Patent ID: 8838482
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A41H,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of making a set of printed fabric pieces with fabric piece dimensions confined by respective cutting lines for use in an article of clothing, wherein the printed fabric pieces each are provided with a print having a print-size corresponding, or nearly corresponding to one of (i) the dimensions of the respective printed fabric piece, and (ii) the dimensions of the respective printed fabric piece minus seam allowance, wherein at least sonic of said printed fabric pieces having said print sizes each are provided with a multi color print composed of a plurality of color areas, and wherein the set of printed fabric pieces comprises at least two fabric pieces provided with different multi color prints having different arrangements of color areas, the method comprising: transmitting data, by a producer computer, wherein said data enable a customer to determine a design of the article of clothing by setting a plurality of design parameters; wherein the data transmitted by the producer computer includes data to enable the customer to visualize a plurality of possible basic designs for the article of clothing, the basic designs having different configurations for the boundaries of the color areas within said multi color prints; wherein the data transmitted by the producer computer further enables the customer to set a basic design by selecting from the plurality of possible basic designs; wherein the data transmitted by the producer computer further enables the customer to set colors for said prints, including colors for the color areas of said multi color prints by selecting from a plurality of possible colors; and wherein the data transmitted by the producer computer further enables the customer to set a size of the article of clothing; receiving by the producer computer data representing the plurality of design parameters selected by the customer, including data representing the selected basic design, data representing the selected colors associated with said prints including colors associated with the color areas of said multi color prints, and data representing the size selected by the customer; in the producer computer, compiling the received data representing the plurality of design parameters selected by the customer, to establish a set of data representative of the design of the article of clothing; based on the set of data representative of the design of the article of clothing, printing a set of prints for the set of printed fabric pieces on a printing medium, the printing being effected with the selected colors, including the selected colors for the color areas of said multi color prints, the priming being further effected to produce the print sizes corresponding, or nearly corresponding to one of (i) the dimensions of the respective printed fabric piece, and (ii) the dimensions of the respective printed fabric piece minus seam allowance, and the printing being further effected to produce the at least two different multi color prints having different arrangements of color areas, wherein the printing medium is one of (i) fabric, or (ii) an intermediate medium, from which the prints are then transferred to fabric; cutting out fabric pieces for the set of printed fabric pieces either before or after the fabric pieces have been provided with the prints.