who invented the ironing board?

Answer 1

Clothing and linens were pressed on table tops or large pieces of board that were covered with padding, pillowcases, or ironing blankets until nearly 1900. In fact, it is more logical to refer to the modern ironing surface as an ironing table but the device is referred to as an ironing board because the earliest devices were composed of wooden boards. Some housekeeping advisors of the nineteenth century urged women to use large boards that could be placed between a table and a chair back that they could pad and iron upon. One advisor named [[[[Catherine Beecher]]] described in 1841 what appears to be the shaped ironing board known today. She recommended that this wooden form be cut wide on one side and narrower on the other and referred to this type of ironing board as a skirt board. Of course, this was the era before electric irons and sad irons were used with these ironing boards. These heavy cast irons were heated at the hearth or on wood or coal burning stoves and the heavy, hot iron pressed out stubborn wrinkles.

On 16 February 1858, W. Vandenburg, and J. Harvey, patented an ironing board that made pressing sleeves and pant legs easier (U.S. Patent 19,390

African American, Sarah Boone, patented an improvement to the ironing board (U.S. Patent #473,653) on April 26, 1892.

Answer 2

Who Invented The Ironing Board

Answer 3

The following sources attribute the invention of the ironing board to a former American slave named Sarah Boone in 1892, even though the ironing board had been invented long before that.

Answer 4

The following sources attribute the invention of the ironing board to a former American slave named Sarah Boone in 1892, even though the ironing board had been invented long before that.

Answer 5

Just like the hoover was invented by Joe Billy-Bob Hoover back in 1723 the ironing board was invented by Sir Reginald Ironing-Board in the year 1215, he was sirred-up by King Arthur because Guinevere was so happy with it, stating that monday will always be known as ironing day in Buckingham Palace from now on.... You never saw a crease in his armour did you ? Strange but absolutely true.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Most ironing is done on an ironing board, a small, portable, foldable table with a heat resistant top. [African American, Sarah Boone, patented an improvement to the ironing board (U.S. Patent #473,653) on April 26, 1892. Sarah Boone's ironing board was designed to be effective in ironing the sleeves and bodies of ladies' garments. Sarah Boone's board was very narrow and curved, the size and fit of a sleeve, and it was reversible, making it easy to iron both sides of a sleeve.]

Answer 8

What's an ironing board? Is that the thing under the pile of washing in the corner of the back bedroom?

Answer 9

African American, Sarah Boone, patented an improvement to the ironing board (U.S. Patent #473,653) on April 26, 1892. Sarah Boone's ironing board was designed to be effective in ironing the sleeves and bodies of ladies' garments. the , Sarah Boone's board was very narrow and curved, the size and fit of a sleeve, and it was reversible, making it easy to iron both sides of a sleeve.
But she only patented an IMPROVEMENT on the current ironing boards, so she didn't actually invent it.

Clothing and linens were pressed on table tops or large pieces of board that were covered with padding, pillowcases, or ironing blankets until nearly 1900. In fact, it is more logical to refer to the modern ironing surface as an ironing table but the device is referred to as an ironing board because the earliest devices were composed of wooden boards. Some housekeeping advisors of the nineteenth century urged women to use large boards that could be placed between a table and a chair back that they could pad and iron upon. One advisor named Catherine Beecher described in 1841 what appears to be the shaped ironing board known today. She recommended that this wooden form be cut wide on one side and narrower on the other and referred to this type of ironing board as a skirt board. Of course, this was the era before electric irons and sad irons were used with these ironing boards. These heavy cast irons were heated at the hearth or on wood or coal burning stoves and the heavy, hot iron pressed out stubborn wrinkles.

Manufacturers quickly caught on to the notion of offering skirt boards ready-made by the late nineteenth century. By about 1898, the skirt board came equipped with legs that could be taken down and enabled the board to be set up anywhere. These early manufactured ironing boards had a leg in each corner that could be unfolded but were difficult to manipulate. By 1914, an inventor named Springer devised a table with three support points that was easier to set up. These early manufactured tables were of wood that was supposed to resist warping although they still warped. Early manufacturers made metal-top boards but they often rusted despite painting. Some buckled under the heat of the iron. The J. R. Clark Company of Minneapolis began making metal tops of mesh which permitted steam to escape and prevent buckling and rusting. By 1940, a few manufacturers were producing all-metal collapsible ironing boards. Soon thereafter all were made entirely of metal. The design of the ordinary, collapsible metal ironing board has changed little over the ensuing decades.

Answer 10

On 16 February 1858 W. Vandenburg, and J. Harvey, patented an ironing board that made pressing sleeves and pant legs easier (U.S. Patent 19,390)

Thanks for the question as it puts more guilt on the fact I do not iron, I hang and fold. This is to compensate for my mother's pedantic years of universal ironing. I have no shame.