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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Vf Corporation, Greensboro, NC (US);
Inventors:
Donald Hoffman, Irvine, CA (US);
Darren J. Peshek, Irvine, CA (US);
Stephen F. Dull, Greensboro, NC (US);
Stephen H. Zades, Winston Salem, NC (US);
Robin O'Neill Fisher, Atlanta, GA (US);
Justin T. Mark, Irvine, CA (US);
Brian Marion, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
VF Corporation, Greensboro, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A41H 3/04 (2006.01); A41D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A41H 3/04 (2013.01); A41D 1/06 (2013.01); A41D 2400/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for anatomy shading and the garments that result therefrom are provided herein. More specifically, anatomy shading is any deliberate manipulation or addition of shading (a brightness gradient) to a garment in order to change the perceived shape of a wearer of the garment toward a desired appearance.