Method of selecting optimum clothing style based on individually-assessed body type

• US 20070100491A1
• Filed: 10/17/2005
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cheryl Burrell, Pamela Pryor
• Original Assignee: Cheryl Burrell, Pamela Pryor
• Inventors: Burrell, Cheryl, Pryor, Pamela
• Application Number:
  US11/252,072
• Publication Number:
  US 20070100491A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/138
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A method of selecting an optimum clothing style based on individually-assessed body type. The method comprises the steps of a shopper, interacting with a retail entity, which provides a body type identification system, through which a shopper can assess and select a clothing style optimally-suited for a particular body type.

Claims

1. A method of selecting optimum clothing style based on individually-assessed body type, comprising the steps of:

(a) a shopper;

(b) interacting with a retail entity;

(c) said retail entity providing a body type identification system; and

(d) at least one clothing item;

wherein the body type identification system informs the shopper of at least one clothing item that optimally suits at least one perceivable body type.

2. The method in claim 1, wherein the shopper assesses and subsequently selects an optimally-suited clothing item, based on the perceivable body type.

3. The method in claim 1, wherein the shopper'"'"'s interaction with the retail entity occurs at a physical brick-and-mortar establishment.

4. The method in claim 1, wherein the shopper'"'"'s interaction with the retail entity occurs via a web-based application.

5. The method in claim 1, wherein the body type identification system comprises a two-dimensional description of the perceivable body type.

6. The method in claim 1, wherein the body type identification system comprises a three-dimensional description of the perceivable body type.

7. The body type identification system in claim 1, wherein the perceivable body type is associated with a color.

8. The body type identification system in claim 1, wherein the perceivable body type is associated with a body shape label.

9. The body type identification system in claim 1, wherein the perceivable body type is a custom-designed mannequin.

10. A method of selecting optimum clothing style based on individually-assessed body type, comprising the steps of:

(a) a shopper;

(b) interacting with a retail entity;

(c) said retail entity providing a body type identification system, comprising at least one perceivable body type, and (d) at least one clothing item;

11. The method in claim 10, wherein the shopper assesses and subsequently selects an optimally-suited clothing item, based on the perceivable body type.

12. The method in claim 10, wherein the body type identification system comprises a two-dimensional description of the perceivable body type.

13. The body type identification system in claim 12, wherein the two-dimensional description comprises a color associated with the perceivable body type.

14. The body type identification system in claim 12, wherein the two-dimensional description comprises a written description of the perceivable body type.

15. The method in claim 10, wherein the body type identification system comprises a three-dimensional description of the perceivable body type.

16. The three-dimensional description in claim 14, wherein the three-dimensional description comprises a custom-designed mannequin.

17. The three-dimensional description in claim 14, wherein the three-dimensional description is a label comprising the shape of the perceivable body type.

18. A method of selecting optimum clothing style based on individually-assessed body type, comprising the steps of:

(a) a shopper;

(b) interacting with a retail entity;

(d) said retail entity providing a body-type identification system, comprising at least one perceivable body type;

(e) said retail entity providing at least one clothing item, wherein the body type identification system informs the shopper of at least one clothing item provided by the retail entity that optimally suits the perceivable body type and wherein the shopper assesses and subsequently selects the optimally-suited clothing item; and

(f) said shopper recording the individual body type information with the retail establishment for future use by the shopper and/or retail entity.

19. The method in claim 18, wherein the shopper records individual body type information at the physical brick-and-mortar retail establishment.

20. The method in claim 18, wherein the shopper records individual body type information via a web-based application.