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(43) Date of publication: 18.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/16 (21) Application number: 99920361.5 (22) Date of filing: 05.05.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E05D 13/00, A47H 15/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US9909/839 (87) International publication number: WO 9963/190 (09.12.1999 Gazette 1999/49)

(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: 04.06.1998 GB 9812059 (71) Applicant: THE STANLEY WORKS New Britain, CT 06053 (US)	(72) Inventor: JACOBS, Kenneth Bramley,Surrey GU5 0EF (GB) (74) Representative: Laight, Martin Harvey et al W.H. Beck, Greener & Co.7 Stone BuildingsLincoln's Inn London WC2A 3SZ London WC2A 3SZ (GB)