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US 6,435,386 B2Granted
Device for garment design
AssigneeMarks and Spencer p.l.c.
InventorIan D. Scott
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Abstract
Device for assessing the likely fit of a garment on a wearer, the device comprising a support shaped to resemble a body part onto which the garment is to be fitted, an artificial tissue layer and at least one pressure sensor, the arrangement being such that the pressure sensor can detect and measure pressure exerted by a garment on the artificial tissue layer.
Claims22
A process for the manufacture of garments, comprising the steps of:
- providing a device comprising a support shaped to resemble a body part and an artificial tissue layer;
- fitting a garment on the device;
- measuring pressure exerted by the garment on the artificial tissue layer of the device;
- altering the garment, if necessary, to vary the pressure and obtain a desired garment fit, thus forming a template garment;
- and
- copying the template garment to produce at least one article to the same design of the template garment.
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A process for the manufacture of garments, comprising the steps of:
- providing a device comprising a support shaped to resemble a body part and an artificial tissue layer;
- fitting a garment on the device;
- measuring pressure exerted by the garment on the artificial tissue layer of the device;
- and
- altering the garment, if necessary, to vary the pressure and obtain a desired garment fit, thus forming a template garment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.