US2811795A - Ironing board cover and method of making the same - Google Patents

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D. E. ASHLEY Nov. 5, 1957 IRONING BOARD COVER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Dec. 50, 1954 Fla. 6.

INVENTOR.

United States Patent IRONING BOARD COVER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Dorothy Eloise Ashley, Elkhart, Ind.

Application December 30, 1954, Serial No. 478,745

4 Claims. (Cl. 38-140) This invention relates to improvements in ironing board i Co-.vers manufactured by the first above named method haye the disadvantage that the overstitching of the material-causes the device to have short life if washed in a washing machine. Y A disadvantage of covers produced by the second. method mentioned is that they have a tendency to lose desired shape as .a result of washing and drying.

.Another disadvantage of .covers made by the second method is that .a large amount of material is required to .form the binding or pocket to confine the elastic strip, and a large amount of time is required to cut the binding asa separate operation, thus rendering the cost high.

It is the primary object of this invention to' provide an ironing. board .cover having an elastic sheath which holds its shape during washing and drying, which is strong 'andgives long wear and which provides a proportioned lit of the .cover to the table top or board.

A further object is to provide a method of making an ironing board-cover which requires only a'minimum amount of yardage of material to form a facing or sheath to receive an elastic.

Other objects .will be apparent from the following specification.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view illustrating the manner in which the parts to form thecover are cut from a sheet of material and therelation of that sheet and the cutting outline to the table top outline on which the cover is to fit;

.Fig. '2 illustrates the step of changing the dimension of one of the parts from the size originally cut, as illustrated in the dotted lines, to the size illustrated in full lines;

Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the manner in which one step of the operation of forming an elastic sheath is performed;

Fig. 4 is a view illustrating the elastic sheath completed;

Fig. 5 is a bottom view of a table top having my new cover pad applied thereto; and

Fig. dis a sectional view taken on line 66 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawing which illustrates the preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 10 designates a table top of an ironing table which is adapted to be covered by a pad 12 and which is spanned by a cover member 14 having inturned marginal portions 16 extending around the edges of the table and bearing against the margins of the bottom face of the table top, as illustrated in Fig. 6. Marginal elastic is carried by the sheet 14 and its normal size is such that the margins of the sheet 7 2,811,795 Patented Nov. 5,1957

are constrictedand of lesser outline and size than the fiat shape of the sheet forming the cover.

The first step in the manufacture of the cover sheet 14 is to cut from the substantially rectangular blank 20 a sheet 22 along cut lines 24, 28 and 30. In the case of a conventional ironing board having side edge portions at one end thereof converging at 26, the blank 22 will have approximately the relation shown with the cut lines 24, 28, 30 assuming the same overall approximate shape as the ironing board table top but of substantially larger size. The overall length of the blank 22 will be substantially greater than the overall length of the table 10 with the spacing between the side tapered edges of a table centered on the blank and the side tapered edges of the blank at narrow end of each somewhat less than the spacing between the side edges of said table and blank at the Wide rectangular end of each. The longitudinal cut lines 28, which define the overall width at the rectangular portion of the blank 22, will preferably be such that the spacing between the sides of the table centered thereon and said edges will be somewhat less than the spacing of the table from the ends of the blank, as seen in Fig. 1. The converging cut lines 30 at the small dimension end of the table top will preferably converge at a greater angle than do the edges 26 of the table. In other words, as seen in Fig. 1, when the table top 10 is centered upon the blank 22, the table edges 26 will extend at an angle to the .cut lines 30 so that the clearance of .the edges 26 with the out line 30 at the small diameter end of each is less than the clearance between the table and blank edges adjacent to the parallel longitudinal cut lines 28.

The blank sheet 20 from which the blank 22 is cut is substantially larger than'the cover blank 22 and accommodates the cutting therefrom of a marginal strip 32 of substantially uniform width extending completely around the cover blank 22 and defined by cut lines 34. In cutting the cover blank 22 and the margin strip 32, it is important to observe the lay of the Warp and woof of the fabric to make sure that the warp and woof are truly perpendicular to one another. The pattern by which the parts are out should be oriented accurately relative to the warp and woof so that the principal cut lines extend parallel thereto.

The next step in the manufacture of the cover is to reduce the size of the marginal strip 32 from the size in which it is originally cut, and which is illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to the size illustrated in full lines in Fig. 2. This is .done by stitching transverse tucks in the marginal member at a plurality of points 36, as seen in Fig. 2. Two or more tucks 36 may be formed, but I prefer to use three tucks arranged substantially as illustrated in Fig. 2, that is, one tuck at each of the corners at the wide end of the strip and a tuck in the opposite end.

The next step is to superimpose the reduced marginal strip 32 upon the cover sheet 22 with its edges in register with the cover sheet 22, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Thereupon a line of stitching 33 is formed around the outer margins of the superimposed parts, as seen in Fig. 3.

The next step in the operation is to invert the parts 22 and 32 to the position shown in Fig. 4, entailing folding of the cover sheet 22 at 40 inwardly of and adjacent to the stitching 38 and folding the marginal strip 32 at 42, followed by folding under the opposite or free margin of the strip 32 at 44 so that it may be stitched at 46 to the cover sheet 22 spaced inwardly from the outer margin of the sheet 22. This forms a sheath extending continuously around the sheet 22 which is characterized by protected stitching and which possesses substantial strength. It will be understood that this sheath, which is in the nature of a formed fitted facing, is not completely conlargest piece cut therefrom.

a a tinuous but is interrupted to provide an aperture atone point in its length to accommodate the insertion and removal of elastic 48. The length of the elastic employed will, in its normal or unextended condition, be less than the perimeter of the sheath so as to constrict the margins of the sheath to a dimension substantially less than the overall dimension of the table top 10.

The manner in which the cover fits the top of the table is illustrated in Fig. 5. Observe that the under lap 50 at the ends of the table board is substantially greater than the underlap 52 at the sides of the board, and that the underlap at 54 at the narrow end of the board progressively diminishes from the underlap 52 to the under lap 50. This provides a proportion fit entailing minimum wrinkling of the cover at the bottom of the table top and a substantially flat continuous unwrinkled positioning of the cover across the top of the board. This relation of the parts further has the advantage that the cover tends to maintain a centered and properly oriented position upon the table at all times, and is not dislodged or shifted incident to use of the ironing board. That is, tendency of the ironing board cover to creep is substantially avoided.

By reason of the strength of the sheath formed in this manner, the elastic sheath holds its shape during washing the size of the blank or sheet, from which the device is to be formed, need not be substantially greater than the In other words, waste is reduced to a minimum.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it will be understood that of the invention.

I claim:

1. The method of making an ironing table top cover, consisting of the steps of cutting a fabric sheet to form a cover blank of a size larger than said table top and of a shape similar to the shape of said table top, cutting a narrow fabric marginal portion of substantially uniform width around said blank, the majority of the edges of said blank and said uniform marginal portion being cut parallel to the warp and Woof of the fabric, stitching tucks at spaced points of said marginal portion to reduce the perimetral dimension thereof to substantially equal the perimetral dimension of said blank without substantially disturbing the direction of the warp and woof thereof, superimposing said marginal portion on said blank in registry with the marginal edge portion of the blank,

stitching said blank and portion continuously adjacent the outer edges thereof, folding said blank and marginal portion adjacent to said stitching to conceal the stitching, and then stitching the inner edges of said marginal portion to said blank spaced from said first stitching.

2. The method of making an ironing table top cover for a table top having a tapered end portion, comprising cutting a fabric sheet substantially along the warp and woof thereof to form a cover blank of a size larger than said table top and of a shape similar to the shape of said table top and characterized by a length to have a greater underlap relative to said table top at its ends than at its sides and by a tapered end portion providing a tapered and narrower side underlap of said table top adjacent to the tapered end portion of the table top than at the remainder of the sides of said table top, cutting a narrow fabric marginal portion of substantially uniform width around said blank and substantially along the warp and woof thereof, stitching tucks at spaced points of said marginal portion to reduce the perimetral dimension thereof to substantially equal the perimetral dimension of said blank, superimposing said marginal portion on said blank in registry with the marginal edge portion of the blank, stitching said blank and portion continuously adjacent the outer edges thereof, folding said blank and marginal portion adjacent to said stitching to conceal the stitching, and then stitching the inner edges of said marginal portion to said blank spaced from said first stitching.

3. An ironing table cover comprising an elongated fabric sheet having one end portion somewhat narrower than the other end and conforming in shape to a conventional table top, a marginal'member secured in overlapping relation to the side edge portion of the sheet throughout the perimeter of the sheet, the outer edges of the marginal member and the edges of the sheet extending inwardly between the edge portion of the fabric sheet and the marginal member and secured together therebetween, the

inner edge of the marginal member being secured to the fabric sheet throughout substantially its entire periphery, the said edge portion of the fabric sheet and marginal member forming a sheath for reception of an elastic band, and in the unstretched-condition'being of a length less than the normal peripheral length of said sheet, the warp of the material being arranged parallel to the longitudinal center line of the cover.

4. An ironing table cover as defined in claim 3 in which the warp and woof of the marginal member extends in a direction corresponding to the warp and woof of the edge portions of the fabric sheet which it overlies.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,031,595 Finck Feb. 25, 1936 2,269,804 Allaback Jan. 13, 1942 2,418,969 Di Gesare Apr. 15, 1947 2,644,257 Emmett et a1. July 7, 1953

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