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EP 1 030 725 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 30.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/35 (21) Application number: 98954641.1 (22) Date of filing: 23.11.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A63B 24/00 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9803/487 (87) International publication number: WO 9926/700 (03.06.1999 Gazette 1999/22)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 21.11.1997 GB 9724726 (71) Applicant: SPORT ENGINEERING LIMITED Birmingham B30 2PF (GB)	(72) Inventors: TAYLOR, Ian Stuart Malvern,Worcestershire WR14 3JQ (GB) WALKER, Malcolm James Lichfield,Staffordshire WS13 6EQ (GB) (74) Representative: Barnfather, Karl Jon, Dr. et al Withers & Rogers,Goldings House,2 Hays Lane London SE1 2HW London SE1 2HW (GB)