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EP 1 163 127 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 19.12.2001 Bulletin 2001/51 (21) Application number: 00992608.0 (22) Date of filing: 01.12.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B60P 7/08 (86) International application number: PCT/US0042/529 (87) International publication number: WO 0142/043 (14.06.2001 Gazette 2001/24)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR (30) Priority: 03.12.1999 US 168922 P (71) Applicant: Holland Company Crete, Illinois 60417-2120 (US)	(72) Inventor: De Koning, Todd J. Tinky Park, IL 60477 (US) (74) Representative: Forsyth, Helen Jane et al Keith W Nash & Co, 90-92 Regent Street Cambridge CB2 1DP Cambridge CB2 1DP (GB)