Stowaway Iron Rest 2018 - 2019

Designers: Stuart Harvey Lee, Jochen Rainer, and Craig Stover, Prime Studio, New York, New York, USA
Manufacturer: Polder Products, LLC., Oxford, Connecticut, USA

 The Polder Stowaway iron rest safely and securely simplifies the process by rotating its position and creating a convenient storage space on the underside of the iron rest. This dual use of the iron rest allows users:

1. While ironing, a large, safe surface to place the hot iron during the ironing process while shifting garments (with plenty of extra room for spray bottle and starch)

2. While the iron is still hot, to immediately and safely store it away

3. Keeps all items needed for ironing stored together (ironing board, iron, spray bottle or starch)

4. Specially designed feet that direct the ironing board to always lean backward when stored, thus not falling forward and potentially damaging the stored iron

5. A lightweight solution that does not negatively affect a typically already somewhat heavy product (the ironing board).

Functional Innovation:

Made of heat resistant glass-filled nylon and silicone, the Stowaway rest rotates it’s position 180 degrees after use as an iron rest. A lock/unlock button restricts the rotation movement between functions.

When ready to store the iron, users simply place the iron in the generous sized rear pocket while hot, secure the iron using the silicone locking strap, and wind the cord around the two wrapping posts.

The iron rest acts as a heat-sink, absorbing the iron’s heat which helps quicken the cooling process. The ironing board can then be stored away for next use, and it even has an extra compartment for a spray bottle or can.

Lastly, there are multiple hangar storage recesses along the bottom of the iron rest that allow users to temporarily place ironed garments

This product innovation delivers on:

1. Safety management of a hot item that greatly shortens the user process to safely store away

2. Creatively integrating two important functions from a traditionally one-function product

3. Optimizing storage of several items in one space, where traditionally they are stored in multiple locations

4. By using the typically useless rear side of the product, a key function is added with no added space created

5. An economical addition of a meaningful function at fairly low cost.