Apparatus for steam treatment of laundry comprising a support device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11098440-B2
Application number	US-201916433464-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 6, 2019
Priority date	Jun 12, 2018
Publication date	Aug 24, 2021
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021

Abstract

An apparatus for steam treatment of laundry includes a base containing a water reservoir, connected by a conduit to an ironing and/or smoothing tool including at least one hole for the emission of steam, at least one pole which supports a holding element on which a garment can be hung and/or supported in order to allow it to be treated using the tool, and a support device for placing the tool in a stable manner during inactive ironing and/or smoothing phases, the support device including an attachment member intended to cooperate with a first complementary attachment element supported by the pole in order to allow the support device to be removably attached to the pole, wherein the base includes a second complementary attachment element allowing the support device to be removably attached to the base.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for steam treatment of laundry comprising a base containing a water reservoir, connected by a conduit to an ironing and/or smoothing tool comprising at least one hole for the emission of steam, at least one pole which supports a holding element on which a garment can be hung and/or supported in order to allow it to be treated using the tool, and a support device for placing the tool in a stable manner during inactive ironing and/or smoothing phases, the support device comprising an attachment member adapted to cooperate with a first complementary attachment element supported by the pole in order to allow the support device to be removably attached to the pole, wherein the base comprises a second complementary attachment element allowing the support device to be removably attached to the base.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in that the base is removably arranged on a stand supporting the pole.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the base comprises a gripping handle for its transport.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment member is a bracket and wherein the complementary attachment elements are orifices intended to receive the bracket.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the bracket is inserted in the orifice by a substantially vertical movement from top to bottom.

6. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first complementary attachment element is supported by an arm which extends transversally relative to the pole.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first complementary attachment element allows the support device to be attached to a free extremity of the arm, the other extremity of the arm being attached to the pole.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second complementary attachment element is arranged close to the upper extremity of the base.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the second complementary attachment element is arranged at the edge of an upper surface of the base.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the tool is an iron.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the support device comprises a body made of plastic material and presenting a surface equipped with thermally insulating pads against which the tool is intended to rest.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the holding element is an ironing board.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the ironing board is mounted such that the ironing board is pivotable on the pole by means of a hinge device allowing the ironing board to be immobilized in various tilted positions.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12 , further comprising a hanger hanging device arranged at an upper extremity of the ironing board when the ironing board is in a vertical position and wherein the hanger hanging device comprises a third complementary attachment element allowing the support device to be removably attached when the ironing board is in a horizontal position.

15. The apparatus according to claim 12 , comprising two parallel poles which support the ironing board.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the first attachment element allows the support device to be attached in a position in which the plane passing through the two poles constitutes a plane of symmetry of the support device.

Assignees

• Seb Sa

Inventors

• D'Oliviera Dias Laurent
• Peysselon Florent
• Lauchet Nicolas

Classifications

• D06F75/14

  the steam being produced from water in a reservoir carried by the iron · CPC title

• D06F81/003

  with flat iron support · CPC title

• D06F73/00

  Apparatus for smoothing or removing creases from garments or other textile articles by formers, cores, stretchers, or internal frames, with the application of heat or steam  (combined with external pressure means D06F71/00) · CPC title

• D06F75/12

  the steam being produced from water supplied to the iron from an external source · CPC title

• D06F81/006 Primary

  with fabric support or garment rack · CPC title