limited to a bungee cord elastic or drawstring positioned around the perimeter of the cover 38 for securing the cover 38 to the ironing board 12 the cover 38 can be made of cotton as known in the art or can be made from material with burn scorch resistant characteristics such as disclosed in u s pat no 5 566 481 in other embodiments the cover 38 includes multiple layers of materials including but not limited to a layer of foam padding the ironing board 12 includes a frame the proximal end 39 of which can be seen in fig1 2 2 b and 4 that defines the outer edges of the ironing board 12 the frame is preferably formed from square metal tubing but could be formed from any material that gives the ironing board sufficient rigidity the guide assembly 36 includes a left track 40 a right track 42 a plurality of cross supports 44 a guide 46 and a rod 48 the guide 46 has a lower support member 16 which is fixedly connected at one end to cross cylindrically shape tubular member 26 the connection between lower support member 16 and cross cylindrically shape tubular member 26 can be made by a weld or any other suitable fastener such as a bolt and nut the opposite end of the.