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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7516556 | Method of automatically grading articles, in particular, garments For an article of a given type, in particular a garment, a grading mask is used that has images of the pieces of a reference article, geometrical grading regions, each of which contains one or more characteristic points of a piece of the reference article, and gradi... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7325317 | Methods for optimally adjusting measurements of garments The present invention relates to an outer garment that covers at least part of a wearer's upper body, such as a shirt or a shirt-dress, that has optimally adjusted measurements, and includes at least one measurement that changes based on physical characteristics of ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7056313 | Aesthetically improved side panels for disposable garment and methods of making the same A personal care garment having side seams with a discreet or aesthetically pleasing appearance. The side seams can extend from a waist opening to each of two leg openings between a front side panel and a back side panel. In one embodiment, a ribbon cover is attached... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6978549 | Patterning system for a selected body type and methods of measuring for a selected body type The present invention provides a patterning system and method thereof for a specific Black human selected body physique type and gender when combining and correlatively assembling a body part location(s), height measurement, a weight and an a Black ethnicity solutio... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6321458 | Quilting template methods and apparatus A quilting template methods and apparatus are described. An exemplary quilting template apparatus includes a panel having a plurality of pattern pieces of a similar shape and size. Each pattern piece includes a first and a second plurality of slots dispos... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5992027 | Method of determining the correct size in women's sewing patterns A method of selecting a commercial clothing pattern size for a user includes the step of comparing a neck size of the user to a numerical table, wherein the numerical table has a range of neck sizes corresponding to a corresponding range of clothing patte... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5573891 | Method and apparatus for fine processing An apparatus for fine processing includes a support for supporting a material to be processed, an active layer forming device for forming an active layer on the surface of the material by irradiating the material with light in a reaction gas, a latent ima... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5570533 | Industrial pattern grading template The present invention relates to an industrial pattern grading template and a method for using such a template for the upgrading or downgrading of all types and parts of a garment concurrently in all the internationally standardized sizes. Both the templa... | 11/05/1996 |
| 4853866 | Method and apparatus for matching panels to be cut from patterned fabrics A matching method and apparatus for the automatic cutting of patterned fabrics by an integrated marking and cutting system first defines matching points in each of the patterns of panels to be cut and digitizes these points so that the coordinates and res... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4675253 | Method and patterns for making flat plane seamed garments A method and pattern for making seamed articles which eliminate at least in part the need to initially precision-cut panels for piecewise assembly. The method and pattern are designed for use on sheets of fabric or the like, to generate a set of indicia. ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4598376 | Method and apparatus for producing custom manufactured items Automated made-to-measure garment manufacturing method and apparatus. A subject's mesurements are taken with a hand held measuring device and transmitted to a computer. The computer checks to see if the customer's style preference and physique are compati... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4532655 | Method of generating a pattern of a flat seam garment A method for converting a pattern for a first garment to a pattern for a second garment, where the first garment includes front and back, body and shoulder portions with sleeves extending from shoulder holes between those front and back portions. The regi... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4324046 | Pattern grading device Master garment patterns are copied while altering the size through the use of a grading device and method of using the same. The grading device has an elongated major axis with parallel spaced indicia therealong, and a pair of minor axes each perpendicula... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4224740 | Pants suit pattern A pants suit pattern that is made to fit an individual having measurements not of the standard or average size and one that is made from a master pattern. A pants suit pattern per se is, of course, the foundation from which fitted slacks, jeans, culottes ... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4222170 | Segmental technique for sizing garments Pattern pieces of a conventional foundation pattern draft are divided into segments along predetermined division lines. Various segments of different overall sizes are joined together and form a new pattern piece. The segments selected for combination int... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4205446 | Dress pattern A dress pattern adapted from a master pattern that is of variable size and has a bodice section and a skirt section which are separate but adjacent one another. The pattern is based on the concept of graded measurements at the periphery of the pattern. Wi... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4004346 | Machine for the multiple grading of patterns from a master pattern A multiple pattern grading machine includes an open, horizontally-disposed support frame within which a table is movably mounted by means of parallelogram linkages connecting the opposite ends of the table to the adjacent ends of the support frame. The pa... | 01/25/1977 |
