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(43) Date of publication: 19.02.1997 Bulletin 1997/08 (21) Application number: 94916532.0 (22) Date of filing: 14.04.1994

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A41D 1/ 02( . ) A41D 27/ 28( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1994/004121 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/028099 (26.10.1995 Gazette 1995/46)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (71) Applicant: VANSON LEATHERS, INC. Stoughton, MA 02072 (US)	(72) Inventor: VAN DER SLEESEN, Michael F. West Hartford, CT 06107 (US) (74) Representative: Greenwood, John David, et al  Graham Watt & Co. Riverhead Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN (GB)