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(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)

(84) 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 (71) 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)