Method and system for facilitating ordering of garments

• US 20070100702A1
• Filed: 04/14/2003
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deborah Morley, Ross Morley
• Original Assignee: Deborah Morley, Ross Morley
• Inventors: Morley, Deborah, Morley, Ross
• Granted Patent: US 7,469,218 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

A user who desires, for example, to order a dress shirt, is instructed to select a preferred fitting dress shirt, to lay the shirt flat and to take a set of measurements from the flat laying shirt according to key measurements, The set of measurements taken is then input and associated with the type of garment. In this way a shirt may be ordered having measurements which accord with the input set of measurements or which diverge from the set in a way which may be shown to the user in advance of ordering.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating ordering of garments, comprising:

a) receiving an indication of a desired type of garment;

b) providing a set of key measurements for garments of said desired type relative to a garment of said desired type laid flat and requesting input of corresponding measurements from a garment of said type laid flat;

c) responsive to input of a set of measurements according to said set of key measurements, associating said input set with said type of garment.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein (b) comprises requesting input of corresponding measurements from a preferred fitting garment of said type laid flat.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein (b) further comprises providing for a display of a representation of a laid flat garment of said desired type with an indicator of each key measurement.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said indicator comprises a line displayed over a displayed representation of a laid flat garment along said each key measurement.

5. The method of claim 2 further comprising, prior to (c), responsive to input of said input set, providing for a display of a scaled representation of a garment of said type having said set of measurements.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising providing for a display of a scaled representation of a garment of said type having pre-defined manufacturer'"'"'s measurements contemporaneously with said display of a scaled representation of a garment of said type having said set of input measurements,.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said providing is such that one of said display of said scaled representation of a garment of said type having said set of input measurements and said display of said scaled representation of a garment of said type having pre-defined manufacturer'"'"'s measurements is displayed transparently over another of said display of said scaled representation of a garment of said type having said set of input measurements and said display of said scaled representation of a garment of said type having pre-defined manufacturer'"'"'s measurements.

8. The method of claim 2 further comprising, prior to (b), receiving a user identifier and, after input of said input set, associating said user identifier with said input set and said type.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising, prior to (b) and after receiving said user identifier and said desired type, searching for said user identifier in a stored list of user identifiers and, on finding said user identifier, if said desired type matches a type stored in association with said user identifier, permitting selection of a set of measurements stored in association with said user identifier as said input set and dispensing with (b).

10. The method of claim 2 wherein said type is a pullover top and wherein said set of measurements comprise:

a shoulder measurement measured across the top of the back of the garment, from one armhole seam straight across to the other armhole seam;

a chest at armhole measurement measured across the torso, from the bottom of one armhole seam straight across to the bottom of the other armhole seam;

a bottom width measurement measured straight across the bottom of the garment, from one side seam to the other side seam. If no side seams are present, this measurement should be taken from one side edge to the other side edge;

a length at shoulder point measured from the shoulder point (where the shoulder seam meets the neck at the top of the garment) straight down to the garment'"'"'s bottom edge; and

a sleeve length from centre back measured from the centre back of the neck opening, straight along shoulder and sleeve to the end edge of the cuff.

11. The method of claim 2 wherein said type is a dress shirt and wherein said set of measurements comprise:

a shoulder measurement measured across the top of the back of the garment, from one armhole seam straight across to the other armhole seam;

a chest at armhole measurement measured across the torso, from the bottom of one armhole seam straight across to the bottom of the other armhole seam;

a bottom width measurement measured straight across the bottom of the garment, from one side seam to the other side seam. If no side seams are present, this measurement should be taken from one side edge to the other side edge;

a length at shoulder point measured from the shoulder point (where the shoulder seam meets the neck at the top of the garment) straight down to the garment'"'"'s bottom edge;

a sleeve length from centre back measured from the centre back of the neck opening, straight along shoulder and sleeve to the end edge of the cuff; and

a neck;

measured along the opened, flat collar, from centre of button to outside edge of buttonhole.

12. The method of claim 2 wherein said type is a skirt and wherein said set of measurements comprise:

a waist measurement measured flat from one folded edge to the other folded edge. If the garment has a contoured or curved waist, allow the measuring tape to follow the curve, not straight across, whether or not the edge is an actual waistband;

a hip measurement measured flat, straight across approximately 9″

(23 cm) below the waist seam from one folded edge to the other folded edge;

a bottom width measurement measured flat across the bottom of the skirt, from one folded edge to the other folded edge;

a length measured from the waist seam (not the top of the waistband) to the bottom-finished hem edge.

13. The method of claim 2 wherein said type is pants and wherein said set of measurements comprise:

a waist measurement measured flat from one folded edge to the other folded edge. If the garment has a contoured or curved waist, allow the measuring tape to follow the curve, not straight across, whether or not the edge is an actual waistband;

a hip measurement measured flat, straight across approximately 9″

(23 cm) below the waist seam from one folded edge to the other folded edge;

a thigh measurement measured on one leg flat from inseam to outer seam at the crotch seam level.

a leg bottom width measurement measured flat across at the bottom of the finished edge of a leg;

an inseam measurement measured inseam from crotch seam to desired bottom finished edge; and

a rise measurement comprising a measurement from the crotch seam up the front of the pant to the bottom edge of the waistband summed with a measurement from the crotch seam up the back of the pant to the bottom edge of the waistband.

14. The method of claim 2 wherein said type is a structured blazer or jacket and wherein said set of measurements comprise:

a shoulder measurement measured across the top of the back of the garment, from one armhole seam straight across to the other armhole seam;

a chest at armhole measurement measured across the torso, from the bottom of one armhole seam straight across to the bottom of the other armhole seam;

a bottom width measurement measured straight across the bottom of the garment, from one side seam to the other side seam. If no side seams are present, this measurement should be taken from one side edge to the other side edge;

a length at shoulder point measured from the shoulder point (where the shoulder seam meets the neck at the top of the garment) straight down to the garment'"'"'s bottom edge; and

a waist measurement measured by first finding the visible waistline or about 17″

(43 cm) below the top of the centre back and measuring straight across this waistline from one side seam to the other side seam; and

a hip measurement measured straight across from one side seam to the other side seam, at the fullest point of the hip or about 9″

(23 cm) below said waistline.

15. A method for facilitating ordering an garment of a type, comprising:

selecting a garment of said type having a preferred fit;

laying said selected garment flat;

receiving a set of key measurements for garments of said type;

taking a set of measurements from said selected garment based on said set of key measurements; and

reporting said set of taken measurements for said type.

16. A computer readable medium which, when loaded into a processor of a server, adapts said server to:

a) receive an indication of a desired type of garment;

b) provide a set of key measurements for garments of said desired type relative to a garment of said desired type laid flat and requesting input of corresponding measurements from a garment of said type laid flat;

c) responsive to input of a set of measurements according to said set of key measurements, associate said input set with said type of garment.

17. A system for facilitating the ordering of garments, comprising:

a) means for receiving an indication of a desired type of garment;

b) means for providing a set of key measurements for garments of said desired type relative to a garment of said desired type laid flat and requesting input of corresponding measurements from a garment of said type laid flat;

c) means, responsive to input of a set of measurements according to said set of key measurements, for associating said input set with said type of garment.