Mounting assembly
OwnerGarry William Alleninventor
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Abstract
A mounting assembly for a member, in one embodiment an ironing board, allows the member to be moved angularly from a storage position to a working position. First and second links are each pivotally mounted to a support at respective first ends of each link, and each pivotally mounted to the member at respective second ends of each link. The links each include an abutment portion and are arranged so that when the member is moved into the working position the abutment portions of the first and second links engage to prevent movement of the member past the working position. At the working position of the member, the second end of the first link and the second end of the second link are both intermediate the first end of the fast link and the first end of the second link.
Claims13
A mounting assembly for mounting a member to a support so that the member is angularly movable from a storage position to a working position, said working position being a predetermined angular displacement in a deployment direction from the storage position, comprising:
- a first link which, in use, is pivotally mounted to the support at a first end of said first link at a connection point thereof, and which, in use, is pivotally mounted to said member at a second end of said first link;
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- a second link which, in use, is pivotally mounted to the support at a first end of the second link, at a point on the support below the connection point of the first link, said second link being, in use, pivotally mounted to said member at a second end of the second link;
- wherein the positions where the first and second links are pivotally attached to the member are spaced apart, so that the first and second links move relative to each other as the member is moved between the storage position and the working position;
- wherein the first and second links are provided with respective abutment portions, such that the abutment portion of the second link abuts the abutment portion of the first link at the working position of the member, to prevent further relative movement of the first and second links corresponding to the deployment direction and to prevent angular movement of the member past the working position;
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- wherein in use, at the working position of the member, the second end of the first link and the second and of the second link are both intermediate the first end of the first link and the first end of the second link.
An ironing board comprising:
- a planar element adapted to provide an ironing surface;
- mounting means by which the planar element is able to be moved from a storage position to a working position, said working position being a predetermined angular displacement in a deployment direction from the storage position;
- said mounting means comprising a pair of spaced apart pivotal linkages, each said pair having first and second links connected at respective spaced apart first ends to a support and respective spaced apart second ends to the planar element;
- wherein:
- the first and second links are provided with respective abutment portions, such that the abutment portion of the second link abuts the abutment portion of the first link when the ironing surface is in the working position, to prevent further relative movement of the first and second links corresponding to the deployment direction, to prevent angular movement of the ironing surface past the working position;
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- in use, at the working position of the member, the second end of the first link and the second end of the second link are both intermediate the first end of the first link and the first end of the second link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.