Ironing-Table. [Copy #2] Page: 1 of 4

                                
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN JONES CLICK, OF BELLEVUE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO
WINSTON L. WELCH, OF BELLEVUE, TEXAS.
IRONING-TABLE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,984, dated February 11,1902.
Application filed April 23, 1901, Serial No. 57,123. (No model.)

To all who m it nay concern:
Be it known that I, JOHN JONES CLICK,a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Bellevue,
in the county of Clay and State of Texas, have
5 invented a new and useful Ironing-Table, of
which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to ironing-tables, and
has for its object to provide an improved de-
vice of this character which may be conven-
to iently folded into compact form when not in
use and as readily set up and maintained in a
rigid condition when in use. It is further-
more designed to have the table adjustable,
so as to vary the height of the ironing-board
15 proper, whereby the device may be accommo-
dated to persons of different heights.
With these and other objects in view the
present invention consists in the combination
and arrangement of parts, as will be herein-
20 after more fully described, shown in the ac-
companying drawings,and particularly point-
ed out in the appended claims, it being un-
derstood that changes in the form, proportion,
size, and minor details may be made within
25 the scope of the claims without departing
from the spirit or sacrificing any of the ad-
vantages of the invention.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
view of an ironing-table constructed in ac-
30 cordance with the present invention. Fig.
2 is a central longitudinal sectional view
thereof. Fig. 3 is a similar view in the folded
position of the table. Fig. 4 is a detail bot-
tom plan view at one end of the table. Fig. 5
35 is a detail transverse sectional view taken on
the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.
Like characters of reference designate cor-
responding parts in all of the figures of the
drawings.
40 In carrying out the present invention there
is provided a main supporting-leg in the form
of a substantially oblong frame comprising
opposite longitudinal side bars 1, which are
connected by the top and bottom cross-bars
45 2 and 3, of which the latter is driven in be-
tween the lower ends of the side bars, so as
to form a spreader, the lower ends of the side
bars being beveled to lie flat upon the floor in
the set-up position of the table. At the inner
5o side of the spreader 3 there is provided a

tie-rod 4 to draw together the side bars, and
thereby form a rigid leg-frame. Between the
tie-rod and the upper cross-bar there is pro-
vided a transverse rock-bar 5, each end of
which is provided with a pivot-pin or journal 55
6, mounted in a suitable perforation or socket
formed in the adjacent side bar. A similar
rock-bar 7 is mounted at the upper extremi-
ties of the side bars and above the upper
cross-bar 2.                              6o
A table-top 8 has its rear end fixedly se-
cured to the upper side of the uppermost rock-
bar 7 of the main leg and projects out over
the same,so as to fold downwardly flat against
said leg, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. 65
This table-top is in the form of a long narrow
board which tapers toward its outer end, so
as to form a sleeve-board.
For the support of the table-top there is
provided a prop or leg 9, which has its inter- 70
mediate portion fixedly connected to what is
the upper side of the rock-bar 5 when the
table is set up, so as to cross the main leg or
supporting-frame. The upper end of the prop
is beveled, so as to fit flat against the under 75
side of the table-top, and is also provided
with a longitudinal bifurcation 10 (best shown
in Fig. 5) to receive a longitudinal rib 11, se-
cured to the under side of the table-top.
This rib is provided with a plurality of trans- 8o
verse perforations 12 for the adjustable re-
ception of a pin 13, that projects at opposite
sides of the rib and against the rear side of
which the upper bifurcated end of the prop
is designed to bear, thereby interlocking the 85
upper end of the prop with the table-top, so
as to prevent said prop from sliding forwardly
upon the top and to hold the whole structure,
and thereby rigidly support the table-top in
its operative position. When it is desired to 90
fold the table, the outer end of the top is ele-
vated and the lower end of the prop is pushed
forwardly toward the main leg, whereby the
prop is reversed~upon its pivotal support until
it lies in the position shown in Fig. 3 and in 95
the space between the side bars of the main
leg, after which the top is folded downwardly
upon the upper side of the main leg. It will
be observed that the top and the prop lie at
opposite sides of the lower cross-bar 3 in the 10o