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EP 1 575 678 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 16.09.2004 (43) Date of publication: 21.09.2005 Bulletin 2005/38 (21) Application number: 03778713.2 (22) Date of filing: 03.12.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A63B 69/00, A63B 69/36 (86) International application number: PCT/IE2003/000160 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/050195 (17.06.2004 Gazette 2004/25)

(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 RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 03.12.2002 IE 20020934 (71) Applicant: Montague Kenyon Limited Newton, Waterford (IE)	(72) Inventors: MOONEY, Brian Dun Laoghaire,County Dublin (IE) HOURIHAN, James Thurles,County Tipperary (IE) (74) Representative: McCarthy, Denis Alexis et al MacLachlan & Donaldson 47 Merrion Square Dublin 2 Dublin 2 (IE)