Improvements in or relating to cases or the like

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EP 1 038 466 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	15.05.2002 Bulletin 2002/20

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	27.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/39

(21)	Application number: 00302382.7

(22)	Date of filing: 23.03.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A45C 5/00, A45C 3/02

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

23.03.1999 GB 9906726
07.07.1999 GB 9915762

(71)	Applicant: Polyformes Limited
	Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 8UH (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Gainsbury, Marc Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 6DJ (GB)

(74)	Representative: Barnfather, Karl Jon, Dr. et al
	Withers & Rogers, Goldings House, 2 Hays Lane London SE1 2HW London SE1 2HW (GB)

(54)	Improvements in or relating to cases or the like

(57) A case (1) having a lid (101) and a base (102), at least one of the lid and base being formed from frame members (104) connected together by corner brackets (105) wherein the corner brackets including tapered ribs (R).

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