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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.:

US 11352738 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 26, 2019

On-demand manufacturing of apparel by laser finishing fabric rolls

Applicant:

Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

James Barton Sights, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jennifer Schultz, San Francisco, CA (US);

Benjamin Bell, San Francisco, CA (US);

Debdulal Mahanty, Fremont, CA (US);

Ozgur Taylan Kuzucu, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Christopher Schultz, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kris Tulin, El Cerrito, CA (US);

Assignee:

Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:

Aka Chan LLP

Primary Examiner:

Amina S Khan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06M 10/00 (2006.01); D06C 23/02 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B23K 26/352 (2014.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); A41D 27/00 (2006.01); A41H 3/00 (2006.01); A41H 43/00 (2006.01); A41H 42/00 (2006.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); D06M 101/06 (2006.01); G06F 113/12 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06M 10/005 (2013.01); A41D 27/00 (2013.01); A41H 3/007 (2013.01); A41H 42/00 (2013.01); A41H 43/00 (2013.01); B23K 26/0006 (2013.01); B23K 26/352 (2015.10); D06C 23/02 (2013.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); G06Q 30/0621 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01); D06C 2700/31 (2013.01); D06M 2101/06 (2013.01); D10B 2201/02 (2013.01); D10B 2501/04 (2013.01); G06F 2113/12 (2020.01);
Abstract

An on-demand manufacturing of apparel system includes online customization and ordering of garments, previewing of the garments, manufacturing including laser finishing of garments, and delivery to the customer. Laser finishing of apparel products reduces finishing cost, lowers carrying costs, increases productivity, shortens time to market, be more reactive to trends, reduces product constraints, reduces lost sales and dilution, and more. Fabric templates can be used to produce a multitude of laser finishes. Operational efficiency is improved.

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