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(88) Date of publication A3: 27.02.2003 (43) Date of publication: 28.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/05 (21) Application number: 02720269.6 (22) Date of filing: 23.04.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B29C 31/00 (86) International application number: PCT/GB2002/001938 (87) International publication number: WO 2002/085594 (31.10.2002 Gazette 2002/44)

(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: 23.04.2001 GB 0109956 (71) Applicant: N-Fold Limited Deddington,Oxfordshire OX15 0SY (GB)	(72) Inventor: KUESTER, Stephen Michael KidlingtonOxfordshire OX15 1UL (GB) (74) Representative: Coles, Graham Frederick et al Graham Coles & Co.24 Seeleys Road BeaconsfieldBuckinghamshire HP9 1SZ BeaconsfieldBuckinghamshire HP9 1SZ (GB)