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(43) Date of publication: 03.01.2007 Bulletin 2007/01 (21) Application number: 05733022.7 (22) Date of filing: 30.03.2005

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F41C 27/00(2006.01) F41A 21/08(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2005/010861 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/098342 (20.10.2005 Gazette 2005/42)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 31.03.2004 US 557987 P 28.03.2005 US 91650 (71) Applicant: RA BRANDS, L.L.C. Madison, NC 27025-0700 (US)	(72) Inventors: HAUGEN, Michael, D. Yelm, WA 98597 (US) MURPHY, Randall, S. Elizabethtown, KY 42701 (US) (74) Representative: Hofstetter, Alfons J.  Hofstetter, Schurack & Skora Balanstrasse 57 81541 München 81541 München (DE)