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EP 2098139 A2 20090909 - Hang strip and header

Title (en)

Hang strip and header

Title (de)

Hängestreifen und Kopfstück

Title (fr)

Ensemble de suspension et en-tête

Publication

EP 2098139 A2 20090909 (EN)

Application

EP 09250602 A 20090302

Priority

GB 0803849 A 20080303

Abstract (en)

A hang strip (4) and header (2) which have cuts (6,10) formed therein to allow attachment to one another. The hang strip and/or the header have a section (8) which is bendable away from the main body to provide an aperture to receive a hanging mechanism.

IPC 8 full level

A47F 5/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP GB)

A47F 5/0006 (2013.01 - EP); B65D 73/0021 (2013.01 - GB); B65D 73/0064 (2013.01 - EP); A47F 2005/0012 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2098139 A2 20090909; EP 2098139 A3 20130227; GB 0803849 D0 20080409; GB 2458101 A 20090909

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 09250602 A 20090302; GB 0803849 A 20080303