Ironing board attachment

Claim 1

An ironing board attachment intended for holding a starch can and the like adjacent the top surface of an ironing board, comprising: a hollow cylindrical basket open at the top end and closed at the bottom end and formed of skeleton frame members including top and bottom concentrically disposed longitudinally spaced apart ring members interconnected about their circumferal peripheral edges by longitudinally extending rods spaced circumferally thereabout and secured to the top and bottom rings respectively, the bottom ring including a plurality of criss-crossing rod like members disposed in the plane defined by the bottom ring and forming a skeleton type end frame platform for the basket; an elongated thin rectangular tongue forming member having one end connected to the peripheral edge of the top ring of the basket with the opposite free end extending radially outwardly therefrom normal to the axis of the basket; a clamping member adapted to be removably secured to the peripheral edges of the ironing board, the clamping member comprising a pair of generally C-shaped brackets spaced apart in confronting relationship and each including an inwardly directed bottom member, a side member connected to each bottom member at the outer edge thereof and extending upwardly therefrom, and an inwardly directed top member connected to each bottom member at the outer edge thereof and extending upwardly therefrom, and an inwardly directed top member connected to the associated side member and extending substantially parallel to the bottom member, a spacing bar formed integrally with the top member connecting the same and the associated brackets together, each bottom member having a threaded aperture disposed centrally thereof and extending therethrough, each aperture having associated therewith a threaded elongated bolt like member adapted to rotate about its axis and having an enlarged head portion permitting each grasping thereof between the fingers of an individual''s hand, and also including an inner terminal end disposed intermediate the interior surfaces of the bottom member and associated top member, each terminal end including a circular flat disc disposed concentric with the bolt member and pivotally attached thereto about its axis for rotation relative thereto; and an elongated arm member having an elongated rectangularly shaped channel extending longitudinally therethrough, one end of the arm being pivotally attached to the clamping member for pivotal movement of the arm thereabout in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the ironing board top surface when the attachment is positioned thereon, the channel opening out the opposite free arm end and adapted to slidingly receive therein in a telescopic manner the basket tongue member so as to support the basket adjacent a peripheral edge of the ironing board.