Patents by Inventor Bethe M. Palmer

Bethe M. Palmer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6516240
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for creating custom-fitted garments wherein the customer provides critical information which is known to or easily ascertainable by the customer without assistance. Using this critical information, a controller applies rules contained in a model to estimate other critical dimensions necessary for the production of a selected garment, and which are not easily ascertainable directly by the customer without assistance. Using the actual and estimated critical dimensions, the controller determines the pattern data which is used to produce custom-made clothing which provides a superior fit to that which a customer would typically experience from the retail purchase of a similar mass-produced garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Philip J. Ramsey, Gerald S. Ruderman, Bethe M. Palmer
  • Publication number: 20020123821
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for creating custom-fitted garments wherein the customer provides critical information which is known to or easily ascertainable by the customer without assistance. Using this critical information, a controller applies rules contained in a model to estimate other critical dimensions necessary for the production of a selected garment, and which are not easily ascertainable directly by the customer without assistance. Using the actual and estimated critical dimensions, the controller determines the pattern data which is used to produce custom-made clothing which provides a superior fit to that which a customer would typically experience from the retail purchase of a similar mass-produced garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Philip J. Ramsey, Gerald S. Ruderman, Bethe M. Palmer
  • Patent number: 6353770
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for creating custom-fitted garments wherein the customer provides critical information which is known to or easily ascertainable by the customer without assistance. Using this critical information, a controller applies rules contained in a model to estimate other critical dimensions necessary for the production of a selected garment, and which are not easily ascertainable directly by the customer without assistance. Using the actual and estimated critical dimensions, the controller determines the pattern data which is used to produce custom-made clothing which provides a superior fit to that which a customer would typically experience from the retail purchase of a similar mass-produced garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Philip J. Ramsey, Gerald S. Ruderman, Bethe M. Palmer
  • Patent number: 5768135
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for custom tailoring and manufacturing apparel by using numerous try-on apparels of differing, predetermined dimensions to make a finished product. A system is used to keep track of the number of try-on apparels and each of their dimensions. As a consumer tries on one of these try-on apparels, a device associated with the system is used to collect the consumer's responses about fit. If one try-on apparel does not fit, the system suggest a next one to try, according to pre-defined rules. When a particular try-on apparel's fit has been approved for purchase by the consumer, this is reported to a manufacturing system, where a piece of apparel corresponding to the dimensions of the approved try-on apparel is cut, stitched, treated, and shipped as a finished apparel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Custom Clothing Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Sung K. Park, Bethe M. Palmer, Gerald S. Ruderman
  • Patent number: 5548519
    Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for custom tailoring and manufacturing apparel by using numerous try-on apparels of differing, pre-determined dimensions to make a finished product. A system is used to keep track of the number of try-on apparels and each of their dimensions. As a consumer tries on one of these try-on apparels, a device associated with the system is used to collect the consumer's responses about fit. If one try-on apparel does not fit, the system suggests a next one to try, according to pre-defined rules. When a particular try-on apparel's fit has been approved for purchase by the consumer, this is reported to a manufacturing system, where a piece of apparel corresponding to the dimensions of the approved try-on apparel is cut, stitched, treated, and shipped as a finished apparel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Custom Clothing Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Sung K. Park, Bethe M. Palmer, Gerald S. Ruderman