Apparatus and method for the remote production of customized clothing
First Claim
1. An apparatus for manufacturing a garment for a specific customer using measurements provided by that customer, comprising:
- a controller;
a means in communication with said controller for prompting the customer to enter critical fit information relating to the customer'"'"'s dimensions needed to manufacture a selected garment, said critical fit information being easily determined by the customer without assistance;
a storage means in communication with said controller and containing rules for using said critical fit information for estimating at least one critical fit dimension needed to manufacture said selected garment;
a means for using each critical fit dimension to determine pattern data; and
, a means for transmitting said pattern data to a production facility where said data is used for cutting the fabric parts which are subsequently sewn together to produce the garment selected by the customer.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method is provided for creating custom-fitted garments wherein the customer provides critical information which is known to or easily ascertainable by the customer without assistance. Using this critical information, a controller applies rules contained in a model to estimate other critical dimensions necessary for the production of a selected garment, and which are not easily ascertainable directly by the customer without assistance. Using the actual and estimated critical dimensions, the controller determines the pattern data which is used to produce custom-made clothing which provides a superior fit to that which a customer would typically experience from the retail purchase of a similar mass-produced garment.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for manufacturing a garment for a specific customer using measurements provided by that customer, comprising:
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a controller;
a means in communication with said controller for prompting the customer to enter critical fit information relating to the customer'"'"'s dimensions needed to manufacture a selected garment, said critical fit information being easily determined by the customer without assistance;
a storage means in communication with said controller and containing rules for using said critical fit information for estimating at least one critical fit dimension needed to manufacture said selected garment;
a means for using each critical fit dimension to determine pattern data; and
,a means for transmitting said pattern data to a production facility where said data is used for cutting the fabric parts which are subsequently sewn together to produce the garment selected by the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for creating pattern data which can be used to create a custom garment selected by a customer, the apparatus comprising:
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a controller;
a means in communication with said controller for communicating with the customer and prompting the customer to enter critical fit information relating to dimensions needed to create the pattern data for a selected garment, said critical fit information being information which the customer can easily ascertain substantially accurately without assistance;
a storage means in communication with said controller containing rules for using said critical information to estimate critical fit dimensions needed to create the pattern data for the selected garment; and
,a means for creating pattern data using said critical fit dimensions. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for creating pattern data which can be used to create a custom garment intended to fit a specific customer, the method comprising the steps of:
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storing in a computer at least one base pattern and identifying on said pattern critical dimensions which can then be used to scale remaining pattern points to create a custom pattern;
establishing communication with a customer;
prompting the customer to provide critical fit dimensions required to scale the base pattern corresponding to a selected garment, the critical fit dimensions limited to that which the customer can easily determine without assistance;
using rules stored in the computer and information furnished by the customer to estimate other critical fit dimensions which cannot be easily determined by the customer and which are required to scale the base pattern corresponding to the garment; and
,producing custom pattern data from the base pattern by using the provided and estimated critical fit dimensions and grading the remaining pattern points of the base pattern using a conventional pattern grading program. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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