US 7,546,701 B2
Automatic standby electric clothes iron
Ehsan Alipour, 1095 Folsom St., San Francisco, Calif. 94103 (US)
Filed on May 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/434,650.
Application 11/434650 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/137921, filed on May 25, 2005, granted, now 7,406,783.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/680566, filed on May 13, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0254097 A1, Nov. 16, 2006
Int. Cl. D06F 75/40 (2006.01); D06F 77/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 38—79  [38/89] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An iron comprising:
an electrically heated soleplate;
a handle;
a separation mechanism including at least one lifting leg for lifting a bottom surface of said heated soleplate away from a supporting surface;
a sensor disposed in said handle providing for control of said separation mechanism, wherein, when said sensor detects the hand of the user, said sensor sends a signal to said separation mechanism to lower the iron by retracting said separation mechanism, and when the user releases said handle said sensor signals said separation mechanism to raise the iron.