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(88) Date of publication A3: 26.02.2004 (43) Date of publication: 03.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/45 (21) Application number: 03713340.2 (22) Date of filing: 03.02.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A41D 27/22 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/003089 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/065834 (14.08.2003 Gazette 2003/33)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO (30) Priority: 04.02.2002 US 66890 23.04.2002 US 128854 (71) Applicant: A & E Products Group LP Secaucus,New Jersey 07094 (US)	(72) Inventors: BOKMILLER, David Hudson, OH 44236 (US) ZUCKERMAN, Andrew, M. New York, NY 10028 (US) (74) Representative: Hafner, Dieter, Dr.rer.nat., Dipl.-Phys.  Dr. Hafner & Stippl,Patentanwälte,Schleiermacherstrasse 25 90491 Nürnberg 90491 Nürnberg (DE)