Ironing table

Claim 1

IN AN IRONING TABLE, AN ELONGATED TOP SUPPORTED BY A PAIR OF CROSSED LEGS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AT A POINT INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS, A FIXED PIVOT CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID TOP AND THE UPPER END OF ONE OF SAID LEGS, A TRANSVERSE MEMBER CONNECTED TO THE UPPER END OF THE OTHER LEG, RETAINING GUIDE MEANS ON SAID TOP SLIDABLY SUPPORTING SAID MEMBER, SAID TABLE TOP HAVING GENERALLY PARALLEL EDGES EXCEPT AT ONE END WHERE AT LEAST ONE EDGE IS TAPERED TOWARD CONVERGENCE WITH THE OTHER EDGE ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE INTERSECTING SAID ONE EDGE CLOSELY ADJACENT THE OUTER END OF SAID GUIDE MEANS, A GENERALLY TRIANGULARLY-SHAPED LEAF FOR SELECTIVELY EXTENDING THE TABLE TOP TO PROVIDE AN ESSENTIALLY STRAIGHT EDGE, HINGE MEANS CONNECTING SAID LEAF TO THE TOP ALONG THE TAPERED EDGE TO PERMIT ROTATIONABLE MOVEMENT OF THE LEAF RELATIVE TO THE TOP INTO AND OUT OF THE PLANE OF THE TOP, SUPPORT MEANS AFFIXED TO THE TOP AND TO THE LEAF FOR SUPPORTING SAID LEAF IN THE PLANE OF THE TOP, MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR RELEASING SAID SUPPORT MEANS, SPRING MEANS ADAPTED TO ROTATE THE LEAF AND FOLD IT UPWARD BENEATH THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TOP, AND RESILIENT MEANS TO ENGAGE SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND THEREBY RETAIN THE LEAF IN ITS FOLDED POSITION.