedly connecting the other of said sections at one end thereof to one end of said one section for swinging movement about a pair of spaced, parallel hinge axes between a folded position in which said other section overlies and is parallel to said one section, and an unfolded position in which said other section extends beyond said one end of said one section and in coplanar relation with said one section,
• said means hingedly connecting together said ironing board sections comprising at least two hinges, each of which comprises a pair of plates pivotally connected to each other along a respective hinge axis,
• means securing together one plate each of said two hinges in spaced, parallel relation to each other, thereby to retain the hinge axes thereof in spaced, parallel relation,
• the other of the two plates of one of said hinges being secured to said one section of said board adjacent said one end thereof, and with the hinge axis of said one hinge extending transversely of said vertical axis, and
• the other of said hinges having the other plate thereof secured to said other section of said board adjacent said one end thereof.

A built-in ironing center comprising

• a housing disposed to be mounted in a recess in the wall of a room,
• an ironing board comprising two interconnected sections,
• means mounting said board on said housing for swinging movement into and out of an opening in the front of said housing, and about a first horizontal axis between a collapsed position in which said board is disposed within said housing, and an erected position in which said board is positioned externally of said housing for angular adjustment about a vertical axis,
• one of said sections of said board being mounted for swinging movement in a horizontal plane about said vertical axis, when said board is in its erected position, and
• means hingedly connecting the other of said sections at one end thereof to one end of said one section for swinging movement about a pair of spaced, parallel hinge axes between a folded position in which said other section overlies and is parallel to said one section, and an unfolded position in which said other section extends beyond said one end of said one section and in coplanar relation with said one section,
• said mounting means including means for releasably securing said board in its collapsed position within said housing,
• a door being pivotally connected to one side of said housing for swinging movement into and out of a closed position over said opening in the front of said housing,
• an electrical receptacle mounted in said housing adjacent said lamp, and
• a safety switch mounted in said housing and operable by said board, when said board is secured in its collapsed position by said securing means to prevent the supply of electrical power to said lamp and to said receptacle.