IP Library Granted Patent US 9,122,128
Granted Patent B1
US 9,122,128 · App. 14/669,529 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Mannequin studio

Inventors: John Hugh Voris (Los Gatos, CA); Michael Santhanam (Newark, CA); Vivek Daver (San Ramon, CA); Gregory John Ward (Berkeley, CA)
Assignee: ThredUP, Inc.
G03B15/07
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Patent No.
US 9,122,128
App. No.
14/669,529
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B1
Abstract

A studio arrangement including a plurality of paths having a common termination point wherein none of the paths are parallel to another, a plurality of mannequins each comprising a conveyance that is slidably engaged with a different one of the paths such that each mannequin can slide along the path to the termination point, a background comprising a white surface, the background located behind the termination point, an image capture device located at a first position on an axis that intersects a mannequin at a second position when the mannequin is positioned at the termination point, and one or more light sources each aimed at the background and positioned in front of the termination point.

Claims (14)

1. A studio arrangement comprising:

a plurality of paths having a common termination point wherein none of the paths are parallel to another;

a plurality of forms each comprising a respective conveyance that is slidably engaged with a different one of the paths such that each form can slide along the path to the termination point;

a background comprising a white surface, the background located behind the termination point;

an image capture device located at a first position on an axis that intersects a form at a second position when the form is positioned at the termination point; and

one or more light sources each aimed at the background and positioned in front of the termination point.

2. The studio arrangement of claim 1 wherein the image capture device is located behind the light sources.

3. The studio arrangement of claim 1 wherein each path comprises a respective raised rail.

4. The studio arrangement of claim 1 wherein each path comprises a respective channel.

5. The studio arrangement of claim 3 wherein each conveyance comprises a receptacle for the rail.

6. The studio arrangement of claim 1 wherein a particular form is a mannequin or a dress form.

7. The studio arrangement of claim 1 wherein each path comprises a respective suspended rail.

8. The studio arrangement of claim 1 wherein a particular path is straight.

9. The studio arrangement of claim 1 wherein at least two of the paths form an angle at the termination point that is less than 45 degrees.

Assignments (5)
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 15, 2022
From: THREDUP INC.; THREDUP INTERMEDIARY HOLDINGS LLC; KNITWIT GC LLC
To: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK
Reel/Frame 060669/0479 →
AMENDED AND RESTATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 3, 2021
From: THREDUP INC.; THREDUP CF LLC; THREDUP INTERMEDIARY HOLDINGS LLC; KNITWIT GC LLC
To: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK
Reel/Frame 055211/0289 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2019
From: THREDUP INC.
To: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK
Reel/Frame 051090/0933 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2019
From: THREDUP INC.; THREDUP CF LLC; THREDUP INTERMEDIARY HOLDINGS LLC; KNITWIT GC LLC
To: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK
Reel/Frame 049002/0085 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2015
From: VORIS, JOHN HUGH; SANTHANAM, MICHAEL; DAVER, VIVEK; WARD, GREGORY JOHN
To: THREDUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 036140/0685 →