US 12,304,233 B1
Creating made-to-order items with embellishments
Jonathan Mark Kusnitz, Greensboro, NC (US); Gidon Tenne, Greensboro, NC (US); and Peter Ferdinand Neurohr, Wake Forest, NC (US)
Assigned to Sports Endeavors, LLC, Hillsborough, NC (US)
Filed by Sports Endeavors, LLC, Hillsborough, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/799,094.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/560,617, filed on Mar. 1, 2024.
Int. Cl. B44C 1/17 (2006.01); D06C 23/00 (2006.01); A41H 43/02 (2006.01); A41H 43/04 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC B44C 1/1712 (2013.01) [D06C 23/00 (2013.01); A41H 43/0235 (2013.01); A41H 43/04 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0621 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for placing a set of at least two embellishments upon an item to be customized as part of a made-to-order item request, the process comprising:
associating a unique identifier associated with a tray with a specific made-to-order item request;
placing the set of at least two embellishments for the made-to-order item request on the tray;
loading the item to be customized onto a lower platen so that a first portion of the item to be customized is positioned to receive at least one embellishment from the set of at least two embellishments;
advancing the lower platen and the tray to a pick & place station;
using a controlled matrix of vacuum ports to pick up a first embellishment from the tray and position the first embellishment on a first target location for the first embellishment on the lower platen that is loaded with the first portion of the item to be customized; and
subsequently using the controlled matrix of vacuum ports to pick up a second embellishment from the tray and position the second embellishment on a second target location.