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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2009
Lorraine L. Achterberg, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
James William Kendall, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
David M. Miller, Zeeland, MI (US);
Ronald M. Nowell, Jr., Saint Joseph, MI (US);
William J. Schill, Jr., Mattawan, MI (US);
Richard A. Sunshine, Granger, IN (US);
Ameresh Babu Viswanathan, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Vicki Lyn Wyatt, Watervliet, MI (US);
Lorraine L. Achterberg, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
James William Kendall, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
David M. Miller, Zeeland, MI (US);
Ronald M. Nowell, Jr., Saint Joseph, MI (US);
William J. Schill, Jr., Mattawan, MI (US);
Richard A. Sunshine, Granger, IN (US);
Ameresh Babu Viswanathan, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Vicki Lyn Wyatt, Watervliet, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
An ironing station having an ironing board stowably mounted in the cabinet for movement between a stowed position and a use position, with a docking station provided on the top wall of the cabinet and having an electrical outlet. An elevation mechanism may be provided for raising the ironing board to an elevated position, and a latch mechanism may be provided for fixing the ironing board in the elevated position.