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EP 1 169 212 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 09.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/02 (21) Application number: 00923107.7 (22) Date of filing: 11.04.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B62D 65/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US0008/717 (87) International publication number: WO 0061/425 (19.10.2000 Gazette 2000/42)

(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: 13.04.1999 GB 9908357 (71) Applicant: Jervis B. Webb Company Farmington Hills, MI 48331-5624 (US)	(72) Inventor: REES, Phil Leighton Buzzard,Bedfordshire LU7 7SY (GB) (74) Representative: Crouch, David John et al Bromhead & Co., 37 Great James Street London WC1N 3HB London WC1N 3HB (GB)