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.

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.