Abstract: An ironing board comprising a preferably height-adjustable stand whose upper end supports an ironing surface, wherein the stand has two hinged legs, and each leg has a foot section that rests at least partially on the base with the ironing board set up, and each leg additionally has a lower section that extends from the foot section to the mid section of the leg, wherein the mid section of the leg extends from the lower section to the upper section of the leg, wherein the upper section of the leg extends from the mid section to under the ironing surface, with the lower section being shaped in such a way as to smoothly flow into the foot section of the leg, wherein the leg is bent by more than 45° in the transitional area between the lower section and foot section, wherein each leg has a first vertex roughly in the area of the hinge linking together the two legs, a third vertex in the transitional area between the lower section and the foot with an angle between the two less than 45°, and a second vert