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EP 0 352 880 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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18.07.1990 Bulletin 1990/29 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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31.01.1990 Bulletin 1990/05 |
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Date of filing: 18.04.1989 |
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AT BE CH DE FR IT LI NL |
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29.07.1988 GB 8818115
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Applicant: Lin Pac Mouldings Limited |
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Witton
Bimingham B6 7HY (GB) |
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Inventor: |
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- Williams, David Arthur
Hartford
Nr. Northwich
Cheshire, CW8 1QS (GB)
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Representative: Walters, Frederick James et al |
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Urquhart-Dykes & Lord
91 Wimpole Street London W1M 8AH London W1M 8AH (GB) |
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(57) A wall coupling restrains adjacent walls 2 and 3 from displacement over each other.
The two walls have co-incident apertures 12 and 16. A flexible moulded plastics retaining
strip 5 is carried by the wall 2 on its side remote from the wall 3. The strip 5 overlies
the aperture 12 and has an end 8 which is secured relative to the wall 2 and an end
7 which is slidable along tracks on the wall 2 in a direction towards and from the
end 8. A mid-length region 6 of the strip 5 between its ends 7 and 8 has integral
hinges 13 to 15 so that during displacement of the strip end 7 towards the end 8,
the region 6 doubles to project through the apertures 12 and 16 and thereby couple
the walls 2 and 3 to restrain them from relative displacement.
Stop/catch means can be provided to temporarily retain the strip end 7 in a position
where the mid-length region 6 of the strip is in either a folded or an unfolded condition.
The invention is suitable for coupling a container lid which carries the retaining
strip 5 to a wall of a container body.
