ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,196, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Conair LLC (Stamford, Conn.).
"Clothing iron" was invented by Kin Man Lai (Wu Kai Sha, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clothing iron includes a soleplate having an edge wall extending from a horizontal plate. The edge wall extends around the entire perimeter of the horizontal plate. The edge wall is curved and has a fillet radius. The fillet radius varies around the perimeter of the horizontal plate. The soleplate has a front section and a back section. The edge wall at the front section has a fillet radius greater than a fillet radius at the back section."
The patent was filed on S...