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US 7,188,442 B2Granted
Ironing device
AssigneeProducts of Tomorrow, Inc.
InventorJuan Fernandez
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Abstract
A handheld iron for pressing or creasing an article of fabric without the use of an ironing board. The handheld iron having a housing, a platform, and an actuator for displacing the platform with respect to the housing. The housing further includes a heating surface and the platform further includes a platform surface. The heating surface and the platform surface are in substantially parallel planes at all times, including when the platform is displaced with respect to the housing.
Claims27
A method of removing wrinkles from fabric comprising:
- providing a handheld ironing device having a heating surface, a platform surface opposed to the heating surface, and an actuator for moving said platform with respect to said body portion, said actuator including a trigger, a spring, and a gear assembly which are assembled to maintain said platform in an initial position, where the heating surface and the platform surface are substantially continuous and substantially flat surfaces;
- situating a fabric article between the heating surface and the platform surface;
- and,
- moving the platform and heating surfaces together by actuating the trigger to press the fabric article with substantially uniform pressure between the heating surface and the platform surface.
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A handheld ironing device comprising:
- a body portion having a substantially continuous and substantially flat heating surface;
- a platform having a substantially continuous and substantially flat platform surface, said platform moveably associated with said body portion;
- an actuator for moving said platform with respect to said body portion,
- said platform and said actuator capable of being removed from said body portion;
- and
- a removable brush attachment capable of being connected to said body portion upon removal of said actuator and said platform.
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A handheld ironing device comprising:
- a body portion having a substantially continuous and substantially flat body surface;
- a platform having a substantially continuous and substantially flat platform surface, said platform moveably associated with said body portion such that said platform surface opposes said body surface and such that said body surface and said platform surface remain in substantially parallel planes throughout movement of said platform with respect to said body portion;
- and
- an actuator for moving said platform with respect to said body portion, said actuator including a trigger, a spring, and a gear assembly which are assembled to maintain said platform in an initial position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.