Method of measuring body measurements for custom apparel manufacturing
First Claim
1. A photographic method for measuring by tailors comprising the steps of:
- a. a customer donning a reusable, form fitting body suit;
b. temporarily adhering a strip of a disposable flexible tape measure circumferentially around a portion of the body suit, the tape measure having a visible measuring scale;
c. the customer standing on an elevated platform in front of a rear grid and to the side of a side grid, the customer standing as erect as possible;
d. photographing the customer with a front camera and a side camera simultaneously thus creating a side photograph and a front photograph;
e. moving a left tape housing through a left track to a predetermined location, the left tape housing containing a retractable left vertical tape measure in a retracted position;
f. moving a right tape housing through a right track to a predetermined location, the right tape housing containing a retractable right vertical tape measure in a retracted position;
g. extending the left vertical tape measure from the predetermined location of the left tape housing vertically down to a left groove, thus defining an extended position, the left groove being directly under and parallel to the left track;
h. fastening the left vertical tape measure in the left groove;
i. extending the right vertical tape measure from the predetermined location of the right tape housing vertically down to a right groove in the extended position, the right groove being directly under and parallel to the right track; and
,i. fastening the right vertical tape measure in the right groove.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A tailoring system and apparatus for tailoring clothing wherein body measurements are photographically recorded for computer data entry from special form fitting articles of clothing to which disposable strips of tape measures are temporarily adhesively affixed. The customer wears a body suit consisting of a top, a sleeve, and a leg leotard to which the disposable measuring tapes are attached around predetermined circumferential portions. The measuring tapes are attached by small pieces of a double sided adhesive tape that do not stick to the body suit when the measuring tapes are removed. The customer then stands on an elevated platform in the corner of a specially designed room and vertical tape measures are positioned in a predetermined location. The room has a camera embedded in the wall facing the customer and another camera embedded in a wall facing one side of the customer. The walls facing the cameras are imprinted with a grid that indicates height and width dimensions. The cameras are triggered simultaneously. Afterward, the customer removes and disposes of the strips of measuring tape. The resulting front view and side view photographs are then either physically or electronically conveyed to an expert at a clothing manufacturing facility who inputs a predetermined set of sizing data to an integrated computer that controls the operation of machinery for the cutting, sewing, and other processes involved in the fabrication of a custom fitted article of clothing for the customer.
-
Citations
13 Claims
-
1. A photographic method for measuring by tailors comprising the steps of:
-
a. a customer donning a reusable, form fitting body suit; b. temporarily adhering a strip of a disposable flexible tape measure circumferentially around a portion of the body suit, the tape measure having a visible measuring scale; c. the customer standing on an elevated platform in front of a rear grid and to the side of a side grid, the customer standing as erect as possible; d. photographing the customer with a front camera and a side camera simultaneously thus creating a side photograph and a front photograph; e. moving a left tape housing through a left track to a predetermined location, the left tape housing containing a retractable left vertical tape measure in a retracted position; f. moving a right tape housing through a right track to a predetermined location, the right tape housing containing a retractable right vertical tape measure in a retracted position; g. extending the left vertical tape measure from the predetermined location of the left tape housing vertically down to a left groove, thus defining an extended position, the left groove being directly under and parallel to the left track; h. fastening the left vertical tape measure in the left groove; i. extending the right vertical tape measure from the predetermined location of the right tape housing vertically down to a right groove in the extended position, the right groove being directly under and parallel to the right track; and
,i. fastening the right vertical tape measure in the right groove. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
Specification