Abstract: An adapter for attachment to an ironing board includes a housing that can be affixed to a rest plate for an iron. A means is provided on the housing for affixing a socket for the electrical plug of an iron.

Abstract: An adapter for attachment to an ironing board includes a housing that can be affixed to a rest plate for an iron. A means is provided on the housing for affixing a socket for the electrical plug of an iron.

Abstract: An ironing board top made of a one-piece body of molded hard foam plastics material such as polypropylene. The hard foam plastics material may have a closed-cell structure. Guide and bearing rails may be integrally formed on the molded body to movably connect an ironing stand to the molded body. In the alternative, the guide and bearing rails may be separate from the molded body and then connected thereto. The molded body may include indentations and/or protuberances formed on a lower surface for receiving components of the ironing stand such as the legs of the ironing stand. One or more layers such as a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating can be provided on the upper surface of the ironing board top. An ironing board includes the ironing board top and a stand.

Abstract: An ironing board top made of a one-piece body of molded hard foam plastics material such as polypropylene. The hard foam plastics material may have a closed-cell structure. Guide and bearing rails may be integrally formed on the molded body to movably connect an ironing stand to the molded body. In the alternative, the guide and bearing rails may be separate from the molded body and then connected thereto. The molded body may include indentations and/or protuberances formed on a lower surface for receiving components of the ironing stand such as the legs of the ironing stand. One or more layers such as a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating can be provided on the upper surface of the ironing board top. An ironing board includes the ironing board top and a stand.

Abstract: A wet mop for planar surfaces includes two wiping plates, a double-hinged member disposed between the two wiping plates, a handle pivotably fixed to the double-hinged member, a sliding sleeve mounted on the handle, two pressure arms molded onto the sliding sleeve in a V-shaped configuration, and two articulated levers. Each of the two articulated levers is disposed on a respective one of the two pressure arms and each of the two articulated levers is movably coupled to a respective one of the two wiping plates. The two wiping plates can be squeezed against each other using the two articulated levers.