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(43) Date of publication: 07.01.1998 Bulletin 1998/02 (21) Application number: 96905950.0 (22) Date of filing: 11.03.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A42B 3/ 16( . ) A42B 3/ 28( . ) A62B 18/ 04( . ) A42B 3/ 22( . ) A42B 3/ 32( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1996/000563 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/028987 (26.09.1996 Gazette 1996/43)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 17.03.1995 GB 19950005439 (71) Applicant: Centurion Safety Products Ltd Thetford, Norfolk IP24 1HZ (GB)	(72) Inventors: PATON, Colin, Andrew Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 1TG (GB) FORREST, Jacques, William Ipswich, Suffolk IP7 7JH (GB) BULBROOK, Lee, George Dereham, Norfolk NR20 4AJ (GB) (74) Representative: Newby, Martin John  JY & GW Johnson, Kingsbourne House, 229-231 High Holborn London WC1V 7DP London WC1V 7DP (GB)