ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,968, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to GLOBAL APPAREL PARTNERS INC. (Malibu, Calif.).
"Knitted textile methods" was invented by Garrett Li Gerson (Malibu, Calif.) and Avi N. Reichental (Carpenteria, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Custom-fit versions of knitted articles are produced according to digital representations of objects for which the articles are to be manufactured. The digital representations, optionally augmented by surface fitting algorithms, allow for accurate scaling of pattern-specified stitch counts for pattern elements representing the article taking into account wales and courses densities for the material(s...