Patent ID: 7386943

Claim:
A clothes pressing method for pressing an article of clothing with a clothes pressing apparatus that comprises a body block having a body air bag and a sleeve air supply port, a body iron, a sleeve holder, body air supply means, and sleeve air supply means, comprising: placing the article of clothing on a body block; supplying a first air blast at first press conditions for pressing the body portion of the article of clothing against the body air bag to press the body portion; and supplying a second air blast at second press conditions, different from the first press conditions, to the sleeve air supply port, only during the supply of the first air blast, pressing a sleeve portion of the article of clothing, wherein sleeve holders are disposed at oposite sides of the body block for holding sleeve cuffs of the article of clothing placed on the body block and including retracting one of the sleeve holders from a body block movement space when the body block is moved between the supply position and the press position.