US 11,702,793 B2
Online ordering and manufacturing of apparel using laser-finished fabric rolls
Jennifer Schultz, Boston, MA (US); Benjamin Bell, San Francisco, CA (US); Debdulal Mahanty, Fremont, CA (US); Ozgur Taylan Kuzucu, Walnut Creek, CA (US); Christopher Schultz, Boston, MA (US); and James Barton Sights, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Levi Strauss &Co., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,224.
Application 17/805,224 is a division of application No. 16/286,504, filed on Feb. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,352,738.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/636,107, filed on Feb. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0290365 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. D06M 10/00 (2006.01); D06C 23/02 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B23K 26/352 (2014.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); A41D 27/00 (2006.01); A41H 3/00 (2006.01); A41H 43/00 (2006.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); A41H 42/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); D06M 101/06 (2006.01); G06F 113/12 (2020.01)
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)] 20 Claims
 
1. A method comprising:
providing a fabric roll of woven material comprising a warp yarn comprising indigo-dyed cotton yarn, wherein the fabric roll corresponds to a base template;
using a digital design tool, selecting a base template from a plurality of available base templates and selecting a finishing pattern to apply to the base template, wherein the selected base template and selected finishing pattern comprise a garment design created using the digital design tool, and the digital design tool comprises a preview tool;
using the preview tool, showing a preview image of the garment selected finishing pattern on the base template, wherein the preview image represents the garment after laser finishing;
at a laser finishing facility, receiving an order corresponding to the garment design created using the digital design tool, and using a laser, creating a finishing pattern on an outer surface of the fabric roll that corresponds to the selected base template using a laser input file comprising the selected finishing pattern,
wherein based on the laser input file, the laser removes selected amounts of material from the surface of the fabric roll at different pixel locations;
cutting panels for the garment design from the laser-finished fabric roll;
assembling the laser-finished panels together into a sewn garment; and
washing the sewn garment according to a base wash recipe to obtain a finished garment having an appearance represented by the preview image.