US 4,790,086 AGranted

Method of Smoothing fabric

OwnerAnn-Britt Bossoninventor

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Abstract

An apparatus, method and kit for ironing wrinkled fabrics or clothes without using heat or an iron is disclosed. A board is covered with furniture grade velour, bristle side facing upwards. The wrinkled article to be pressed is spread out on the upwardly facing velour bristles. The hands of the user are then placed against the article, palms down, and the article is pressed by the palms against the bristles. The article is then "ironed" using the operator's hands in a spreading motion to move wrinkles from the center of the article radially outward to the perimeter of the article. In this "ironing" process, the palms and fingers of the hands keep a downward force on the article as the wrinkles are spread to extinguishment at the perimeter of the article. When all of the wrinkles have been spread to and extinguished at the perimeter of the article, the article is lifted from the velour bristles and will be wrinkle free. In some instances, sprinking water on the article facilitates the ironing process.

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Dependent claims

A method of smoothing wrinkled fabric without the use of a heated pressing implement comprising:

stretching furniture grade velour over a board with the velour bristles facing upward away from the board, securing the stretched velour to the board, the velour characterized by a resilient, vertically standing bristle having a uniform bristle height of approximately 1/32" to 1/16";
providing a substantially dry article to be smoothed;
laying upon the upwardly, vertically standing bristles the article to be smoothed, the article to be smoothed having a downward facing surface that is in contact with the upwardly facing bristles, an upward facing surface that is opposite from the downward facing surface, a perimeter, and one or more wrinkles in the upward facing and downward facing surface;
pressing downwardly into the upward facing surface of the article to be smoothed with at least one of the user's hands;
moving the user's hand in a spreading motion while maintaining the downwardly pressing force, the spreading motion consisting of the hand moving from a center position on the upward facing surface of the article, radially towards and to the perimeter of the article;
serially conveying by the spreading motion wrinkles from center positions on the upward facing surface of the article, radially to and towards extinguishment at the perimeter of the article;
repeating the serial conveying by the spreading motion of the hand until all wrinkles in the upward facing surface of the article have been serially conveyed to extinguishment at the perimeter of the article;
removing the article from the bristles in a smoothed wrinkle free condition.

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