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EP 0 993 396 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 19.04.2000 Bulletin 2000/16 (21) Application number: 98933152.5 (22) Date of filing: 08.07.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B60R 21/18 (86) International application number: PCT/US9813/893 (87) International publication number: WO 9902/375 (21.01.1999 Gazette 1999/03)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 09.07.1997 US 51995 P (71) Applicant: PRECISION FABRICS GROUP, INC. Greensboro,North Carolina 24701 (US)	(72) Inventor: GWINN, Kenneth, W. Cedar Crest, NM 87008 (US) (74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & SchwanhäusserAnwaltssozietät  Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München 80538 München (DE)