Patent ID: 7225745

Claim:
A leg support clip adapted for use with an ironing board having an adjustable leg on its bottom and a mounting member with a plate section secured in spaced relationship from the board bottom with one side of said plate section facing said board, said plate section also having at least one opening therethrough, said leg support clip comprising: a base member having a first portion adapted to engage said one side of said plate section, a second portion adapted to engage the opposite side of said plate section, and a connecting portion adapted to extend from said one plate section side to said opposite plate section side, said second portion including a leg spaced from said connecting portion with a locking member extending from said second portion leg and adapted to be received in said plate section at least one opening; and a pair of flexible locking fingers adapted to extend away from said plate section and engage sides of the adjustable leg, said locking lingers having outer ends spaced from said base member and spaced from one another a distance different than the spacing between the engaged sides of the adjustable leg; whereby when said base member is secured to the plate section of the ironing board with said first portion engaging said one plate section side and said second portion engaging said opposite plate section side and said locking member received in said plate section at least one opening, said flexible locking fingers are adapted to releasably lock the adjustable leg in a selected position adjacent the board bottom.