US876410A - Cover for ironing-boards. - Google Patents

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No. 876,410. PATBNTED JAN. 14, 1908. B. STONE.

COVER FOR IRONING BOARDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.23.1906.

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E. STONE.

COVER FOR IRONING BOARDS.

APPLICATION FI LED MAR.23.1906.

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22 2s Wei/Zen es 6 EDWARD STONE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Speeinuation of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1908 Application 516d March 28. mos. Serial No. 397.613.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD STONE, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Ironing-Boards, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for covering ironing boards.

The especial object of the improvements which form the subject matter of this application is to provide a cloth cover that may be quickly and easily applied to an ironing board of ordinary construction; that may be evenly stretched on the board so as'to avoid wrinkles; that may be held under uniform tension along the edges of the board and that may be readily removed from the board.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application I have shown various modifications of the principles embodied in my invention in the following views Figure 1 is an elevation-of an ironing board showing a cover attached thereto by means embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l'showing a modification of I the cover attaching means shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing other modifications; Fi 4 is an elevation of the re verse side 0 an ironmg board showing the means for securing the ends of the cover to the board; Fi s. 5 and 6 are details of the stretching ro s which form an important feature of my invention; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view showing a stretching rod in connection with pins secured in the under side of the board; Fig. 8 shows a modified form of stretchin rod;,Figs. 9 and 10 are fragmentary deta1 s of stretching rods made according to my invention; Fig. 11 is a view in cross section of an ironing board showing means for attaching the stretching rod; Fig. 12 is a detail of a connecting device wvhich may be used in lieu of lacing cords;

Figs. 13, 14, 15, and 16, show different modifications of stretching rods and attaching devices Fig. 17 is a detail of a modified form of stretching rod; Fig. 18 is a fragmentary view showing a stretching rod in combination with eyelets formed in the cover;

Fig. 19 is a detail of the cover end securing device sli htly modified from the form shown in I ig. 4; Figs. 20 and 21 are details of a device for facilitating the lacing operation in connection with my stretching rods and attachments.

The board 22 is ofthe well known tapered form having rounded ends and flat on both sides. The cloth cover 23 which is applied .to the board may be used alone, or in conends of the rods being preferab y turned over as at 27 to protect the cover from the oints which would otherwise, project throu and to facilitate the removal of the r0 s. As shown in .Fig. 1, the stretching rod is formed from a wire rod of sufficient stiffness to hold the cloth cover under the necessary tension, and at the same time sufficiently ductile to permit of bending to form loops'26 which are so placed on the bar as to roject through the holes 28 in the hems. W en the rods are inserted in the pockets the loops 26 projecting from the holes 28, will lie ilat against the under side of the board when the edges of the cover have been drawn together by the lacing cord 29 which is interlaced through the 100 s 26, and when properly drawn so as to ho d the cover smoothly on the board, the cords are tied in a knot as 30. To facilitate lacing the cord through the eyes it is provided with the usual metal tips 31 similar to those used on corset and shoe laces. In lieu of the loops 26, the rods may be bent to form hooks 32 (Figs. 2, 6) in which case, the hooks will project through the holes 28 with their points downward so as to provide against catchin on articles placed over the ironing boar when in use. The lacing cord is interlaced on the hooks in the same manner as with the loops above referred to. Instead of connecting the loops together by lacing cords I may fix in the under side of the board hooks as 33 or pins as 34 (see Figs. 3, 11 and 14) in which case, the loops 26 will be placed over the hooks or pins.

To secure the ends of the cover to the board, I use either of the devices shown in Figs. 4 and 19. The device at the right hand of Fig. 4, consists of an eyelet 38, formed with a key hole slot, which is secured at the a ex of a triangular extension 23 secured to t e corresponding end of the cover. I ThlS eyelet is connected with a pin 34 inserted in the upper side of the board near one end.

The opposite end of the cover is provided with two similar eyelets 38 adapted to engage similar pins 34, and may also be equipped with a holding device 39 formed of a-piece of wire bent to form a loop which projects through a suitable openingin the hem of the cover and adapted to engage a pin 34, or the bar 40 having eyelet 41, shown in Fig. 19.

As shown in Fig. 7, the stretching rod is made without loops, hooks or other bent port Fig. 9 the hooks being bent to lie in the same lane with the rod, and the hooks in Fig. 10

eing bent to project at an angle to the rod. As shown in Figs. 12 and 16,, I maysecure the opposite straight rods together by transverse wire bars 42 having hooks on their opposite ends and made in different lengths so as to be adapted to, the diiferent widths of the board, and thus permit the cover to be made tapering as when used with the other attachments.

In Figs. 13 and 17 I have shown the use of eyelets 43 secured on the straight rod and adapted to engage the pins 34 set in the un der side of the board.

In Fig. 14, I have shown the combination of a straight rod with hooks 33 secured in the under side of the board.

In Fig. 18, I'have shown gromets 44secured in the hems at the rear of the rods 25,

and adapted to engage either the hooks 33 or the ins 34.

T e device 45 shown in Fi s. 20 and 2 1, is

for the purpose of holding t e rods so that" the loops 26 will stand at an angle to the board and thus facilitate the lacing operation, and after such operation this device is removed. The holder 45 is made of wire bent or crimped near its ends as at 46, 47, and the loo s fit between the crimps.

Having t we described my invention, what I claim as new, is

1. In means for covering ironing boards, a cloth cover adapted to be placed around a board and having open end hems along its edges and holes formed in said hems at spaced intervals, rods removably arranged in said hems, fastening devices integral with said rods and exposed at said openings,

means detachably engaging said fastening devices to hold, said rods under tension, and means for stretching and l'iolding under tension the ends of said covers.

2. 'In means for covering ironing boards, a cover adapted to he placed around a board and having open end hems along its edges and holes formed in said hems at spaced intervals, rods removably arranged in said hems, said rods having loops formed. integral therewith and projecting through said open ings, and means detachably engaging said loops to hold said rods under tension.

In testimony whereof Laffixiny signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD STONE.

Witnesses:

C. F. BASSETT, GEO. L. PATTERSON.

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