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EP 1 241 961 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 27.12.2001 (43) Date of publication: 25.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/39 (21) Application number: 00988294.5 (22) Date of filing: 20.12.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A46B 11/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US0035/034 (87) International publication number: WO 0104/5533 (28.06.2001 Gazette 2001/26)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 20.12.1999 US 172620 P (71) Applicant: Brumlik, John Francois Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 (US)	(72) Inventor: Brumlik, John Francois Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 (US) (74) Representative: Fiener, Josef  Maximilianstrasse 57,P.O. Box 12 49 87712 Mindelheim 87712 Mindelheim (DE)