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EP 1 593 606 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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25.01.2006 Bulletin 2006/04 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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09.11.2005 Bulletin 2005/45 |
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Date of filing: 14.04.2005 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI
SK TR |
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AL BA HR LV MK YU |
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Priority: |
26.04.2004 GB 0409248
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Applicant: Encase Limited |
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Banbury,
Oxon OX16 1RE (GB) |
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Inventor: |
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- Seward, Philip Andrew
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX17 1SE (GB)
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Representative: Dempster, Benjamin John Naftel et al |
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Withers & Rogers LLP
Goldings House,
2 Hays Lane
London SE1 2HW
London SE1 2HW (GB) |
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(57) A foldable article is arranged to form a larger container 92 in a first folded form.
The article comprises a panel 12 which is flat in the first form. The panel 12 defines
two lines 30, 32 for folding the panel 12. The article can be folded to form a smaller
container 94 in a second folded form in which the panel 12 is folded about the or
each line 30, 32.