Patent ID: 8033038
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: A47B,D06F

Abstract:
1. An ironing station comprising: a cabinet comprising spaced side walls connected by a top wall to at least partially define an interior space accessible through an open face of the cabinet; an ironing board; an ironing board support slidably coupling the ironing board to the cabinet for selective movement between a first position in which the ironing board is in a stowed configuration in the interior space, and a second position in which the ironing board is in a use configuration; an elevation mechanism operably coupling the ironing board to the ironing board support to raise the ironing board to an elevated position relative to the ironing board support, and comprising: wherein when the ironing board is raised to the elevated position, the latch pin is automatically biased into the detent to lock the ironing board in the elevated position.