Abstract: A pattern making system having upper and lower sloper sections that are connected together at different heights to adjust the overall height of the upper and lower sloper sections. The upper and lower sloper sections have multiple widths and lengths, so that an upper section of a first width and length can be connected to a lower section of a second and different width and length, so that the sloper has different widths and lengths, which can be accommodated. In order to connect the upper and lower sloper sections, two T-shaped elongated sliding connector rods are provided for sliding within respective guide paths on the lower sloper section. In addition, the connector rods also have lower sections for sliding within the guide paths on the lower sloper section. In this manner, the sliding connector rods are moved in the guide paths relative to the upper sloper section and lower sloper section to vary the distance between the upper and lower sloper sections in order to vary the height of the sloper.

Abstract: A suit pattern contains: setting, as left and right shoulder rear virtual base points, points specified by moving forward from the center line of the back region by a length that is one-half the circumference of the chest multiplied by 0.177±0.005, and then moving upward perpendicularly from that point approximately one-fourth of the length of the movement length; setting as left and right shoulder front-rear virtual base points, points specified according to the intersection of a line perpendicular to a position that is 0.56±0.05 times the length from the front body front-end edge to the front-end edge of the sleeve hole, and absolute horizontal line from the left or right shoulder front-rear base point; setting as left and right front-rear virtual base points and the cut-off front-rear end section of the sleeve hole at a fixed adjustment angle; and stitching each of the front-rear shoulder ridge lines together.

Abstract: 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 a wearer, such as bra measurement and height. For example, a master pattern may be designed in a chosen style for a chosen body type in the usual manner for an outer garment for a wearer of a specific bra measurement and height. The same outer garment in the same style for a wearer of the same body type and chest circumference but a different bra cup size and/or height may be defined by adjusting fewer than all measurements, based, for example, on an algorithm.

Abstract: A transit positioning device for use with a conventional manhole mount having an elongate vertical arm and an elongate horizontal arm orthogonally joined together at a joint. A transit holding platform is rotatably mounted to an end of an adjustable length elongate member which in turn is mounted to the horizontal arm of the manhole mount. Further, an adjustable length stabilizing arm is provided with one end hingedly connected to the vertical arm below the joint at a position spaced apart from the joint, and a second end hingedly connected to the horizontal arm at a position spaced apart from the joint.

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.

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.

Abstract: A swag (10) for decorative use in curtaining is made using a template (11) which may be of rigid sheet material and formed by two side edges (14), each bearing deep cut-outs (15, 16 . . . ) and projections (17). The side edges taper outwardly from top to bottom and their separation, but not their inclination, can be adjusted using an adjustable slide (22) having a scale (24).

Abstract: A method of drawing a pattern for custom-tailored skirts in terms of taking into account a person's bodily dimensions, including measures around the waistline, around the largest part of the abdomen, another part of the abdomen thereabove, around the lower and lowermost hip, around the upper hip, various lateral distances between selected of the foregoing measures, the selected length of the skirt, and deviations from a standard body figure in terms of lateral deviations of portions of the wearer's body from a straight vertical line making contact with a laterally most protruding part of the wearer's body.

Abstract: A working device for dress patterns in the form of a template is provided. The template comprises exchangeable panels which are relatively displaceable on a master panel via slots and can be locked in their adjusted positions by means of retaining elements and is thus an individual reusable template for dress patterns, which makes it possible to achieve an accurate fit which can be changed from time to time according to requirements.

Abstract: There is provided a skirt design aid which has four template panels that are slidably secured together to be pivotally and/or linearly relatively displaceable, so as to cater for different sizes and skirt styles. This skirt aid also has two pivoted members for varying hip sizes.

Abstract: The invention comprises a pants design aid which has three template panels that are slidably interconnected to cater for size variations. This aid further has a pivoted member to vary the crutch depth of the pants and two further pivoted members for varying the hip size of the pants.

Abstract: A garment design aid for assisting a person in providing a pattern for a garment, the design aid including a main pattern template defining a hip region of the garment and including a hip adjusting means comprising: a first member that is pivotally attached at one end to the pattern template member on one side of the hip region, has at its other end a slot-extending circumferentially of said pivotal attachment that will allow movement of said first member across said main pattern template and has a suitably curved side edge; a second member that is pivotally attached at one end to the first member intermediate the first member's ends adjacent the hip region, has a substantially outwardly extending slot transverse to the slot in said first member and has a suitably curved side edge which cooperates with the side edge of the first member to define a variable hip profile of the garment; a pin fast with the main pattern template member and extending through the slots in the first and second members such that pivo

Abstract: 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 into the new pattern piece more precisely fit and accommodate major fitting and structural areas of the body. Adjustment lines are marked on various segments forming the pattern piece. Dividing the pattern piece along the adjustment lines and overlapping the resulting edges of separating the resulting edges or horizontally shifting one resulting piece from another achieves vertical and horizontal adjustment in the pattern piece. A transfer technique involving angular pivotation of one defined portion or sector of the new pattern piece with respect to the remaining portion of the pattern piece in conjunction with other adjustments achieves further adjustment and precise fitting of the pattern piece.

Abstract: This invention provides a garment design aid. In one embodiment the invention comprises a bodice design aid having a rigid spine, a rigid rib slidable along the spine and projecting therefrom and a number of template panels two of which are used at a time, together with the rib and spine, to provide a pattern for the bodice. The panels are slidably secured to the rib and spine so that the size of the pattern may be varied. The position and shape of darts is indicated by members that are pivotally attached to the template panels. In another embodiment the invention comprises a pants design aid which has three template panels that are slidably interconnected to cater for size variations. This aid further has a pivoted member to vary the crutch depth of the pants and two further pivoted members for varying the hip size of the pants.

Abstract: A universal size woman's garment pattern and the method of customizing and shaping the pattern to the individual figure dimensions of a woman is disclosed.

Abstract: The method of fitting a garment on a particular person by adjusting the placement of the garment on the person to locate the portion of the garment having the maximum perimeter substantially over the portion of the person having the maximum perimeter. For fitting a pair of pants on a person, a pattern inset is provided wherein the crotch of the pants is adjusted to provide a seat curve and to locate the maximum hip perimeter of the pants over the maximum hip perimeter of the person.