Patent ID: 8272153
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A wall-mounted, self-storing ironing board comprising: an open-fronted casing having opposed interior vertical tracks in side walls thereof; a horizontal rod having ends engaged for vertical and angular reciprocation in said tracks; an elongated turntable having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to said rod, said turntable being fixed at a rear end thereof to said rod for vertical and angular reciprocation with said rod; a linkage pivotally connected between said casing and said turntable and permitting said angular reciprocation of said turntable between an almost vertical storage position in said casing and a cantilevered horizontal ironing position extending from said casing; an elongated platform having a longitudinal center axis and having one end portion thereof overlapping said turntable; and a pivot pin connecting said platform to said turntable for rotation in a plane parallel thereto, said pivot pin being located along said longitudinal center axes and forward of said linkage.