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EP 0377917 A2 19900718 - Spare key container.

Title (en)

Spare key container.

Title (de)

Ersatzschlüsselbehälter.

Title (fr)

Boîte de clé de réserve.

Publication

EP 0377917 A2 19900718 (EN)

Application

EP 89203298 A 19891222

Priority

BE 8900024 A 19890111

Abstract (en)

Spare key container, characterized in that it mainly consists in a card (1) in which a cut-away (2) is provided for a spare key (3), where this card (1) shows a thickness equal or approximately equal to the thickness of the spare key (3) and in which at least around the aforementioned cut-away (2) a sealing device (4) is provided for in such way that the spare key (3) can only be removed from the container by severance of latter.

IPC 1-7

E05B 19/00

IPC 8 full level

A45C 11/32 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A45C 11/326 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0377917 A2 19900718; EP 0377917 A3 19911023

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 89203298 A 19891222