Travel iron and folding handle therefor

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED FOLDING HANDLE FOR A TRAVEL IRON OF THE TYPE HAVING A HANDLE MOVABLE BETWEEN ERECT AND FOLDED POSITIONS, SAID IMPROVED FOLDING HANDLE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION; AN IRON SHELL, SPACED FRONT AND REAR SUPPORTS ON SAID SHELL EXTENDING THEREABOVE, PIVOT PINS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SUPPORTS IN SUBSTANTIAL PARALLELISM, HANDLE MEANS DEFINING A FRONT LEG AND A REAR LEG MOUNTED ON SAID PIVOT PINS FOR PIVOTING MOVEMENT THEREABOUT, ONE OF THE SUPPORTS PROVIDING TWO DWELL SURFACES THEREON SUBSTANTIALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO EACH OTHER, ONE OF THE LEGS PROVIDING AN ABUTMENT SURFACE FOR ABUTMENT SELECTIVELY AGAINST EITHER OF THE TWO DWELL SURFACES ON SAID ONE SUPPORT, TENSION SPRING MEANS BIASING SAID ABUTMENT SURFACE OF THE LEG TOWARD SEATING AGAINST ONE DWELL SURFACE WHEN THE HANDLE IS IN ERECT POSITION AND AGAINST THE OTHER DWELL SURFACE WHEN THE HANDLE IS IN THE FOLDED POSITION, MEANS ON SAID ONE SUPPORT DEFINING A HIGH CAM BETWEEN SAID TWO DWELL POSITIONS TO NORMALLY RETAIN SAID HANDLE IN EACH OF THE TWO POSITIONS AGAINST INADVERTENT MOVEMENT AWAY FROM EITHER OF THE DWELL POSITIONS, THE HIGH CAM BEING FORMED AS A CORNER AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN THE TWO DWELL SURFACES, THE ABUTMENT SURFACE ON THE HANDLE LEG BEING CAUSED TO CAM OVER SAID CORNER AND MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE AXIS OF THE PIVOT PIN, AND AGAINST THE INCREASING BIAS OF THE TENSION SPRING, AS THE HANDLE MOVES BETWEEN DWELL POSITIONS, AND THE OTHER SUPPORT AND PIVOT PIN ASSOCIATED THEREWITH INCLUDING COOPERATING MEANS TO ACCOMODATE A MIS-ALIGNMENT OF PIVOT PINS WHICH OCCURS WHEN THE HANDLE MOVES BETWEEN DWELL POSITIONS.