Ironing board cover with drawstring and tensioning straps

An ironing board cover assembly for covering an ironing board table, the table having a longitudinal axis and having an ironing surface bounded by a peripheral edge, the assembly comprising:

• a fabric body substantially the same shape as the ironing surface of the ironing board table but having an area somewhat larger than the ironing surface of the table so as to form a peripheral edge portion adapted to wrap around the peripheral edge of the ironing table;
• a drawstring confined in a channel, the channel formed by a binding attached to said cover peripheral edge portion by a pair of parallel stitching lines, said drawstring passing between the binding and the fabric layer in the channel, running the length of said peripheral edge portion;
• a series of openings in the fabric layer spaced along said channel comprising at least one pair of first and second openings in said channel at opposing edge segments of the cover, said openings exposing opposing segments of said drawstring;
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• at least one flexible strap having an adjustable length sized for spanning the distance between said drawstring opposing segments when the cover is installed on an ironing board table, the strap being adapted for adjustably and releasably engaging said drawstring opposing segments through said first and second openings to draw the opposing drawstring segments toward each other, said first and second openings in the channel being located such that the strap is disposed essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said table.

An ironing board cover assembly for covering an ironing board table, the table having a longitudinal axis and having an ironing surface defining an area bounded by a peripheral edge, the assembly comprising:

• a fabric body substantially the same shape as the ironing surface of the ironing board table but having an area somewhat larger than the area of the ironing surface of the table so as to form a peripheral edge portion of a specific length, the peripheral edge portion adapted to wrap around the peripheral edge of the ironing table defining a pair of opposing edge segments;
• a drawstring confined in a channel, the channel formed by a binding attached to said cover peripheral edge portion by a pair of parallel stitching lines, said drawstring passing between the binding and the fabric layer in the channel running the length of said peripheral edge portion;
• a series of openings spaced along said channel comprising at least one pair of first and second openings in said channel in the fabric layer in the opposing edge segments of the cover, said openings each exposing a segment of said drawstring;
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• at least one bar sized for spanning the distance between said drawstring opposing segments when the cover is installed on an ironing board table, the bar having a plurality of hooks disposed at each end thereof for selectably engaging the opposing drawstring segments through said first and second openings to draw the opposing drawstring segments toward each other, said first and second openings in the channel being located such that the bar is disposed essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said table.

An ironing board cover assembly for covering an ironing board table, the table having a longitudinal axis and having an ironing surface bounded by a peripheral edge, the assembly comprising:

• a fabric body substantially the same shape as the ironing surface of the ironing board table but having an area somewhat larger than the ironing surface of the table so as to form a peripheral edge portion adapted to wrap around the peripheral edge of the ironing table;
• a drawstring confined in a channel carried by the cover peripheral edge portion, the drawstring running the length of said peripheral edge portion;
• a series of openings in the fabric layer spaced along said channel comprising at least one pair of first and second openings in said channel at opposing edge segments of the cover, said openings exposing opposing segments of said drawstring;
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• a plurality of flexible straps, at least one strap having an adjustable length sized for spanning the distance between said drawstring opposing segments when the cover is installed on an ironing board table, the flexible strap being adapted for adjustably and releasably engaging said drawstring opposing segments through said first and second openings to draw the opposing drawstring segments toward each other, said first and second openings in the channel being located such that the flexible strap is disposed essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said table.