System and method to produce, ship and assemble customizable costume or creative character patterns

Abstract

The present invention is a system and method to produce ship and assemble customizable costume wear or creative character patterns. The producer has various costume selections for the customer to choose, usually online, which may be a fictional character, sports outfits or character, and/or other fun or festive costume wear, character or item. The producer's digital programmable printer prints the customer selected costume patterns on the print stock, which is usually a foam material. A digital cutter then cuts around the majority of the circumference of the patterns. The patterns can be cut loose with scissors, knife or other cutting instrument and the printer marked attaching seams of the patterns can be fastened together, usually with sticking tape or Velcro style fasteners by the customer or producer. The customer may customize certain sections of the costume/character patterns with the customer's own digital images.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to methods to produce material patterns for costumes, festive characters and other pattern assembled costume creative objects.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

For special occasions and activities many people like to put on special costumes, create festive character outfits and/or assemble fanciful objects. At sports events many people like to dress up in crazy outfits and paint themselves in multiple colors. Many people like to make their costumes or like to make accessory object items that may stand alone or might go with their special occasion garb.

Buying and or making a special occasion costume may be expensive or very time consuming to make from scratch. What is needed is where a selection of costume outfits, characters or festive items could be made by a producer and the expense may be lessened by the individual possibly assembling the festive outfit, costume character or creative object. It would also be beneficial to those individuals to have some selected or designed input into the look of the festive outfit or item.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is a system and method to produce ship and assemble customizable costume wear, character or creative object patterns. The costume wear, character or item, Costume, producer, Producer, has various Costume pattern selections for the customer to chose from a list or catalogue, usually offered online, where the Costume selections may be a fictional character, sports outfits or character, and/or other fun or festive costume wear, character or creative item. The Costume selections are printed patterns offered by the Producer that are assembled and fastened together either by the producer, a third party or by the customer. The customer may be able to choose from the Producer's list of Costume pattern options that may include size, color, shapes and other available Producer options. A digital programmable printer prints the Costume patterns on the Costume print stock, which is usually a foam material.

Once the Costume patterns are printed a digital cutter cuts around the circumference of the patterns where printed material cuts are needed but intermittent uncut or partial depth cut sections are left to allow the pattern to not separated from the print material sheet. The printed/cut Costume pattern sheet material can then be rolled folded or stacked for shipment to the customer. When the customer receives the print/cut Costume sheet material the patterns can be cut loose with scissors, knife or other cutting instrument and the printer marked attaching seams of the patterns can be fastened together, usually with sticking tape, Velcro style fasteners or other fastening means.

A further embodiment of the invention is where the customer can customize certain sections of the costume/character with the customer's own digital images, numbers, color scheme and/or shapes. The producer's programmable printer can input the communicated customer's customization images into the pattern's printing process.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows in an overhead view the layout of printed patterns for a football player muscle character costume.

Shown in FIG. 2, in a frontal perspective view, is the football player muscle character costume fastened together.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows in an overhead view the layout of printed and cut out patterns for a football player muscle character costume 10. The bulging arm patterns 11 and muscular torso patterns 12 are shown with decorative striping 13, team name 14, player numbers 15 and player's name 16. The team mascot pattern 17 may be attached to the torso pattern. Examples of intermittent uncut or partial depth cut short sections 18 are shown. Seam attaching markers 19 and numbers 20 help the assembler to know which and where patterns should be attached.

Shown in FIG. 2, in a frontal perspective view, is the assembled and fastened together football player muscle character costume 21. The muscle arms 22 are shown attached to the muscular torso 23. Again are shown decorative striping 13, team name 14, player number 15 and torso attached team mascot pattern 17.

Claims

1. A system and method to produce, ship and assemble customizable costume wear or creative character patterns comprising:

a. a costume wear, character or creative object item, Costume, producer, Producer, where the said Costume Producer has various Costume pattern selections for a customer to chose from a list or catalogue, usually offered online;

b. Costume pattern selections, where said Costume pattern selections may be a fictional character, sports outfits or character, in adamant object and/or other fun or festive costume wear, character or creative item;

c. the Costume pattern selections are printed patterns, where said printed patterns are produce and offered by the Producer that are assembled and then fastened together to make the Costume from the patterns selected;

d. a customer, said customer may be able to choose from the Producer's list of Costume pattern options, that may include size, color, shapes and other available Producer options;

e. a digital programmable printing machine, said digital programmable printer prints the Costume patterns on sheet, roll or other Costume print stock, usually a foam material;

f. the digital programmable printer can print on print material up to one to two inches thick;

g. once the Costume patterns are printed a digital cutter, usually a laser cutter, cuts around the circumference of the patterns where printed material cuts are needed but intermittent uncut or partial depth cut short sections are left to allow the pattern to not separated from the print material sheet, allowing for ease of handling, storage and shipping;

h. upon the customer receiving the print/cut Costume sheet material from the Producer the patterns can be finish cut loose at the intermittent uncut or partial depth cut short sections with scissors, knife or other cutting instrument;

i. the printer marked and print numbered location of the attaching seams of Costume patterns can be fastened together, usually with sticking tape, Velcro style fasteners or other fastening means.

3. A system and method to produce ship and assemble customizable costume wear or creative character patterns of claim 1 where the Producer may print Costumes before the customer has selected or customized a Costume where the customer may choose from preprinted Costume patterns.

4. A system and method to produce, ship and assemble customizable costume wear or creative character patterns of claim 1 where the Producer will allow the customer to further customize the Costume patterns comprising:

a. the Producer allows the customer to place digital customization images, numbers, colors and/or other shapes in selected areas of the Costume patterns;

b. the customer communicates the digital customizations images to the Producer;

c. the Producer's digital printing program places and prints the customer's digital customization images in the pattern's selected locations;

5. A system and method to produce ship and assemble customizable costume wear or creative character patterns of claim 4 where the customer selected Costume patterns may be seam fastened/assembled by the Producer.

6. A system and method to produce ship and assemble customizable costume wear or creative character patterns of claim 4 where the Costume patterns may be finish cut, assembled and seam fastened by the Producer.