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Child's clothing ensembleRelated Patent Categories: Apparel, Body GarmentsChild's clothing ensemble description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070083970, Child's clothing ensemble. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] Applicant, Cristi Cannon Turney, claims the benefit of: [0002] VA1-190-265 filed Nov. 05, 2001 registered Dec. 3, 2002. U.S. D465,316 S Nov. 12, 2002 filed Mar. 6, 2001, entitled: A Child's Outfit, Provisional Patent Application No.: 60/717,320 filed Sep. 15, 2005, entitled: Recycled Child's Outfit, Provisional Patent Application No.: U.S. Ser. No. 11/487,035 filed Jul. 14, 2005, entitled: Adjustable multi-size garment closure. STATEMENT OF FEDERAL FUNDING [0003] Not applicable SEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAM [0004] Not applicable BACKGROUND OF INVENTION [0005] This utility patent application relates to a new use for shirts, blouses, skirts, dresses, and coats. Unwanted garments are good for recycling into smaller clothing. Although the concept of recycling garments is not new, my methods and results are both new and unexpected. Rarely is the recycling of garments as practical as the new method to be presented. [0006] I am very excited, because my method saves time and it's attractive! Practically the entire ensemble is made before you even start the re-construction process. [0007] It will be to the readers advantage and it will take less time if I introduce you to myself and my method of recycling used clothing. Being an inventive sewing artist, a portion of my time is spent experimenting with fabric contents, textures, and weaves as well as testing fabric responses to high or low temperatures. Every garment that comes through my hands is tested for strength, content, colorfastness, and grain alignment. If the garment fails one of my four tests, it is rejected. Although any type of garment will work with my sewing construction method, I prefer to use high end clothing made of 100% cotton, wool, linen, or silk as the base for my ensembles. I always choose high end clothing because the construction and materials used are usually of better quality and on grain. Off grain garments are discarded. If the garment is antique, and I like it, I will use it regardless of fabric content. All of the garments that are destined to become part of my ensemble are properly laundered before the creative processes begin. If the laundering process destroys the garment, I keep any usable parts. At every stage of construction, left over usable fabrics, plackets, pockets, sleeves, and any ornamentation are put the side for future use. Again, the children's entire clothing ensemble is sewn from larger garments that are not in use. Hence, the size of the child's ensemble is determined by the size of the larger garment. The gender of the individual pieces of the ensemble is determined by the lap of the placket found in the larger garment. For the greatest aesthetic effect, I coordinate the colors of fabrics and embellishments freely by recycling more than one garment at a time. For instance, I may use two to three shirts to construct a pinafore and bloomer set of complementary color, print or texture. Neutral shades of soft shirting can also be used to make supple bias binding used through out the individual ensemble embodiments. In every way, measures are taken to extend the use or life of the children's ensemble by making it as size adjustable as possible. In addition, after the individual ensemble pieces are assembled they are post washed to ensure customer satisfaction. Again, I like to choose garments that will bring the greatest amount of positive results with the least amount of effort. It just makes good business sense to do so. [0008] This method incorporates the fabrics, plackets, pockets, sleeves, and any ornamentation in a new way to produce a children's clothing ensemble. I use the term ensemble because the word ensemble includes but is not limited to the words: group, collection, assembly, and as a whole. [0009] In short, plackets can be reused in the original form by accurately placing any commercial pattern. You do this by buttoning the placket together in an inside out fashion. To rephrase, the garment must be turned inside out with the placket fully or partially buttoned in order to be able to perform the laying out of the commercial pattern successfully. The buttonhole area of the commercial pattern must fall directly on top of the inside out buttoned placket row. After the commercial pattern has been placed, cut out as directed on the commercial pattern. Sleeves can be transformed into children's pants, shorts, etc. by cutting the sleeves off of the existing garment. Iron the detached sleeves as though they were still connected to the garment. You do this by aligning the cuff plackets, cuffs, and inseams of the sleeves so that they are evenly facing each other. Place any commercial pattern on top of the pressed aligned sleeves and use the commercial pattern as a guide to cut crotch and casing area. Remember to leave enough space at the top of the pattern for turning down a casing. The same principal will work with short sleeves. There are no side seams or any reason to hem the shorts or pants because that is already taken care of. In addition, button down collars can be removed from garments and be cut in half and transformed into long sleeve shirt cuffs. The same button down type collars can be used whole in conjunction with a commercial sectional hat pattern to become the kooky hat brim. If the collar comes with an adjustable opening, the little hat will also be adjustable. [0010] My theory of sewing can be applied in a variety of ways. The pants and shorts can be further improved to become bloomers, diaper or panty covers, and petticoats. With the introduction of patches or lace the outfits can become gender specific. The button or snap plackets can be placed on the front, back, and side of children's shirts, dresses, and pinafores and coats. Portions of the plackets can be used at the neck area across the shoulders for easy fastening; that advantage is perfect for scoop necks, slips and summer wear. The plackets can also be used in button undergarments. [0011] In addition, I love to reuse wool found in existing garments. I have found that by using over sized patterns and constructing the entire garment, purse or hat with matching thread, I can make lovely little children's clothes and accessories. I have also learned that by adding contrasting colors with like thread during the construction process, that letters, numbers and other shapes and figures can be added to the wool product. The key is fully felting or shrinking the item after the construction process is finished. I do this by boiling the product. Next, I put the product and the boiling water in the hottest water my washing machine can tolerate and I also put it on the roughest wash cycle. This heat and agitation creates attractive durable products. Again, this method gives the appearance of a certain type of work such as worsted knitting, while in reality, no knitting took place during my construction process. PRIOR ART Objects and Advantages [0012] By entering the USPTO Web site, I was able to view the References Cited in my Design Patent Number: US D465,316 S. Only three were related to children's clothing. None were quite like my children's clothing ensemble which includes but is not limited to: under clothing, outer wear, day wear, sleep wear, shirts, pants, shorts, pinafores, & dresses. Clearly, my sewing method can do considerably more than the inventions that were cited in Design Patent Number: US D465,316 S. [0013] Re8,093 E, by Woodward was created for men's overalls. [0014] U.S. Pat. No. 1,204,719 A, by Van Heusen was in connection with ladies wear. [0015] U.S. Pat. No. 1,367,182 A, by Gardi has an adjustable waist for ladies active wear. [0016] U.S. Pat. No. 1,405,405 A, by Gendel was well presented and pleasant to the eyes. It however, only pertained to children's outer wear. [0017] U.S. Pat. No. 1,476,831 A, by Pease was very nice. I got a bit overwhelmed by all the work the child or mother would have to resort to in order to actually use the little child's outfit. What if the poor child had to get to the rest room in a hurry? [0018] U.S. Pat. No. 2,252,884 A, Mr. Fellroth was a very clever man also. I especially liked his drop pants invention. I had been searching for something similar for the past few months. Yes, that invention is like a breath of fresh air. Seeing that gave me insight as to how I can cause my buttoned underwear to work. [0019] I have continued to research my invention in old sewing manuals. I have read everything I can find and I found this: [0020] The New Encyclopedia of Modern Sewing, .COPYRGT. 1948 by WM. H. Wise & CO., INC. Pages 238-250 come the closest to having a view of my invention. Upon further examination, the boys blouse on page 243 shows how I currently lay out a short sleeved, collarless view like the one pictured in my current, Design Patent Number: US D465,316 S. It however, does not indicate the use of sleeves the way my method of sewing incorporate sleeves. In addition, I notice that the outerwear, panty and slip, smocked dress from two shirts, or pinafore from one shirt, illustrated on page 241 & 242 do not include the practice of utilizing the existing plackets. Furthermore, I am persuaded that most laymen would not perceive what they were viewing. I have a trained eye for how and why the pattern should be laid out in that manner. I am finding this information today, Sep. 6, 2006. As an aside, perhaps the only reason I spotted this is because I noticed the concept was used in the adult section on page 247. This section was referring to HOW TO MAKE A MANS SUIT INTO A WOMAN'S SUIT. After reading through their instructions I am not persuaded that the remade ladies jacket illustrated on page 247 utilized the existing placket of a man's suit. I have included the pages of this information with this utility application. [0021] Winter of 1981 was cold and I made my infant a pair of pants made out of a sweater. I took a sweater and cut off the sleeves. Then I cut a long strip of sweater about the width of my little son's tummy and hinny. I sewed the strip of fabric between the two arms of the sweater that had been detached. I did the sewing where the upper arms would connect to the body. The sweater sleeves at the wrist were the footed area. I took used elastic and put it inside a casing that was made by turning the sweater fabric down and sewing. I threw the invention away; I was too embarrassed for any one to see it. You are becoming privy to this information because it bears a direct relationship with this patent that is pending. Between the years 1981-1999 my memory was impaired. Although I could sew to a degree in certain areas, I had no memory of making the sweater pants. I did learn the art of French Hand Sewing in the year of 1987, yet the rest of my ability to sew died. When I would try to remember how to sew, all attempts failed. I couldn't remember how to sew. Somehow I started to get better. [0022] In the December of 2000 Cristi's Art Corner opened. By that time I was making handmade Christmas Ornaments, and sewing on a professional level. In the 2003 and 2004 GNF I Placed first in most of the categories I entered. I attended the 2005 conference on "Intellectual Property and the Global Market Place" in Salt Lake City, Utah. These events tell me that I am on the mend. [0023] My Dr. said that sometimes anxiety or trauma can cause things to be lost or repressed. Yes, I made a pair of pants out of a sweater in 1981. I used the sweater pants and disposed of them. If I understand what happened to me: The memory of making the pants from a sweater was lost or repressed until it was safe for the idea to resurface in 2001 when I reinvented the idea and put it into tangible form. I am not a Dr. I can not explain it. I just lived through all of it. [0024] Now, I literally have to have charts in my home which is also my work place, to help me remember to clean up, cook and sew . . . In my sewing room I have a chart that helps me remember that I have a design patent on a child's outfit and that I have two patents pending. Seeing these items written down helps me remember to sew. All of my paper work for this particular patent is set beside the computer to help me remember to work on it. This paperwork would not have been possible before I entered treatment. 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