Suiter Swantz IP takes a look back at past inventions and inventors with our Patent Of The Day.

On this day in 1881, Rudolph Brenner was granted U.S. Patent No. 238,482 for a SHIRT IRONING TABLE.

This invention is an improved shirt-ironing device. Its object is to provide a board upon which the bosoms and neck-bands of shirts may be ironed. Its object is also to provide a convenient means to stretch and hold the bosom smooth while it is ironed.

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