A rechargeable clothing iron, comprising:
- an iron body member having a housing that includes a bottom surface and a pair of side walls and a rear wall extending upwardly from the bottom surface that, together form a frusto-triangular configuration and defining an interior area;
- wherein said pair of side walls and said rear walls of said housing include upper edges, respectively, so that said housing of said iron body member has an open top enabling access into said interior area;
- a battery assembly removably operably coupled to said iron body member and movable between a deployed configuration operatively coupled to said iron body so as to block access to said interior area and a removed configuration displaced from said interior area so as to enable access to said interior area, said battery assembly comprising;
- a pair of current terminals in said interior area of said iron body member;
- a battery electrically connected to said pair of current terminals when said battery assembly is in said deployed configuration;
- a handle coupled to said battery by which said battery is selectively movable to said removed configuration, said handle having a pair of opposed end walls extending upwardly from said battery and an upper wall extending between said opposed end walls and displaced from said battery so as to define a grip space therebetween;
- wherein said battery has a configuration that is complementary to a configuration of said interior area such that said battery is received in said interior area in a nested engagement at said deployed configuration;
- wherein at said deployed configuration said handle is visible from outside said interior area while said battery is not visible from outside said interior area;
- an electrical port in electrical communication with said battery and configured for releasable connection to an external electrical power source for charging said battery;
- a steam generation assembly situated in said interior area that includes a water reservoir and a heating element, said steam generation assembly being electrically connected to said battery assembly when said battery assembly is in said deployed configuration;
- wherein said water reservoir of said steam generation assembly defines an interior space having an inlet adjacent a rear end of said iron body, said water reservoir extending between a front end and said rear end of said rear end of said iron body and defining a plurality of channels in fluid communication with said heating element;
- a heat plate fixedly attached to said bottom surface of said iron body and electrically connected to said heating element, wherein said heating plate defines a plurality of apertures in fluid communication with said steam generation assembly through which steam generated thereby is allowed to pass;
- a control module mounted to upper wall of said handle and electrically connected to said heating element of said steam generation assembly, said control module having a plurality of buttons for operation by a user and having circuitry for energizing said heating element.