US1921038A - Flatiron stand - Google Patents

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FLATIRON STAND Filed Nov. 30, 193i INVENTOR.

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ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 8, 1933 UNITED s'rarss FLATIRON STE ND Walter F. Payne, Rolla, MO., assignor to J. W.

Barley, Rolla, Mo.

Application November 39,1931 Serial No. 577,991

4 Claims.

This invention relates to flat iron stands for use on ironing boards and the like.

The main object of the invention is to provide a stand so arranged that the iron may be placed on the stand without lifting the iron from the board and which then automatically acts to elevate the iron and prevents scorching the board.

Another object is toprovide a stand including a frame, a supporting member hinged in the frame and arranged to normally swing downward at one end in contact with the ironing board to provide a sloping surface on which the iron may be slipped in placing it on the stand, the frame and supporting member being so arranged that as the iron is placed on the stand the supporting member will swing to a horizontal position and elevate the iron above the ironing board, and a handle hinged to the frame and adapted for use in carrying the iron on the stand from place to place. I

A further object is to provide a stand of the above character in a simple, inexpensive and efiicient form.

With these and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan viewof the stand showing in dotted lines an iron as placed on the supporting member. 1

Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross section through the stand showing the same in position to receive an iron.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross section through the stand showing in dotted lines an iron in place thereon and showing the action and various positions of the handle.

Figure 4 is a detail in side elevation of a medial position of the frame showing the attachment of the handle thereto.

Referring now with more particularity to the drawing the stand comprises a frame designated generally at 1 and formed of two legs 2 and 3 extended in spaced parallel relationship for some distance and then turned angularly inward at e and converging towards a connecting bight or end piece 5. The underside of the frame thus formed is serrated or roughened at 6 to grip the cloth surface of the ironing board and so hold the stand in place thereon. For convenience in this description the end of the stand at which the legs 2 and 3 are joined by the bight is referred to as the rear end and the opposite end as the forward end. Laterally aligned bearing apertures 7 are provided through the legs 2 and 3 forwardly of the point 4 and a bearing pin 8 is passed through these apertures and held against axialdisplacement therein by a head 9 and nut 10 at opposite ends. The iron supporting element or plate 11 is fulcrumed pivotally mounted inter mediate its ends on this bearing pin 8, said plate having a laterallyextended aperture 12 to receive the said pin 8 for this purpose. The iron supporting plate 11 is tapered at one end at 13 and is of such shape and size as to fit loosely within the confines of the legs 2 and 3 forming the frame 1 and the aperture 12 is so located that the for ward end 14 of this plate will overbalance the rear and tapered end 13. the plate will thus normally and of its own weight lieon the surface'of the ironing board'as shown in Figure 2 and the plate will assume an angu lar or sloping position. To limit the drop of this The forward edge of 70.

end of the plate 11 pins 15 are extended inwardly 7 5 from the legs 2 and 3 to engagethe underside of the plate. When the plate 11 is swung to a horizontal position as will be hereinafter set forth its rear or tapered end 13 will engage a pin 16 extended inward from the bight or end piece 5 and will thereby be held in alignment and in the same plane as the upper face of the said end piece. As shown this end piece 5 is cut away at 17 below the level of the upper faces of the legs 2 and 3 and the plate 11 is so mounted as to rest below the said legs whereby they will act as side rails or stops to prevent lateral displacement of an iron set on the plate 11.

In use the iron as indicated by the dotted lines 18 is slid or pushed upon the angularly standing plate 11 without raising the iron from the ironing board. As the iron is pushed on the plate the, plate assumes a horizontal position and the nose 19 of the iron slips over the cut away end piece 5, the greater portion of the weight of the iron being thus disposed rearwardly of the bearing pin 8 holding the plate 11 in its horizontal position. The iron is thus held elevated above the board and of course may be again placed in use by slipping it forwardly off the plate 11 and onto the board. To facilitate moving the iron onto the plate 11 the forward edge thereof is reduced or tapered to a featheredge asdesignated at 20. The plate 11 may be perforated as shown at 31 to facilitate the dissipation of the heat from the In order to carry the iron and its stand from place to place I provide a handle comprising a U-shaped bail '21 upon the bight 22 of which a handle grip 23 is placed in usual manner. The

inwardly as shown and enter apertures 26 formed in the legs 2 and 3 just rearwardly of the aforesaid apertures '7 and so located that the part of the iron and the stand rearwardly of the apertures 26 will over balance the opposite end when they are carried by the handle. The end portions of the legs 25 adjacent the inturned ends 24 enter and play in recesses 27 cut in the outer faces of the legs 2 and 3 of the frame 1 and these recesses have forward vertically extending margins or shoulders 28 against which said end portions of the bail legs will butt when carrying the iron and stand. These shoulders 28 thus prevent the iron and stand from tipping and falling rearwardly and inasmuch as the greater part of the weight of these elements is disposed rearwardly of the point at which the bail is attached as aforesaid they will be held in a horizontal position for carrying. The rear margins of the recesses 27 are cut angularly as at 29 to hold the handle in an elevated position but free of the iron when not in use as designated at 30 in Figure 3. However the handle may be swung down flat against the board by springing the ends of the bail legs 25 apart so that they will clear the sides of the legs 2 and 3 as will be readily understood.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a simple and extremely handy device for the purpose of supporting a fiat iron when not in use and one which will eliminate the necessity of repeatedly picking up the iron and placing it upon a pad or the like so rendering the work of ironing much easier.

While I have herein set forth a certain preferred embodiment of my invention it is understood that I may vary from the same in minor structure details so as best to construct a practical device for the purposes intended, not departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In an iron stand, a frame including spaced legs converging adjacent one end, an end piece connecting the converging ends of the legs, the said end piece being cut away below the level of the upper faces of said legs, an iron support ing plate pivotally mounted between and beneath the level of the upper faces of the said legs and tapered to fit loosely within the converging ends thereof, the opposite end of the said plate being adapted to normally swing downward to provide a sloping surface to receive an iron.

2. In an iron stand, a frame including spaced legs converging adjacent one end, an end piece connecting the converging ends of the legs, the said end piece being cut away below the level of the upper faces of said legs, an iron supporting plate pivotally mounted between and beneath the level of the upper faces of the said legs and tapered to fit loosely within the converging ends thereof, the opposite end of the said plate being adapted to normally swing downward to pro- 1,921,038 'ends 24 of the legs 25 of the bail 21 are turned vide a sloping surface to receive an iron, stops to limit the swinging movement of the iron supporting plate, and a handle attached to the legs for carrying the stand.

3. In an iron stand of the kind described for horizontally positioning upon an ironing board or the like, an elongated frame formed of two spaced legs, the portions of the legs at one end being parallel and the portions at the opposite end being convergent, an end piece joining the two convergent ends of the legs, the upper face of the end piece being depressed relative to the upper faces of the legs for engaging the point of an iron, an iron supporting plate pivotally suspended intermediate its ends between the said legs of the frame, the said plate conforming in shape to the plan of the open space within the said legs and end piece, the upper face of the plate being upon a level with the said upper depressed face of the end piece, the upper margins of the legs thereby forming stops, the plate being so pivoted and weighted that it will normally tilt downwardly at the end remote from the said connecting end piece of the frame.

4. In an iron stand of the kind described for horizontally positioning upon an ironing board or the like, an elongatedframe formed of two spaced legs, the portions of the legs at one end being parallel and the portions at the opposite end being convergent, an end piece joining the two convergent ends of the legs, the upper face of the end piece being depressed relative to the upper. faces of the legs for engaging the point of an iron, an iron supporting plate pivotally suspended intermediate its ends between the said legs of the frame, the said plate conforming in shape to the plan of the open space within the said legs and end piece, the upper face of the plate being upon a level with the said upper depressed face of the end piece, the upper margins of the legs thereby forming stops, the plate being so pivoted and Weighted that it will normally tilt downwardly at the end remote from the said connecting end piece of the frame, there being upwardly flaring, angular recesses formed in the outer sides of the said legs adjacent the points of suspension of the. said plate and between those points of suspension and the said end piece of the frame, the-margin of the said recess immediately adjacent :the points of suspension being perpendicular to the upper faces of. the legs, and a bail having its ends freely pivoted in the lower apexes of the recesses and adapted to swing up perpendicularly to the upper faces of the frame legs and to bear against the said correspondingly perpendicular margins of the said recesses, whereby the bail is maintained in operative relation to the frame and plate with an excess of the weight of a superimposed load disposed towards the end of the frame having the connecting end piece thereof.

WALTER F. PAYNE.

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