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A YOUNG designer has come up with the simple but clever idea of an iron that automatically rights itself .
Siobhan Morris, 23, from Kedington, near Haverhill, who has a degree in product design, is busy at the Ideal Home Exhibition at Earl's Court, showing off "Eric", the self-erecting iron, as part of a national competition.
The iron's counterbalance guarantees it will flip upright as soon as it is released, preventing you from burning your clothes, Siobhan claims.
Siobhan had been working on the idea for a year as part of her final degree project.
She said: "I was playing with some Weebles, toys that wobble but don't fall down, which gave me the idea."
She did not even know that her invention had been entered into the competition, until she was told she was one of 12 students, out of 800 entries, who had been chosen to exhibit in Earl's Court.
The winner will be chosen by the public and will receive £3,000 to help start manufacture. Siobhan will be at the Ideal Home exhibition for another two weeks, with a working prototype and a model of the iron.
Siobhan grew up in Kedington, near Haverhill, and went to Castle Manor Upper School. She completed a degree in Product Design at Brunel University in London last June and has been working for Factory Design in London.