# US 2019/0316291 A1 · Self-Contained Mobile Finishing Center for Garment Finishing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0316291 A1 - Document ID: US20190316291A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/288,090 - Filed: 2019-02-27 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-27 - Applicants: Levi Strauss & Co.; Jeanologia S. L. - Inventors: James Barton Sights; Liz O'Neill; Jeff Zens; Benjamin Bell; Jennifer Schultz; Debdulal Mahanty; Ozgur Taylan Kuzucu; Christopher Schultz; Vicente Albert; Albert Sans; Josep Maria Carbonell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190316291A1 ## CPC - G06Q 30/0621: {by configuring or customising goods or services} - D06B 11/0096: {to get a faded look} - D06C 23/02: by singeing, teasing, shearing, etching or brushing - D06F 31/00: Washing installations comprising an assembly of several washing machines or washing units, e.g. continuous flow assemblies - D06F 39/001: {Arrangements for transporting, moving, or setting washing machines; Protective arrangements for use during transport (transport in general B65)} - D06M 10/005: {Laser beam treatment} - G06Q 30/0643: {graphically representing goods, e.g. 3D product representation} - G06Q 50/04: Manufacturing - G06T 11/00: Two-dimensional [2D] image generation - G06T 11/60: Creating or editing images; Combining images with text - G06T 19/20: Editing of three-dimensional [3D] images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts - E04H 2001/1283: {Small buildings of the ISO containers type} - G06T 2210/16: Cloth - G06T 2219/2012: Colour editing, changing, or manipulating; Use of colour codes - G06T 2219/2024: Style variation - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - D06B: TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS (mechanical treatment of natural fibrous or filamentary material to obtain fibres or filaments D01B) - D06C: FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS - D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES - D06M: TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) ## Abstract A self-contained mobile finishing garment center includes two containers that include a computer-controlled system that laser finishes garments ordered by customers. A first container includes an order system and a laser that laser forms a customer ordered wear pattern into the fabric of a garment, such as jeans. A second container includes wet processing equipment, such as a clothes washer and a clothes dryer that wash and dry the garment. The self-contained mobile finishing center facilitates the receipt of a custom order for jeans and the laser finishing and delivery of the jeans in a relatively short time, such as in less than an hour. The containers are mobile and can be shipped by truck, rail, or ship to a variety of locations and events for custom finishing garments according to customer's custom orders to provide custom ordered garment in a short time period, such as during an event. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: a first intermodal shipping container having a first length, a first width, and a first height compliant with universal shipping container dimensions and configurations dictated by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), wherein the first length extends in a first direction, the first width extends in a second direction, transverse to the first direction, and the first height extends in a third direction, transverse to the first and second directions, and the first intermodal shipping container comprises: a first computing device, comprising a display, a user input interface, and a software application program comprising code executable on a processor of the first computing device, wherein the software application program comprises code to receive a first user selection through the user input interface of a base template from a plurality of base templates for a garment to manufacture using the system, code to receive a second user selection through the user input interface of a pattern from a plurality of patterns for the garment to manufacture, and code to generate a preview image on the display of the selected base template and the selected pattern such that an appearance of the preview image is representative of the garment after manufacture; and a laser device, comprising a laser head having a laser beam output, a workpiece surface positioned at a first distance from the laser head, and a first memory to receive a laser input file associated with the selected pattern selected at the first computing device, wherein via the laser head, a laser beam is emitted through the laser beam output and is capable of striking a plurality of positions of the workpiece surface, and during manufacture of the garment, based on the laser input file in the first memory, the laser device will direct the laser beam to create the selected pattern on an outer surface of a garment, corresponding to the selected base template, that is placed on the workpiece surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the laser device is a carbon dioxide laser and comprises: a first reflective lens element, coupled to a first rotary motor; a second reflective lens element, coupled to a second rotary motor; and a transmissive lens element, wherein a laser beam of the laser device is directed at the first reflective lens element, which redirects the laser beam to the second reflective lens element based on an angular orientation of the first rotary motor, which redirects the laser beam to the transmissive lens element based on an angular orientation of the second rotary motor, wherein a first axis about which the first angular orientation rotates is transverse a second axis about which the second angular orientation rotates, and the laser beam passes through the transmissive lens element as the laser beam output of the laser head. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 comprising a second intermodal shipping container, wherein the second intermodal shipping container comprises: the first length, the first width, and the first height, the first length extends in a fourth direction, the first width extends in a fifth direction, transverse to the fourth direction, and the first height extends in a sixth direction, transverse to the fourth and fifth directions; a first water tank comprising a first input port and a first output port; a first hose, a second hose, and a third hose; a water recycling device comprising a second input port and a second output port, wherein the first hose is coupled to the first input port and the second output port; a washing machine comprising a third input port, a third output port, and a washing cycle to wash a garment having a pattern created by a laser on its outer surface, wherein the second hose is coupled to the first output port and the third input port and the third hose is coupled between the third output port and the second input port; and a dryer comprising a drying cycle to dry the washed garment having the pattern created by a laser on its outer surface from the washing machine, wherein after drying, the garment has an appearance that resembles the preview image generated by the software application program. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the first distance extends in the third direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the first distance extends in the second direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the first distance extends in the first direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the first distance extends in the third direction, the first distance is less than the first height, the laser beam can be directed to positions, along the first direction, of the workpiece surface based on a first sweep angle of the laser beam, and the laser beam can be directed to positions, along the second direction, of the workpiece surface based on a second sweep angle of the laser beam. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 wherein the first sweep angle of the laser head is the same as the second sweep angle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 wherein the first sweep angle of the laser head is different from the second sweep angle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 wherein the first sweep angle of the laser head is about 42 degrees or greater. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10 wherein the first distance is about 2.2 meters or less. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10 wherein the second sweep angle is about 26 degrees or greater. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 wherein the first sweep angle of the laser head is about 26 degrees or greater, and the second sweep angle of the laser head is about 42 degrees or greater. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 wherein the first sweep angle of the laser head is about 42 degrees or greater, and the second sweep angle of the laser head is about 42 degrees or greater. ### Claim 15 A system comprising: a first intermodal shipping container having a first length, a first width, and a first height compliant with universal shipping container dimensions and configurations dictated by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), wherein the first length extends in a first direction, the first width extends in a second direction, transverse to the first direction, and the first height extends in a third direction, transverse to the first and second directions, and the first intermodal shipping container comprises: a first water tank comprising a first input port and a first output port; a first hose, a second hose, and a third hose; a water recycling device comprising a second input port and a second output port, wherein the first hose is coupled to the first input port and the second output port; a washing machine comprising a third input port, a third output port, and a washing cycle to wash a garment having a pattern created by a laser on its outer surface, wherein the second hose is coupled to the first output port and the third input port and the third hose is coupled between the third output port and the second input port, and the pattern for the garment was previously selected and previewed on a computing device comprising a display; and a first dryer comprising a drying cycle to dry the washed garment having the pattern created by a laser on its outer surface from the washing machine, wherein after drying, the garment has an appearance that resembles the preview image previously displayed on the computing device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15 wherein the first intermodal shipping container comprises: a first washer, coupled to the water recycling device; a second washer, coupled to the water recycling device, positioned in a row adjacent the first washer; a third washer, coupled to the water recycling device, positioned in the row adjacent the second washer; a first dryer; a second dryer, stacked above the first dryer; a third dryer, positioned in a row adjacent the first dryer; and a fourth dryer, stacked about the third dryer, positioned in a row adjacent the second dryer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15 wherein the first intermodal shipping container comprises a sink, coupled to the water recycling device. ### Claim 18 A system comprising: a first intermodal shipping container having a first length, a first width, and a first height compliant with universal shipping container dimensions and configurations dictated by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), wherein the first length extends in a first direction, the first width extends in a second direction, transverse to the first direction, and the first height extends in a third direction, transverse to the first and second directions, and the first intermodal shipping container comprises: a first computing device, comprising a display, a user input interface, and a first software application program comprising code executable on a processor of the first computing device, wherein the first software application program comprises code to receive a first user selection through the user input interface of a base template from a plurality of base templates for a garment to manufacture using the system, code to receive a first user selection through the user input interface of a pattern from a plurality of base templates for the garment to manufacture, and code to generate a preview image on the display of the selected base template and the selected pattern such that an appearance of the preview image is representative of the garment after manufacture; and a laser device, comprising a laser head having a laser beam output, a workpiece surface positioned at a first distance from the laser head, and a first memory to receive a laser input file from a second memory that is external to the laser device, wherein the laser input file is representative of the selected base template and the selected pattern that is used in the manufacture of the garment, via the laser head, a laser beam is emitted through the laser beam output and is capable of striking a plurality of positions of the workpiece surface, and during manufacture of the garment, based on the laser input file in the first memory, the laser device will direct the laser beam to create the selected pattern on an outer surface of a garment, corresponding to the selected base template, that is placed on the workpiece surface; a side opening on a first side of the first intermodal shipping container, wherein the side opening extends in the first direction and third direction, wherein via the side opening, the laser device is accessible; and a second intermodal shipping container having the same dimensions as the first intermodal shipping container, wherein the second intermodal shipping container comprises: a water tank, comprising a tank input and a tank output; a water treatment device, comprising a water treatment input and a water treatment output, wherein the water treatment output is coupled to the tank input; a washing machine, comprising a washer input and a washer output, wherein the washer input is coupled to the tank output and the washer output is coupled to the water treatment input, the washing machine comprises washing cycle to wash the garment having a pattern created by a laser on its outer surface, water used in washing the garment having a pattern created by a laser on its outer surface is output through the washer output and input through the water treatment input to the water treatment device, where the water is treated, and the treated water is output through the water treatment output and input via the tank input to the water tank to store the treated water for use in subsequent washing cycles at the washing machine, a dryer comprising a drying cycle to dry the washed garment having the pattern created by a laser on its outer surface from the washing machine, wherein after drying, the garment has an appearance that resembles the preview image generated by the software application program; a side opening on a first side of the second intermodal shipping container, wherein the side opening extends in the first direction and third direction, wherein via the side opening of the second intermodal shipping container, the washing machine is accessible, and the first intermodal shipping container is positioned with respect to the second intermodal shipping container such the side opening of the first intermodal shipping container is across from the side opening of the second intermodal shipping container. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18 comprising a deck, positioned between the first side of the first intermodal shipping container and the first side of the second intermodal shipping container, wherein the deck is a walkway joining the side opening of the first intermodal shipping container with the side opening of the second intermodal shipping. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18 wherein the side opening of the first intermodal shipping container comprises at least one of a sliding door or a sliding glass door, the side opening of the second intermodal shipping container comprises at least one of a sliding door or a sliding glass door, and the side opening of the first intermodal shipping container faces the side opening of the second intermodal shipping container.