Ironing board
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional ironing boards with side-mounted brackets for large textiles risk tilting during extension or retraction, leading to soiling and wrinkling of textiles due to contact with the floor.
Innovation Solution
A rail guide attached to the underside of the ironing board with sliding elements and end stops ensures the bracket moves smoothly and precisely between positions without tilting, using a U-shaped bracket with a round profile for stability and precise guidance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a bracket is mounted under the ironing board surface to extend for large textiles, then large textiles can be stored and guided without creases, but the bracket may become jammed when being pulled out or pushed in
Solution Approach 1:
A guide rail is introduced as an intermediary element between the bracket and the ironing board surface. The guide rail provides a smooth, constrained path for the bracket to slide along, preventing jamming while enabling the bracket to extend and retract smoothly for storing and managing large textiles
2Adaptability or versatility
If the bracket is made extendable for large textiles, then textiles can be guided without creases, but the bracket may tilt during movement causing textiles to contact the floor
Solution Approach 1:
The guide rail acts as a mediator that constrains the bracket's movement to a precise linear path. This prevents the bracket from tilting or deviating during extension and retraction, ensuring stability and preventing textiles from contacting the floor
Solution Approach 2:
The guide rail creates a stable, level path for bracket movement, maintaining constant height and orientation throughout the extension and retraction process. This equipotential movement prevents tilting that would cause textiles to touch the floor
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AI summary
Ironing board (1) comprising an ironing-board top (2) and an ironing-board framework (3), wherein a bracket (4) is arranged on the ironing-board top (2) and is assigned to a longitudinal side (5) of the ironing-board top (2), wherein the bracket (4) is mounted in a displaceable manner on the ironing-board top (2), and therefore the bracket (4) can be displaced between a pulled-out position (6) and a pushed-in position (7), wherein the ironing-board top (2) is assigned a guide (8), in which the bracket (4) is mounted in a displaceable manner, wherein the guide (8) is designed in the form of a rail (9).