Pull-out sleeve ironing with detent stops

An ironing board, adapted to use with a hand-held iron, the ironing board comprising:

• a main board and a smaller sleeve board;
• a slide mechanism coupling the main board to the sleeve board, the slide mechanism adapted to motion of the sleeve board between
• (1) an offset position in which a gap separates the main board and the sleeve board, and wherein the main board and the sleeve board are coplanar, and
• (2) a juxtaposed position in which the gap is substantially absent and the main board and the sleeve board are coplanar;
• the slide mechanism comprising
• a first stop releasably holding the sleeve board at the juxtaposed position, and
• a second stop releasably holding the sleeve board at the offset position;
• whereby the sleeve board is releasably held at either one of the juxtaposed position and the offset position;
• and
• in which the slide mechanism comprises a plurality of parallel slide devices, and further comprises a first plurality of the first stop and a second plurality of the second stop.

An ironing board, adapted to use with a hand-held iron, the ironing board comprising:

• a main board and a smaller sleeve board;
• a slide mechanism coupling the main board to the sleeve board, the slide mechanism adapted to motion of the sleeve board between
• (1) an offset position in which a gap separates the main board and the sleeve board, and wherein the main board and the sleeve board are coplanar, and
• (2) a juxtaposed position in which the gap is substantially absent and the main board and the sleeve board are coplanar;
• the slide mechanism comprising
• a first stop releasably holding the sleeve board at the juxtaposed position, and
• a second stop releasably holding the sleeve board at the offset position;
• whereby the sleeve board.is releasably held at either one of the juxtaposed position and the offset position, and in which
• (i) in the juxtaposed position the ironing board comprises a bilaterally-symmetrical outline shape having a central symmetry line, and
• (ii) in the offset position the gap is between the central symmetry line and an inner side of the sleeve board.

An ironing board, adapted to use with a hand-held iron, the ironing board comprising:

• a main board and a smaller sleeve board;
• a slide mechanism coupling the main board to the sleeve board, the slide mechanism adapted to motion of the sleeve board between
• (1) an offset position in which a gap separates the main board and the sleeve board, and wherein the main board and the sleeve board are coplanar, and
• (2) a juxtaposed position in which the gap is substantially absent and the main board and the sleeve board are coplanar;
• the slide mechanism comprising
• a first stop releasably holding the sleeve board at the juxtaposed position, and
• a second stop releasably holding the sleeve board at the offset position;
• whereby the sleeve board is releasably held at either one of the juxtaposed position and the offset position;
• a main board frame including a frame member extending under the sleeve board, and in which the slide mechanism is attached to the frame member,
• the sleeve board including a narrow end and a wider end,
• the ironing board comprising at least a pair of frame members including a longer frame member and a shorter frame member, and
• the shorter frame member being disposed under the wider end.