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US804966A US21778904A US1904217789A US804966A US 804966 A US804966 A US 804966A US 21778904 A US21778904 A US 21778904A US 1904217789 A US1904217789 A US 1904217789A US 804966 A US804966 A US 804966A
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  • My invention relates to an improvement in a combined ironing board and step ladder; and the object of theinvention is to provide an improved combination step-ladder and ironing-board which is simple in construction and operation and comparatively inexpensive and which may be conveniently used either as an ironing board or step ladder whenever desired and which may be compactly folded together when not in use.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, showing the parts in their proper position when being used as a step-ladder.
  • Fig. 2 is a view of the same when used as an ironing-board-
  • Fig. 3 is a detailed view of a modification of the sliding hinge-bar fastening.
  • Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of my invention, showing the position of the parts when used as an ironingboard.
  • Fig. 5 is a side View of the same when folded. view of the ironing-board proper, showing a detailed view of the sliding hinge-bar fastening beneath.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my invention, showing the parts in their proper position when being used as a step-ladder.
  • Fig. 2 is a view of the same when used as an ironing-board-
  • Fig. 3 is a detailed view of a modification of the sliding hinge-bar fastening.
  • Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of my invention, showing the position of the parts
  • FIG. 7 is a detailed view of one of the clamps secured to the brace-legs of the ironing-board and step-ladder.
  • Fig. 8 is a detail view showing a portion of one of the brace-legs in section with the bent ends of the hinge-bars extending through the brace-leg.
  • 1 designates the ironing-board proper, to one end of which there is hingedly secured the step ladder proper, comprising two side bars 2, connected by the usual steps 3 and the top board 4.
  • an aux- Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional iliary board 5, secured at each side of the board 1 by means of the slotted arms 6, secured at each side of said auxiliary board 5 and adapted to be shifted and turned to any desired position on the pivot-pins 7.
  • the abutting ends of the board 1 and auxiliary board 5 are beveled so as to engage each other when in alinement, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings, so that the board 5 cannot be moved or forced below the position there shown.
  • hinge-bar 8 designates brace-legs secured to each other by means of a pair of substantially U-shaped hinge-bars 9 and 9, one of which, 9, is pivotally secured to one of the steps 3 of the stepladder proper, and the other, 9, of which is pivotally secured beneath the ironing-board 1 by means'of a sliding hinge-bar fastening 10, provided with a sleeve 11, slidably mounted upona longitudinal guide-rod 12, mounted immediately beneath the ironing-board 1 and secured thereto by means of brackets 13, which take over the ends thereof.
  • the free ends of the hinge-bars are bent at right angles and pass through openings in the legs 8 and are screw-threaded to receive the thumb nuts 18*. These bent ends form pivots for the hinge-bars.
  • brace-legs 8 designates grooves formed on the inner sides of the brace-legs 8 and adapted to receive the side arms of the U-shaped hingebars 9 and 9 when clamped in position by means of the clamps 15, slidably secured to the brace-legs 8 by means of the staples 16, secured to the outer sides of said brace-legs 8.
  • the hooked ends of the clamps 15 are provided with a wedge or pointed end, as at a, to more readily engage and clamp down the side arms of the U-shaped hinge-bars 9 and 9.
  • the device When desiring to change the parts from their position shown in Fig. 2 as an ironingboard to that shown in Fig. 1 as a step-ladder, the device is turned up on end with the pointed end of the ironing-board resting on the floor.
  • the auxiliary board 5 is brought to assume the position shown in Fig. 1.
  • the clamps 15 are loosened and turned outwardly, as shown in Fig. 5.
  • the thumb-nuts 18 are loosened so that the side arms of the U-shaped hinge-bars 9 and 9 may be thrust out-of the
  • the little thumb-screw 21 under the ironing-board 1 is loosened, and the brace-legs 8 are turned over and upwardly, turning the two U shaped hinge-bars 9 and 9 and bringing the two brace-legs 8 to assume a position alongside of the pointed end of the ironing-board, with the ends of the brace-legs 8 (formerly the upper ends) now resting on the floor.
  • the hinge-bar 9 can enter the groove 14 of the legs, and the hinge-bar 9 serves as a brace, extending from the legs to the stepladder.
  • the clamps 15 are now clamped about the side arms of the U-shaped hinge-bar 9*.
  • the thumb-nuts 18 and the thumb-screw 21 are tightened and a perfect step-ladder is formed.
  • the purpose of the brace-legs 8 when the device is in this position is merely to properly brace the step-ladder as against any swinging or lateral motion.
  • the parts By loosening the clamps and thumb-nuts and set-screw the parts may be returned to their former position to form an ironingboard and then folded, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, or the parts may be folded at once in this position.
  • Fig. 3 a modification of the sliding hinge-bar fastening 10, in which the bearing for the hinge-bar 9 is formed by a laterally-extending wire 22, having its ends bent to form loops 23, engaging the hingebar, instead of having the metal bent around to form a tube-bearing 24:, as shown most clearly in Fig. 6 of the drawings.
  • I provideacombined ironing-board and step-ladder which is the embodiment of simplicity and durability of construction, which can be manufactured at a very small price, which can be quickly adjusted for use, and which when not in use occupies a very small amount of space and which is efiicient and practical in every respect.
  • a combined ironing-board and step-ladder consisting of an ironing-board, a stepladder hingedly attached to one end thereof, an auxiliary board pivotally attached thereto, brace-legs pivotally secured to said ironingboard and step-ladder, by means of a pair of substantially U-shaped hinge-bars connecting said brace-legs, and means for securing said U-shaped hinge-bars to said brace-legs.
  • a combined ironing-board and step-ladder consisting of an ironing-board, a. stepladder hingedly attached thereto, brace-legs pivotally secured to said ironing-board and step-ladder, by means of a pair of U-shaped hinge-bars connecting said brace-legs one of which is pivotally secured to the step-ladder and the other of which is pivotally secured beneath the ironing-board, a longitudinal guide-rod mounted beneath the ironing-board, a hinge-bar fastening provided with a sleeve slidably mounted upon said longitudinal guide-rod and hingedly connected to said lastmentioned U-shaped hinge-bar, and means for securing said U-shaped hinge-bars to said brace-legs.
  • a combined ironing-board and step-ladder consisting of an ironing-board and stepladder hingedly attached together, a pair of brace-legs, a pair of U-shaped hinge-barsconnecting said brace-legs one of which is pivotally secured to the step-ladder and the other of which is pivotally secured beneath the ironing-board, means for securing and adjusting one of said hinge-bars to the ironingboard, and means for securing said hingebars to said brace-legs.

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No. 804,966. PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905.
B. P. D. MILLER.
COMBINED IRONING BOARD AND STEP LADDER.
APPLICATION FILED JULY 23. 1904.
3 SHBBTS-SHBET l.
PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905.
B. F. D. MILLER.
COMBINED IRONING BOARD AND STEP LADDER.
APPLICATION FILED JULY 23. 1904.
3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.
PATENTED N0v. 21, 1905.
B. F. D. MILLER. COMBINED IRONING BOARD AND STEP LADDER.
APPLICATION FILED JULY 23 1904.
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UNITED STATES PATENT onrion.
BENJAMIN F. D. MILLER, OF WO-OSTER, OHIO.
COMBINED IRONlNG-BOARD AND STEP-LADDER.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Nov. 21, 1905.
Application filed July 23,1904. Serial No. 217,789.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known thatI, BENJAMIN F. D.MILLER,
a citizen of the United States,residing at Wooster, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, h aveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in aOombined Ironing-Board and Step- Ladder, of which the following is a specifica-' tion.
My invention relates to an improvement in a combined ironing board and step ladder; and the object of theinvention is to provide an improved combination step-ladder and ironing-board which is simple in construction and operation and comparatively inexpensive and which may be conveniently used either as an ironing board or step ladder whenever desired and which may be compactly folded together when not in use.
With these ends in view the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
Referring now to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, showing the parts in their proper position when being used as a step-ladder. Fig. 2 is a view of the same when used as an ironing-board- Fig. 3 is a detailed view of a modification of the sliding hinge-bar fastening. Fig. 4is a longitudinal sectional view of my invention, showing the position of the parts when used as an ironingboard. Fig. 5 is a side View of the same when folded. view of the ironing-board proper, showing a detailed view of the sliding hinge-bar fastening beneath. Fig. 7 is a detailed view of one of the clamps secured to the brace-legs of the ironing-board and step-ladder. Fig. 8 is a detail view showing a portion of one of the brace-legs in section with the bent ends of the hinge-bars extending through the brace-leg.
Similar characters of reference indicate like parts throughout all the figures of the drawings.
. Referring now to the drawings, 1 designates the ironing-board proper, to one end of which there is hingedly secured the step ladder proper, comprising two side bars 2, connected by the usual steps 3 and the top board 4.
Near the end of the ironing-board 1, above referred to, there is pivotally secured an aux- Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional iliary board 5, secured at each side of the board 1 by means of the slotted arms 6, secured at each side of said auxiliary board 5 and adapted to be shifted and turned to any desired position on the pivot-pins 7. The abutting ends of the board 1 and auxiliary board 5 are beveled so as to engage each other when in alinement, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings, so that the board 5 cannot be moved or forced below the position there shown.
8 designates brace-legs secured to each other by means of a pair of substantially U-shaped hinge-bars 9 and 9, one of which, 9, is pivotally secured to one of the steps 3 of the stepladder proper, and the other, 9, of which is pivotally secured beneath the ironing-board 1 by means'of a sliding hinge-bar fastening 10, provided with a sleeve 11, slidably mounted upona longitudinal guide-rod 12, mounted immediately beneath the ironing-board 1 and secured thereto by means of brackets 13, which take over the ends thereof. The free ends of the hinge-bars are bent at right angles and pass through openings in the legs 8 and are screw-threaded to receive the thumb nuts 18*. These bent ends form pivots for the hinge-bars.
14 designates grooves formed on the inner sides of the brace-legs 8 and adapted to receive the side arms of the U-shaped hingebars 9 and 9 when clamped in position by means of the clamps 15, slidably secured to the brace-legs 8 by means of the staples 16, secured to the outer sides of said brace-legs 8.
17 designates a second set of staples secured to the. outer sides of said brace-legs 8 and designed to receive the hooked ends 18 of the clamps 15 when the same are not in use, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.
It will be seen upon referring to Fig. 7 that the hooked ends of the clamps 15 are provided with a wedge or pointed end, as at a, to more readily engage and clamp down the side arms of the U-shaped hinge-bars 9 and 9.
18 designates thumb-nuts secured to the outer bent ends of the side arms of the hingebars 9 and 9, which pass through the bracelegs 8.
19 designates pins secured to the side bars 2 of the step-ladder and designed to take LOO through the slotted arms 6 of auxiliary board .grooves 14 of the brace-legs 8.
in any desired position to support a scrubbucket or other article when the device is used as a step-ladder.
21 designates a thumb-screw mounted in the sliding sleeve 11, and by moving the sleeve 11 to the right or left on the guide-rod I 12 the ironing-board 1 is raised or lowered to any desired height and locked in that position by tightening the thumb-screw to the guiderod 12. In the same way the inclination of the step-ladder may be varied.
When desiring to change the parts from their position shown in Fig. 2 as an ironingboard to that shown in Fig. 1 as a step-ladder, the device is turned up on end with the pointed end of the ironing-board resting on the floor. The auxiliary board 5 is brought to assume the position shown in Fig. 1. The clamps 15 are loosened and turned outwardly, as shown in Fig. 5. The thumb-nuts 18 are loosened so that the side arms of the U-shaped hinge-bars 9 and 9 may be thrust out-of the The little thumb-screw 21 under the ironing-board 1 is loosened, and the brace-legs 8 are turned over and upwardly, turning the two U shaped hinge-bars 9 and 9 and bringing the two brace-legs 8 to assume a position alongside of the pointed end of the ironing-board, with the ends of the brace-legs 8 (formerly the upper ends) now resting on the floor. In this position the hinge-bar 9 can enter the groove 14 of the legs, and the hinge-bar 9 serves as a brace, extending from the legs to the stepladder.
The clamps 15 are now clamped about the side arms of the U-shaped hinge-bar 9*. The thumb-nuts 18 and the thumb-screw 21 are tightened and a perfect step-ladder is formed. The purpose of the brace-legs 8 when the device is in this position is merely to properly brace the step-ladder as against any swinging or lateral motion.
By loosening the clamps and thumb-nuts and set-screw the parts may be returned to their former position to form an ironingboard and then folded, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, or the parts may be folded at once in this position.
In Fig. 3 is shown a modification of the sliding hinge-bar fastening 10, in which the bearing for the hinge-bar 9 is formed by a laterally-extending wire 22, having its ends bent to form loops 23, engaging the hingebar, instead of having the metal bent around to form a tube-bearing 24:, as shown most clearly in Fig. 6 of the drawings.
It is evident from the foregoing that I provideacombined ironing-board and step-ladder which is the embodiment of simplicity and durability of construction, which can be manufactured at a very small price, which can be quickly adjusted for use, and which when not in use occupies a very small amount of space and which is efiicient and practical in every respect.
Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principles or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is
1. A combined ironing-board and step-ladder, consisting of an ironing-board, a stepladder hingedly attached to one end thereof, an auxiliary board pivotally attached thereto, brace-legs pivotally secured to said ironingboard and step-ladder, by means of a pair of substantially U-shaped hinge-bars connecting said brace-legs, and means for securing said U-shaped hinge-bars to said brace-legs.
2. A combined ironing-board and step-ladder, consisting of an ironing-board, a. stepladder hingedly attached thereto, brace-legs pivotally secured to said ironing-board and step-ladder, by means of a pair of U-shaped hinge-bars connecting said brace-legs one of which is pivotally secured to the step-ladder and the other of which is pivotally secured beneath the ironing-board, a longitudinal guide-rod mounted beneath the ironing-board, a hinge-bar fastening provided with a sleeve slidably mounted upon said longitudinal guide-rod and hingedly connected to said lastmentioned U-shaped hinge-bar, and means for securing said U-shaped hinge-bars to said brace-legs. I
3. In a combined ironing-board and stepladder, the combination with an ironingboard, and a step-ladder hingedly secured to one end thereof; of brace-legs pivotally secured to said ironing-board and step-ladder by means of U-shaped hinge-bars, said U-shaped hinge-bars connecting said brace-legs, and means for securing said U-shaped hinge-bars to said ironing-board and step-ladder.
4. A combined ironing-board and step-ladder, consisting of an ironing-board and stepladder hingedly attached together, a pair of brace-legs, a pair of U-shaped hinge-barsconnecting said brace-legs one of which is pivotally secured to the step-ladder and the other of which is pivotally secured beneath the ironing-board, means for securing and adjusting one of said hinge-bars to the ironingboard, and means for securing said hingebars to said brace-legs.
In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.
BENJAMIN F. D. MILLER.
lVitnesses:
E. WV. N EWKIRK, OBED C. BILLMAN.
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