Dress or clothing form

Details Dress or clothing form Dress or clothing form

1999-04-28

2001-03-06

Mohanty, Bibhu (Department: 3741)

Apparel apparatus

Forming, pressing, molding, and stretching

Forms

C223S066000, C223S120000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06196429

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This application relates to dress or clothing forms and a stand for supporting such forms.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
As the fashion industry becomes increasingly multinational, differences in what were thought to be somewhat standardized sizes and proportions of women's dresses have become both more apparent and more troublesome. Thus, a size 8 in New York may not have a corresponding counterpart in garments shipped from Europe or Asia. There is, therefore, a need for a way to produce a standardized size such that when a buyer in New York, for example, wishes to order garments of a particular size from Asia, there will be a way to be certain that the size is consistent with what is desired.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Applicants have provided a dress form and a method of producing dress forms in any quantity desired and which are very uniform in size and configuration. Such forms can then be shipped anywhere in the world to provide reasonable assurance that a plurality of size 8 dresses of a certain style ordered from Taiwan will be the same size and configuration as those initially designed in New York.
The process begins with a large number of measurements from human models. There are usually measurements from more than one size 8 model, for example, and these measurements are then averaged out to provide a standardized set of measurements. These measurements are then put in digital from and entered into a computer (UNIX WORKSTATION) to create a substantial number of three-dimensional cross sections. These cross sections are then used to create a computerized three dimensional NURB surface (non-uniform rational B spline) which is a close approximation of what is desired and the surface of which can be manipulated to specifications provided by the client. This surface configuration is then put in form for computer aided design (CAD)—parametric solid modeling. The CAD data is then converted to computer aided machining data which is supplied to a numerically controlled machine to produce tooling for producing vacuum formed body panels. The body panels are then trimmed with padding and muslin and mounted on a dress form chassis. Limited changes in dimensions are taken up with padding of the body panels.
Applicants have also provided a novel dress form chassis and stand which are convenient for working with the dress form and changing its position.


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