Fabric match method and set
OwnerNancy J. Stablesinventor
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Abstract
A set is provided which includes a tag, removably attached to an article of clothing, having a swatch of the material from which the clothing was made and an indication of the type of clothing and the year in which it was purchased; and an index box for arranging tags in accordance with the type of clothing purchased. Also provided is a tag holder for subsequent shopping. The method of using these by removing the tags from the clothing, placing them in the index box, and subsequently removing them and transporting them for comparision shopping purposes is disclosed.
Claims7
A set comprising a first card and a container for use in matching clothing with other articles, comprising:
- said first card having a swatch of fabric in engagement therewith;
- and indicia on said first card indicating the article of clothing made from the fabric;
- and said container adapted and configured to receive and contain said first card therein;
- said container having a plurality of spaces defined by index cards;
- said index cards having indicia thereon corresponding to the indicia on said first card such that said first card may be placed in one of the spaces defined by the index cards for retrieval.
A method of matching clothing to other articles, comprising:
- providing a tag for association with said clothing;
- providing a swatch of the material from which the clothing was made;
- engaging said swatch with said tag;
- providing indicia on said tag indicating the type of clothing to which said tag will be attached;
- detachably attaching said tag to said clothing;
- providing a container for storing said tag;
- providing an indexing means whereby a plurality of said tags may be indexed within said container according to the indicia of clothing on said tags;
- removing the tag from the article of clothing an placing it in a container;
- removing the tag from the container, so that it may be used to match articles of clothing with a swatch of material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.