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US 11,857,014 B2Granted
Apparel products by using fabric templates and laser finishing
AssigneeLevi Strauss & Co.
InventorsElizabeth O'Neill, James Barton Sights, Jeff Zens, David Love
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Abstract
Laser finishing of apparel products allows an operating model that reduces finishing cost, lowers carrying costs, increases productivity, shortens time to market, be more reactive to trends, reduce product constraints, reduces lost sales and dilution, and more. Improved aspects include design, development, planning, merchandising, selling, making, and delivering. The model uses fabric templates, each of which can be used to produce a multitude of laser finishes. Operational efficiency is improved.
Claims29
A method comprising:
- using a first base wash recipe to wash a garment to obtain a first garment template, wherein the garment is an assembled garment made from fabric panels of a woven first material comprising a warp yarn comprising indigo-dyed cotton yarn, and the fabric panels are sewn together using thread;
- using a second base wash recipe to wash a garment to obtain a second garment template, wherein the first and second wash recipes are different;
- using a digital design tool, creating a first laser file including a first finishing pattern, wherein the digital design tool generates a visualization in color on a computer screen of the finishing pattern on a garment after a postlaser wash and allows editing of the finishing pattern
- using a laser finishing machine to burn the first finishing pattern on the first garment template to obtain a first finished garment;
- indicating the first finished garment as a first garment product, identifiable by a first product code identifier;
- using a laser finishing machine to burn the first finishing pattern on the second garment template to obtain a second finished garment;
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- indicating the second finished garment as a second garment product, identifiable by a second product code identifier.
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A method comprising:
- using a first base wash recipe to wash a garment to obtain a first garment template, wherein the garment is an assembled garment made from fabric panels of a woven first material comprising a warp yarn comprising indigo-dyed cotton yarn, and the fabric panels are sewn together using thread;
- using a second base wash recipe to wash a garment to obtain a second garment template, wherein the first and second wash recipes are different;
- using a laser finishing machine to burn a first finishing pattern on the first garment template to obtain a first finished garment,
- wherein the first finishing pattern is provided to the laser finishing machine by way of a first laser file generated by a digital design tool, the digital design tool generates a visualization in color on a computer screen of the finishing pattern on a garment after a postlaser wash and allows editing of the finishing pattern;
- indicating the first finished garment as a first garment product, identifiable by a first product code identifier;
- using a laser finishing machine to burn the first finishing pattern on the second garment template to obtain a second finished garment;
- and
- indicating the second finished garment as a second garment product, identifiable by a second product code identifier.
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