Adjustable Tension Ironing Board

This is an ironing board designed to fit a wide variety of clothing, stretching the fabrics out smoothly, to ensure an easier ironing session with fewer ironed-in wrinkles. (We've all done it, haven't we?)

This idea was inspired by Hairagami - a hairstyling tool that very closely resembles those kooky slap-bracelets from a few years back. (See link.) They are made of long, rigid material that curls back onto itself when not locked open. When locked open, there is a slight curve in the flat spring that is width-wise.

This ironing board, made with similar, but much wider curled springs (the width would be about the length of a typical adult-sized shirt), will adjust widths for ironing skirts, pants, sleeves, shirts, anything. The width would be adjustable from about 12 inches across to, I don't know, 36 inches? The range would be based on typical articles of clothing that could be fitted over them.

To use, place your garment around the cloth-covered "board" and adjust the tension controls accordingly. When your garment is in place and smoothed out, iron away.

This type of spring is very strong and would require a mechanical tension control. The tension control used would be several telescoping metal poles. The tension is manually adjustable via dials. Each tension pole would be separately adjustable, to allow for size graduation in most clothing. Also, fine-tuning of the tension poles would allow for delicate fabrics to remain undamaged by strains.

When finished ironing, the tension on the poles can be released underneath to their smallest length, allowing the "board" to curl its ends back under itself. In this position, it is its smallest size, and would allow for more versatile portability and storage.

*I would include smaller versions of this product, for use with sleeves and other, narrower areas of clothing.