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| Boone, Sarah Sarah Boone
Ironing Board
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Sarah Boone was a famous
African American inventor who took an already great idea and
made it better!
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She patented a device to help
neatly iron clothing. This was the predecessor to the modern
ironing board. It was made of a narrow wooden board, with
collapsible legs and a padded cover.
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Before Sarah's inventions, people simply
used a table or
were creative by lying a plank of wood across two chairs or
small tables.
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U.S. Patent
#473,653 was granted to her on April 26, 1892. She
lived near New Haven, Connecticut at the time.
- Sarah Boone's ironing board
was designed to be effective in ironing the sleeves
and bodies of ladies' garments.
- Very little is known about her life and her childhood.
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