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Sarah Boone and the ironing-board patent

Boone's 1892 ironing-board patent extends Backlog 3 through clothing care, household labor, and domestic technology with public-source caveats.

Why this belongs on CultureUp

Boone is a public-record memory story.

Boone belongs here because the ironing-board record shows how household labor and garment care are technical memory.

Backlog priority 7 / chronology not finalStatus: source_reviewedSource grade: B+

Patent: 473653: Ironing-Board
Issue date: 1892-04-26
Place: New Haven, Connecticut
Record strength: Medium-high patent-record strength for the ironing-board row, with biography and first-language kept cautious.
Identity evidence: Publishable with caveat; do not use first-language or life-story detail beyond public sources.
Backlog priority: 7 / not chronological rank
Chronology caution: Backlog priority 7 is not chronological rank.
Identity caution: Do not infer complete biography, race, first-language, or family history from the patent row alone.
Why this record matters: The record keeps clothing care and domestic technology inside Black technical public memory.

What the public record supports

U.S. Patent No. 473653, issued April 26, 1892.
Ironing-board invention category.
New Haven place anchor.

What remains open

Biography and business context need public sources.
Black women chronology claims remain under review.

Article profile

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The patent record

Google Patents mirrors U.S. Patent No. 473653 for an ironing-board issued April 26, 1892.

The person in the record

The profile is patent-first until public biography and local records are attached.

Place attached to the claim

New Haven is the place anchor for this backlog profile.

The invention

The invention belongs to clothing care and domestic labor technology.

Business, labor, and use

The patent supports the design claim, not manufacture, sales, or all labor context.

What the record cannot prove

The patent cannot prove complete biography, first-language, family history, or market effect.

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Grant trail

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Backlog priority 7Not chronological rankutility patentmedium high

473653: Ironing-Board

Sarah Boone / 1892-04-26

Backlog priority row, not a chronological rank. The patent row supports clothing-care technology while biography and first-language stay caveated.

Residence: New Haven, Connecticut
Category: domestic technology / clothing care
Source status: medium high
Backlog status: indexable_profile_candidate
Primary sources: 1 mapped

Source trail

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Patent record

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patent text mirrorpatent text with identity caveat

US473653A - Ironing-Board

Google Patents / 1892 patent record

Supports: Shows Sarah Boone of New Haven, Connecticut connected to an ironing-board patent issued April 26, 1892.
Limit: The patent record supports the invention row and place label. It does not prove complete biography, household labor history, commercialization, or first-language by itself.
Last checked: 2026-06-09
Source URL: https://patents.google.com/patent/US473653A/en