Sizing scheme to improve clothing size accuracy

• US 7,310,883 B1
• Filed: 04/26/2006
• Issued: 12/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lee Ann Park
• Original Assignee: Lee Ann Park
• Inventors: Park, Lee Ann
• Primary Examiner(s): Fulton, Christopher W
• Application Number:
  US11/412,597
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: 33/1.B, 33/1.C, 33/1.S, 33/1.AA, 33/1.SB, 33/2.R, 33/17.R, 335/12
• US Class Current: 33/1.00C
• CPC Class Codes: G06G 1/14 in which a straight or curved line has to be drawn from given points on one or more input scales to one or more points on a result scale

Abstract

Methods to implement a sizing scheme to better quantify and more accurately represent clothing sizes. One embodiment is a method of providing an article of clothing after receiving the size alphanumeric characters determined from a sizing chart. A second embodiment is a method of making a sizing scheme chart for clothing, such as dresses, suits, blouses, pants, pajamas, and other clothing. A third embodiment provides a sizing chart for clothing. Various embodiments of the invention can apply to the waist and hip measurements, waist and bust measurements, and neck and chest measurements.

Claims

1. A method of providing an article of clothing after receiving the size alphanumeric characters determined from a sizing chart, comprising:

interpreting a first set having at least one alphanumeric character as a first dimensional size measurement of an article of clothing, with a base second dimensional size;

interpreting a second set having at least one alphanumeric character as the step adjustment to the base second dimensional size to determine a final second dimensional size measurement of the article of clothing; and

providing the article of clothing according to the first dimensional size measurement of the article of clothing and the final second dimensional size measurement of the article of clothing.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first dimensional size measurement corresponds to the waist size of the article of clothing.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second dimensional size measurement corresponds to the hip size of the article of clothing.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second dimensional size measurement corresponds to a bust size of the article of clothing.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first dimensional size measurement corresponds to a neck size of the article of clothing.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second dimensional size measurement corresponds to a chest size of the article of clothing.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a unit increment in the second set having at least one alphanumeric character indicates an increase of two sizes as the step adjustment to the base hip size of the article of clothing.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a unit increment in the second set having at least one alphanumeric character indicates an increase of four sizes as the step adjustment to the base hip size of the article of clothing.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

fabricating a tag indicating the first set having at least one alphanumeric character and the second set having at least one alphanumeric character, separated by a character, to indicate two dimensional sizes of the article of clothing.

10. A method of providing an article of clothing after receiving the size determined from a sizing chart, comprising:

interpreting a first set having at least one alphanumeric character as a waist size measurement of an article of clothing, with a base hip size;

interpreting a second set having at least one alphanumeric character as the step adjustment to the base hip size to determine a final hip size measurement of the article of clothing; and

providing the article of clothing according to the waist size measurement of the article of clothing and the final hip size of the article of clothing.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein a unit increment in the second set having at least one alphanumeric character indicates an increase of two sizes as the step adjustment to the base hip size of the article of clothing.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein a unit increment in the second set having at least one alphanumeric character indicates an increase of four sizes as the step adjustment to the base hip size of the article of clothing.

13. A sizing chart for an article of clothing, comprising:

a first set having at least one alphanumeric character corresponding to a first dimensional size of an article of clothing;

a second set having at least one alphanumeric character corresponding to a second dimensional size of the article of clothing; and

an indication of a final size of the article of clothing in proximity to an intersection of the first set having at least one alphanumeric character and the second set having at least one alphanumeric character.

14. The sizing chart of claim 13, wherein the first set having at least one alphanumeric character corresponding to the first dimensional size corresponds to a waist size of the article of clothing.

15. The sizing chart of claim 13, wherein the second set having at least one alphanumeric character corresponding to the second dimensional size corresponds to a final hip size of the article of clothing.

16. The sizing chart of claim 13, wherein the first set having at least one alphanumeric character corresponds to a waist size of the article of clothing, and the second set having at least one alphanumeric character corresponds to a hip size adjustment of the article of clothing.

17. The sizing chart of claim 13, wherein the first set having at least one alphanumeric character corresponds to a waist size of the article of clothing, and the second set having at least one alphanumeric character corresponds to a bust size of the article of clothing.

18. The sizing chart of claim 13, wherein the first set having at least one alphanumeric character corresponds to a neck size of the article of clothing, and the second set having at least one alphanumeric character corresponds to a chest size of the article of clothing.

19. The sizing chart of claim 13, wherein the first set having at least one alphanumeric character corresponds to a waist size of the article of clothing, and the second set having at least one alphanumeric character indicate an increase of two hip sizes of the article of clothing.

20. A sizing chart for an article of clothing, comprising:

a first set having at least one alphanumeric character corresponding to a waist dimensional size of an article of clothing;

a second set having at least one alphanumeric character corresponding to a hip dimensional size of the article of clothing; and

an indication of a waist dimensional size and a final hip dimensional size of the article of clothing in proximity to an intersection of the first set having at least one alphanumeric character and the second set having at least one alphanumeric character.