US Patent Issued to Hamilton Beach Brands on Oct. 28 for "Handheld appliance for pressing and steaming garments and other items" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,790, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Hamilton Beach Brands Inc. (Glen Allen, Va.).

"Handheld appliance for pressing and steaming garments and other items" was invented by Brandon Sung-Hwan Song (Glen Allen, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld pressing and steaming appliance includes: an upper arm; a lower arm attached at one end to an end of the upper arm; a steam generation unit mounted on the upper arm; a water reservoir located in the upper arm and/or the lower arm; a water pump fluidly connected to the water reservoir and to the steam generation unit; a heating plate mounted near a free end of the upper arm and inclu...