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(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A43C 11/00, A43B 5/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US9824/184 (87) International publication number: WO 9960/878 (02.12.1999 Gazette 1999/48)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT CH DE DK ES FI FR GB IT LI NL PT SE (30) Priority: 14.11.1997 US 98366 P (71) Applicant: Vans, Inc. Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 (US)	(72) Inventors: BARBER, Ted Belmont, CA 94002 (US) SAND, Jeff, Waldo San Francisco, CA 94107 (US) (74) Representative: Burke, Steven David et al R.G.C. Jenkins & Co.26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ London SW1H 0RJ (GB)