ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,702, issued on March 25, was assigned to Conair LLC (Stamford, Conn.).
"Handheld garment care device" was invented by Kin Man Lai (Wu Kai Sha, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld garment care device includes a first ironing surface and a second ironing surface that are orthogonally opposed, and independently used. A handheld garment care device also includes a first set of ironing heated surfaces where each surface is opposed to the other and can be closed toward each other, and a second set of one or more ironing heated surfaces where the one or more surfaces are not co-planar with any surface of the first set."
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