Patent ID: 7210254

Claim:
A combined trouser press and ironing board assembly, comprising: a heatable pad housed in a body; a pressure plate, a surface of which is clampable against the heatable pad in a first position to sandwich a garment to be pressed therebetween, one end of the pressure plate being pivotally attached to the body to allow said plate to pivot about said one end towards and away from the heatable pad into a second position for ironing in which the pressure plate extends laterally outwardly relative to the heatable pad and the surface of the pressure plate, which was facing the heatable pad in said first position, now defines a surface on which a garment is placed for ironing; a slide member disposed at said one end of the pressure plate; and guide means in the body adjacent to the heatable pad, the slide member and guide means co-operating such that the slide member slides along the guide means when the pressure plate is moved relative to the heatable pad between said first and second positions.