Patent ID: 7062871
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. An installation for a stowable ironing board comprising: an ironing board; a frame including a rear wall, a pair of parallel wall members, and a cross member, the parallel wall members spaced apart from one another a distance greater than a width of the ironing board and the cross member extending between the parallel wall members; a shelf disposed on the frame and extending rearward from the frame, in a direction opposite the ironing board; a first axle rod portion engaging one of said parallel wall members; and a second axle rod portion engaging the other of said parallel wall members; the ironing board being selectively movable to a substantially upright, stowed position and to a substantially flat position, the ironing board having a first end receiving the first and second axle rod portions, and a second end; said frame being of a height substantially less than a length of the ironing board to permit access to storage space behind the ironing board when in the substantially upright, stowed position; said cross member being disposed in front of the rear wall of the frame and allowing clearance for the ironing board when in the substantially upright, stowed position; and said shelf having a depth allowing clearance for the ironing board in front of the shelf when the ironing board is in substantially upright, stowed position.