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EP 0 943 044 A2
(12)
(43)
Date of publication:
22.09.1999
Bulletin 1999/38
(21)
Application number:
97952355.0
(22)
Date of filing:
03.12.1997
(51)
International Patent Classification (IPC):
E04F
15/
024
( . )
H02G
3/
38
( . )
(86)
International application number:
PCT/US1997/022633
(87)
International publication number:
WO 1998/024990
(
11.06.1998
Gazette 1998/23)
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Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
(30)
Priority:
04.12.1996
US 19960032100P
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Applicant:
HERMAN MILLER, INC.
Zeeland, Michigan 49464-0302 (US)
(72)
Inventors:
PEART, Stephen
Campbell, CA 95008 (US)
LOVEGROVE, Ross
London W11 1JN (GB)
(74)
Representative:
McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell, et al
Boult Wade Tennant 27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ
London EC4A 1PQ (GB)
(54)
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