Wall-mounted self-storing center-rotation ironing board
View Patent ↗A wall-mounted, self-storing ironing board includes an elongated ironing platform connected to a turntable by a pivot pin located approximately at a center point of the platform, thereby providing a full 360° rotation of the platform when the ironing board is in the horizontal use position. Rotation of the platform 90° clockwise or counterclockwise relative to the turntable allows the user to stand directly opposite either end of the platform and to use either end in ironing an article of clothing. In another embodiment, the pivot pin is located forward of a linkage that connects the turntable to a wall-mounted casing and allows for the turntable to move between a vertical stored position and the horizontal use position.
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.
2. A wall-mounted, self-storing ironing board according to claim 1 , comprising
said pivot pin being located approximately at a lengthwise center point of said platform.
3. A wall-mounted, self-storing ironing board according to claim 2 , said location of said pivot pin permitting 360° rotation of said platform in relation to said turntable.