US 4,995,514 AGranted

Method and measurement system for the production of garment kits

OwnerHorst Forschnerinventor

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Abstract

A garment kit and method of assembly thereof for sale to a consumer-wearer, for the self assembly of a garment by the consumer-wearer, said kit including a partially prefabricated garment comprising a precut fabric dimensioned to cover a plurality of sizes; said precut fabric being provided with attachment markings thereon corresponding to said plurality of sizes; and said precut fabric already being provided with at least one substantially finished detail. Additionally, a measurement system for the production of both garment kits and fully fabricated garments, wherein a range of sizes, each of which is determined by a plurality of measurements, is divided into subranges, with one of the measurements being maintained substantially constant over the sizes of a subrange. Preferably the subranges overlap.

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Dependent claims

A process for the manufacture of industrially prefabricated garment kits, the garment kits being for the self-assembly of garments by consumer-wearers, said garment kits for being made in a range of sizes, each of said sizes within said range of said sizes having a corresponding plurality of measurements associated therewith, said process comprising the steps of:

dividing said range of said sizes into a plurality of subranges of said sizes, said subranges of said sizes being consecutive and, in total, covering said range of said sizes;
each of said subranges of said sizes extending over a plurality of said sizes, and at least two of said consecutive subranges of said sizes overlapping such that each of said at least two consecutive overlapping subranges of said sizes encompass at least one common size;
selecting, for each of said subranges of said sizes, at least one of said corresponding plurality of measurements to be common to each of said plurality of sizes over which said each subrange of said sizes extends;
dimensioning a fabric according to said corresponding plurality of measurements of at lest one of said sizes, including said common measurement;
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marking the fabric with sizing indicia according to said corresponding plurality of measurements of at least one of said sizes, including said common measurement.

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A plurality of prefabricated garment kits, said plurality of garment kits being for the self-assembly of garments by consumer-wearers, in a range of sizes, each of said sizes within said range of sizes having a corresponding plurality of measurements associated therewith, each of said plurality of garment kits comprising:

fabric marked thereon sizing indicia for a subrange of said range of sizes, said subrange of said range of sizes comprising a plurality of sizes of said range of sizes, said sizing indicia comprising markings indicated at least some of said corresponding plurality of measurements for each of said plurality of sizes of said subrange of said range of sizes;
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at least one common sizing indicia marked on said fabric, said common sizing indicia being common to and substantially the same for each of said plurality of sizes of said subrange of said range of sizes.

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