ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,058, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Shenzhen Tengben Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Ironing device" was invented by Chengzhu Ren (Shenzhen, China), Shuiyong Yu (Shenzhen, China) and Zhongming Yu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ironing device, includes a water tank, an ironing board having at least one steam hole, a heating element for heating water from the water tank for generating steam which is discharged from the at least one steam hole, and a heat conductive piece arranged between the ironing board and the heating element to function as an insulator, wherein the heat conductive piece has at least ...