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EP 1 049 389 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 08.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/45 (21) Application number: 99900836.0 (22) Date of filing: 15.01.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A43C 11/22 (86) International application number: PCT/AU9900/028 (87) International publication number: WO 9937/176 (29.07.1999 Gazette 1999/30)

(84) Designated Contracting States: CH DE DK FR GB IT LI NL SE (30) Priority: 22.01.1998 AU PP146198 (71) Applicant: Royal Management Pty. Ltd. Sydney NSW 2000 (AU)	(72) Inventor: PRICE, Tull, Henry Queens Park, NSW 2022 (AU) (74) Representative: Samuels, Adrian James  Frank B. Dehn & Co.,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)