bent or angled free ends of the support rods 5 6 are for this purpose guided in recesses of the frame 2 as this can be seen in fig2 fig4 shows for clarification purposes in the side view one of the support rods 6 in the horizontal position while the second support rod 5 is moved into an inclined position so that a steam iron 4 can be placed onto the frame 2 in order to guarantee a safe support of the steam iron 4 a slope 7 exists on each of the two oppositely lying inner sides of the frame 2 which slope 7 is arranged substantially perpendicular with respect to the inclined position of the support rod 5 furthermore it is possible to provide suitable stops or similar means in order to hold the support rod 5 in the swivelled position fig2 and 3 show furthermore that the frame 2 is symmetrically designed with respect to a vertical center plane so that the ironing board can be used both by right handed and also left handed persons as can particularly be seen in fig3 the frame 2 has several mounting means to add additional equipment thus a recess 14 exists for example in the center area of the frame 2 which area does not face the ironing board a connecting element 15 which will be described in detail in connection with fig6 to 10 can be inserted into the recess 14 the connecting element is pivotal 90 about a horizontal axis 28 defined by axle journals 39 fig7 in particular to avoid damage to the connecting element 15 during storing of the collapsed ironing board 1 the ironing board can furthermore be equipped with a clothes support rack 25 which can be placed into.