Patent Application
20190234007
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The disclosure and prior art relates to ironing surfaces and more particularly pertains to a new ironing surface for ironing while in a seated position.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a post that has an upper end and a lower end. A rolling unit is attached to the lower end of the post to facilitate movement of the post. A base is pivotally coupled to the upper end of the post. The base is positionable in a stored position that is vertically orientated and pivotable into a deployed position is horizontally orientated. A plate is rotatably coupled to the base. An ironing board is attached to the plate. A catch is attached to and extends outwardly from the post. The catch releasably engages the ironing board when the ironing board is in a vertical orientation.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A rolling unit 20 is attached to the lower end 16 of the post 12 to facilitate movement of the post 12. The rolling unit 20 includes a plurality of feet 22 wherein each of the feet 22 is attached to the lower end 16 of the post 12 and extends outwardly therefrom. Additionally, each of the feet 22 has a distal end 24 relative to the post.
A plurality of rollers 26 is included in the rolling unit 20. Each of the feet 22 has one of the rollers 26 rotatably attached thereto. Each of the rollers 26 is positioned adjacent to an associated one of the distal ends 24. A lock 28 is positioned on one of the rollers 26 wherein the lock 28 is actuatable to a locked position to inhibit the roller 26 from rotating.
A base 30 is pivotally coupled to the upper end 14 of the post 12. The base 30 is positionable in a stored position that is vertically orientated and pivotable into a deployed position is horizontally orientated. A plate 32 is rotatably coupled to the base 30. The plate 32 extends upwardly from the base 30 when the base 30 is in the deployed position.
An ironing board 34 is attached to the plate 32 and has an upper surface 36, a lower surface 38, a first end 40, a second end 42, a first lateral edge 44 and a second lateral edge 46. The lower surface 38 of the ironing board 34 is attached to the plate 32. The upper surface 36 is statically co-planar with the base 30 such that the upper surface 36 is vertically orientated when the base 30 is vertically orientated.
An iron holder 48 is included and has a peripheral wall 50 that is attached to and extends away from the first end 40 of the ironing board 34. A catch 52 is attached to and extends outwardly from the post 12. The catch 52 releasably engages the ironing board 34 when the ironing board 34 is in a vertical orientation. The catch 52 includes a leg portion 54 that is attached to a foot portion 56. The leg portion 54 is attached to and extends away from the post 12 adjacent to the rolling unit 20. The ironing board 34 is positionable between the foot portion 56 and the post 12 to retain the ironing board 34 in the vertical orientation.
In use, the height of the post 12 is adjusted to accommodate the user 58. The ironing board 34 is set in the horizontal orientation. The user 58 irons an article of clothing 60 on the upper surface 36 of the ironing board 34. The ironing board 34 is rotated to easily reach the entirety of the article of clothing 60.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
