Patent ID: 7681343

Claim:
Ironing appliance composed of an iron ( 1 ) and a portable base ( 2 ) for the production of steam under pressure, said portable base ( 2 ) comprising a surface ( 21 ) to set down the iron ( 1 ), the iron comprising a soleplate ( 10 ) surmounted by a body integrating a handle ( 11 ), wherein the base ( 2 ) has means for immobilizing the iron ( 1 ) on said surface ( 21 ), said means for immobilizing the iron ( 1 ) coming to bear on the body of the iron ( 1 ) in front of and behind the handle ( 11 ) so that the whole of the ironing appliance can be transported by the handle ( 11 ) of the iron, and further wherein said mean for mobilizing include at least one mobile blocking element ( 4 ) that can rest in a folded down position in which the iron ( 1 ) can be extracted from its base ( 2 ) and a position for immobilization of the iron ( 1 ) in which the blocking element ( 4 ) comes in proximity to the body of the iron ( 1 ).