Patent ID: 8726545

Claim:
Foldaway steam ironing device for ironing linens, including a frame ( 12 ) attached to the wall and forming a cavity ( 14 ) in which an ironing board is located, having a rear portion having an ironing surface ( 31 ) and a front portion ( 10 ) integral with the rear portion constituting a decorative surface or a mirror, said ironing board being capable of adopting a first position in which said front portion is visible in said frame attached to the wall and the rear portion is folded away, and a second position in which said front portion is folded away and said rear portion is made visible in said frame attached to the wall, said device having first pivoting means suitable for moving said ironing board from the first position to the second position and vice versa, and second pivoting means for moving said ironing board in the second position from the vertical position to the horizontal position as a bracket so that a user can use said ironing surface; said device being characterized in that said ironing board is inside a mobile frame ( 18 ) pivoting by means of a top hinge and a bottom hinge located at the right-hand end or at the left-hand end of said frame attached to the wall and enabling said ironing board to pivot in the counterclockwise direction (or vice versa) about a vertical axis by an angle of around 90, and said first pivoting means include a top hinge and a bottom hinge located respectively in each of the horizontal portions of said mobile frame and at their middle, said hinges forming a vertical axis ( 20 ) enabling said ironing board to pivot in the clockwise direction (or vice versa) so as to make the rear portion of said ironing board, having an ironing surface, visible.