Patent ID: 8849444

Claim:
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; and assembling the fabric panels to form the slipcover for the furniture piece.