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EP 2384732 B1 20140618 - Tactile marking button

Title (en)

Tactile marking button

Title (de)

Taktile Markierung

Title (fr)

Plot podo-tactile

Publication

EP 2384732 B1 20140618 (FR)

Application

EP 11164181 A 20110428

Priority

FR 1053471 A 20100504

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2384732A1] The button (1) has a surface (3) provided with plate ribs (4) in a projected manner and constituting of anti-skid elements, where the plate ribs are arranged in a set of series of ribs(5) evenly spaced around periphery of the surface. Each rib is formed in chevron shape with point directed to a central area of the surface. The series of ribs is adjacent to each other, so that assembly of an upper surface of the surface is covered by the ribs.

IPC 8 full level

A61H 3/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61H 3/066 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL 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 RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2384732 A1 20111109; EP 2384732 B1 20140618; ES 2507366 T3 20141014; FR 2959664 A1 20111111; FR 2959664 B1 20120511

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 11164181 A 20110428; ES 11164181 T 20110428; FR 1053471 A 20100504