plane through the skirt and has a vertical slope a control member is movably retained within the track a linkage interconnects the control member to the actuator for converting the combined arcuate and vertical movement of the control member to rotational movement of the actuator application_number US 24041594 A description referring now to the various figures of the drawing a preferred embodiment of the present invention shall now be described in detail in referring to the various figures of the drawing like numerals shall refer to like parts referring specifically to fig1 a 2 and 3 there is shown an iron assembly 10 embodying the present invention iron assembly 10 includes an iron 11 a water cassette 16 and a base 14 base 14 includes a generally planar platform member 15 terminating in a downwardly inclined portion 41 at its rear end base 14 includes an upwardly extending rim 17 platform 15 includes three standoffs 18 formed from nonabrasive material such as rubber or the like standoffs 18 contact the bottom surface of soleplate 54 of the iron when the iron is placed on the base as standoffs 18 are made from nonabrasive material the standoffs will not scratch the surface of.