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EP 1 618 045 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 25.01.2006 Bulletin 2006/04 (21) Application number: 03714143.9 (22) Date of filing: 28.04.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65D 71/00(1968.09) B65D 71/46(1990.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/007812 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/099026 (18.11.2004 Gazette 2004/47)

(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 (71) Applicant: MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems LLC Stamford, Connecticut 06905 (US)	(72) Inventor: LEBRAS, Philippe Chateauroux 36000 (US) (74) Representative: Hepworth, John Malcolm et al HLBBshaw Bloxam Court Corporation Street Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU (GB)