Patent ID: 7040046

Claim:
A pressing iron comprising: a heating soleplate; a body overlying said soleplate; a handle forming a protuberance on said body, said handle having an upper surface forming a bearing surface for the palm of a user's hand, said surface having, at least locally, a width greater than or equal to 4 cm and lateral walls extending from said upper surface of said handle to said body for receiving the fingertips of the user's hand; a reservoir within said body; and a filling orifice within said handle, said filling orifice communicating with said reservoir and opening at a surface of said handle, wherein: said reservoir has a filling neck communicating with said filling orifice and extending within said body, said iron further comprises an annular control dial disposed around said filling neck, and said control dial has an outer periphery extending laterally beyond at least one of the lateral walls of said handle.