Slipcover method and system
OwnerRegina Georgeinventor
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Abstract
A method and system that allows a user to create patterns for removable furniture covers employs a data input device to trace a piece of furniture. The data input device is traced over predetermined areas of the furniture known to those in the art of furniture cover design. The data input device transfers the trace data to a processor that renders an image of the traced portion of the piece of furniture. The processor permits the user to print off, or output to a cutter, appropriately shaped working patterns to cover the predetermined areas, and to assemble a removable furniture cover or slipcover for the piece of furniture.
Claims10
A method for manufacturing a slipcover for a furniture piece, the method comprising the steps of:
- measuring the furniture piece with a data input device to acquire trace data, wherein the data input device is a stylus includes a single position sensor including one of an optical sensor and a roller ball sensor for acquiring the trace data, the position sensor recording as the trace data a relative motion of a tip of the stylus as the tip is moved along a surface of the furniture, the stylus having a memory defined by a tangible computer readable medium coupled to the stylus on which the trace data is recorded and means for communicating the trace data from the memory to a processor for executing instructions to render a plurality of two-dimensional working patterns based upon the trace data;
- creating by the processor the plurality of working patterns for the slipcover from the trace data;
- cutting a plurality of fabric panels based upon the working patterns for the slipcover;
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- assembling the fabric panels to form the slipcover for the furniture piece.
A system for manufacturing a slipcover for a furniture piece, comprising:
- a data input device configured to generate trace data indicative of a shape of a surface, wherein the data input device is a stylus includes a single position sensor including one of an optical sensor and a roller ball sensor for acquiring the trace data, the position sensor recording as the trace data a relative motion of a tip of the stylus as the tip is moved along a surface of the furniture, the stylus having a memory defined by a tangible computer readable medium coupled to the stylus on which the trace data is recorded and means for communicating the trace data from the memory to a processor for executing instructions to render a plurality of two-dimensional working patterns based upon the trace data;
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- a computer including the processor in communication with the memory of the data input device for executing the instructions to render the plurality of working patterns based upon the trace data from the data input device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.