Patent ID: 7409259

Claim:
A computer-assisted method for designing garments that comprises the following steps: a) providing, via computer, at least one garment-shaped blank ( 11 , 12 , 13 ) made up of a basic idealized three-dimensional surface, said surface being a body ( 2 ) enveloping cover, said garment-shaped blank ( 11 , 12 , 13 ) being defined by parametric coordinates; b) adapting, via computer, the garment-shaped blank ( 11 , 12 , 13 ) to the above mentioned body ( 2 ) by loosening or tightening different selected areas of the garment-shaped blank ( 11 , 12 , 13 ) with respect to the body ( 2 ) according to a desired design; and c) cutting and removing, via computer, selected parts of the garment-shaped blank ( 11 , 12 , 13 ) according to the aforementioned desired design, wherein the above mentioned body ( 2 ) is an anatomical three-dimensional mannequin of a human body defined, via computer, by parametric coordinates, and the garment-shaped blank ( 11 , 12 , 13 ) is closely adjusted to the body ( 2 ) at the moment the work begins, wherein the aforementioned garment-shaped blank ( 11 , 12 , 13 ), which is at least one, comprises various parts ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ) that are mutually interconnected in a continuous way and each of these parts is a hollow spindle, wherein the step a) comprises selecting a garment-shaped blank from among a group of some garment-shaped blanks with different topologies, previously defined and stored in, at least, one RAM, wherein the above mentioned group of garment-shaped blanks ( 11 , 12 , 13 ), previously defined, includes, at least, one garment-shaped blank with the topology of cape ( 11 ), one with the topology of skirt ( 12 ) and one with the topology of pants ( 13 ), and wherein the garment-shaped blank with the topology of skirt ( 12 ) includes, from said various parts ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ), at least: a neck part ( 3 ), that enveloping covers the neck of said body ( 2 ) at least to approximately half of the head; a torso part ( 5 ), that enveloping covers the torso of said body ( 2 ) from the neck to the waist; two sleeve parts ( 6 ), each one enveloping covering a respective arm from the torso at least to approximately half of a hand, of said body ( 2 ), and a pant leg part ( 7 ) that enveloping covers globally both legs of said body ( 2 ) from the waist to at least approximately a virtual floor supporting said three-dimensional mannequin ( 2 ).