Ironing board construction

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED IRONING BOARD COMPRISING A BOARD TOP HAVING A CIRCUMSCRIBING DEPENDING FLANGE, A PAD COVERING SAID BOARD TOP, A HOLDER FOR DRAWING SAID PAD TAUT AND CLAMPING THE SAME IN POSITION ON SAID BOARD TOP, SAID HOLDER INCLUDING A SINGLE TUBULAR MEMBER SHAPED TO EXTEND ABOUT THE FULL PERIMETER OF SAID BOARD TOP, THE ENDS OF SAID MEMBER BEING DISPOSED IN ABUTTING POSITION AT ONE END OF THE BOARD TOP TO DEFINE A CLOSED FIGURE CONFORMING SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE SHAPE OF THE BOARD TOP, AND A HINGE MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID HOLDER TO SAID TOP WHEREBY SAID HOLDER IS PIVOTED BETWEEN RAISED-INOPERATIVE POSITIONS AND LOWERED-OPERATIVE POSITIONS, SAID HINGE INCLUDING A FIXED LEAF SECURED TO THE FLANGE OF SAID BOARD TOP, A MOVABLE LEAF, AND A HINGE PIN PIVOTALLY SECURING THE MOVABLE LEAF TO SAID FIXED LEAF, AND SAID MOVABLE LEAF BEING SECURED TO THE ABUTTING END PORTION OF SAID HOLDER, THE AXIS OF SAID HINGE PIN BEING POSITIONED BELOW AND OUTWARDLY OF THE CENTROID OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER SO THAT THE END PORTION OF THE HOLDER CONNECTED TO SAID MOVABLE LEAF SWINGS IN A DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY